Supplements:
The father of vitamin D capsules has signed a paper that could cause them to fail.
Slominski, Holick, and Reiter author a revolutionary hypothesis in the FASEB Journal: solar photoproducts interact with the circadian clock, leaving the two most popular capsule forms out. Michael Holick has built the global vitamin D capsule empire.
THE TEST MOVES, THE DISEASE DOESN'T: HIGH-DOSE VITAMIN D3 DOESN'T STOP CHILDREN'S ASTHMA (THE LANCET)
Yesterday, my Telegram channel anticipated the paradox in a caption: the blood obeyed, the disease didn't notice. Today, the numbers are in, and they're the latest chapter in the oft-told story of supplementation: the blood marker rises, but it doesn't...
Diabetes Vitamin: "It saves you money because it prevents" and other stupid phrases from "experts" who fall for it at the first PMID.
Two publications in recent weeks address the same question—how to prevent type 2 diabetes—with two opposing tools. On one side, the capsule: America's most cited vitamin D and diabetes research group published a microsimulation...
THE “EXPERTS” ON MTHFR MUTATIONS: SAME SCRIPT AS VITAMIN D, ONLY THE MOLECULE CHANGES AND THEY ARE OFTEN ALWAYS THE SAME
Methylated B vitamins: the mechanism is real, the diagnosis is fictional, the expert is a regular. Sooner or later, he'll show up on your feed. He was born a nutritionist: the day he discovered that DNA tests carry a membership fee, he became an "expert..."
HOW TO “RAISE” 25(OH)D3 (AND WHY IT’S MAYBE THE WRONG QUESTION)
A reader with a textbook lifestyle, months at the beach, and one question: "What else should I do?" The question everyone types, "How to increase vitamin D," hides a misunderstanding: the honest answer isn't a list of things to buy, it's understanding what...
The Vitamin D Individuality Index: Why Your 25(OH)D3 Shouldn't Be Compared to Any Range
This is the first of two articles that will be published as a pair. In the first, I'll explain that using 25OHHD3 to measure vitamin D levels is better than a scam. In the second, I'll explain how to improve this parameter, which is nothing more than an inflammatory marker. Vitamin D levels...