Shining light on the vitamin D Holick 2009
- In “1822 the Polish physician, Sniadecki, realized the importance of exposure to outdoors and sunlight for the prevention and cure of rickets.”
- “… it would take another 70 years before the British Medical Association in 1889” caught on
By 2016 (194 years later) there was finally a global concensus:Vitamin D prevents and cures rickets
- Vitamin D and Rickets consensus took 80 years – how long till consensuses on 30 other health problems – Feb 2016
- Rickets needs Vitamin D and Calcium - Global Consensus Jan 2016
- History of Vitamin D from 500 million years ago to orthopaedic practice today – 2019
- Biochemical rickets non-existent if breastfeeding mother got 600,000 IU of vitamin D (3 dollars) – RCT Dec 2017
- Rickets in England – huge recent increase – Feb 2014 - due to
Being indoors more
Eating meat/eggs/fish which had been raised in factory farms
Drinking (skim) milk which provides has about 1/3 the Vitamin D to the bady as whole milk
Having much less Magnesium in diet and water - Magnesium is essentialfor the both to use Vitamin D
Fear skin cancer (only if get tto mjuch time in the sun)
Less Cholesterol in diet (needed to make vitamin D)
Increased salt in food - which decreases Magnesium needed by Vitamin D
More dark-skined people living in Northern climates - Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt