(27 Jul 2022)
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New York - 27 July 2022
1. Bottle of vitamin D3 on shelf
2. Wide of bottles of vitamins
ANNOTATION: Taking high doses of "the sunshine vitamin" didn't reduce the risk of broken bones in generally healthy older Americans.
3. Tight of bottles of vitamin D3
ANNOTATION: Taking high doses of "the sunshine vitamin" didn't reduce the risk of broken bones in generally healthy older Americans.
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San Francisco - 27 July 2022
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Steven Cummings, Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center:
"Vitamin D had no effect on the risk of fractures. And that was true in people who started with low levels of vitamin D. That means those who had vitamin D deficiency had no benefit from taking vitamin D supplements."
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New York - 27 July 2022
5. Various of bottles of vitamin D3 on shelf
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Steven Cummings, Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center:
"There's a lot of advertisement about vitamin D and a lot of people get tested for vitamin D and they find that they're low. And the natural thing to do is to take vitamin D so that you're no longer low. Well, these trials have shown that even if you have low levels of vitamin D, it doesn't help. So that means then people should not get tested. And if they find that they're low, you have to think twice. Vitamin D is not going to help."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 27 July 2022
7. Various of vitamin D3 on shelves
STORYLINE:
More research suggests it's time to abandon the craze over vitamin D. Taking high doses of "the sunshine vitamin" doesn't reduce the risk of broken bones in generally healthy older Americans.
It's the latest in a string of disappointments about a nutrient once hoped to have wide-ranging protective effects. That same study of nearly 26,000 people already had found that popping lots of vitamin D pills didn't prevent heart disease, cancer or memory loss either.
"Those who had vitamin D deficiency had no benefit from taking vitamin D supplements," said Dr. Steven Cummings, the Director of the Coordinating Center at Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center.
That's according to a large study that tracked people given either high-dose vitamin D or dummy pills for five years.
And while getting enough vitamin D is important for strong bones, "more is not better," said Dr. Meryl LeBoff of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, the study's lead author.
The same study had previously found extra vitamin D didn't prevent heart disease, cancer or memory loss either. Millions of Americans use high-dose supplements or take blood tests to check their vitamin D, amid controversy over whether the average person needs either.
"People like vita. It's hard to refuse vita. It's hard to believe that vita isn't good for you. But in this case, vitamin D had no benefits, even in those who were low," Cummings said.
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