Reports say don’t get too much Vitamin D because you might cause kidney damage!
OR…
You might never get cancer and live a long and healthy life!
OR…
Nothing will happen at all?
As if there weren’t already enough medical contradictions out there from opposing studies about the same thing, here’s another one.
For years health professionals have been urging people to go above and beyond with their daily dose of Vitamin D.
The government-mandated food labels recommend 400 international units (IU) a day, while scientists recommend between 600 and 800 IUs, depending on age, in order to prevent certain cancers, stroke, or heart disease.
Some scientists went as far as to recommend over 2,000 IU’s a day to fight the chances of getting cancer!
BUT NOW, a new report being released by the prestigious Institute of Medicine suggests getting drunk on too much D could be risky.
Super-high doses ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ above 10,000 IUs a day ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ are known to cause kidney damage, and Tuesday’s report sets 4,000 IUs as an upper daily limit ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ but not the amount people should strive for.
A National Cancer Institute study last summer was the latest to report no cancer protection from vitamin D and the possibility of an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in people with the very highest D levels.
Dr. Cedric Garland of the University of California, San Diego, who wasn’t part of the institute’s study, says the risk of colon cancer in particular could be slashed if people consumed enough vitamin D.
Confused?
Good. Because we are too.
We THINK what they are trying to say is simply, don’t go overboard with the vitamin D, but make an effort include it in your diet.
The easiest way to get some D is to drink milk, which contains about 100 IUs a glass, or eat fatty fish which has the highest content of any food.
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