> Other things like [...] vitamin D might be beneficial for specific people with deficiencies but realistically you'll get more health benefit by just fixing your diet
If you're from a sunny place in November~February, please package me some sunlight for breakfast!
The linked site has no search results for either D or vitamin D, I guess search is broken. I'm not aware that any regular diet typically comes with sufficient vitamin D, hence people in higher latitudes (like most of Europe) with indoor jobs being commonly deficient and using supplements rather than "just" fixing their diet
My doctor prescribed vitamin D after blood work for unrelated reasons, which I take in months where I don't think I'm getting enough sunlight on my skin. This is most of the year, since even if you were outside for 6 hours in winter, you were probably still wrapped in jackets, hats, shoes, gloves, etc.
There is very little evidence for vitamin D supplementation unless tests show you are severely deficient. If you’re replete they do nothing. Getting outside is significantly more beneficial.
Unless a test shows you’re on the rickets train it’s not going to do much or anything. Basically the same as any other vitamin, if you’re deficient correct the deficiency. If you’re not don’t waste your time.
[edit] also note that in the sun UVB rays cause production of vitamin D while UVA rays cause the release of nitric oxide which lowers blood pressure and improves cardiovascular health. That’s likely a real benefit of going outside separate from the D pathway.
I'm sorry but I'm not sure how this relates to what I wrote. You write "unless tests show" when I already mentioned having a prescription based on blood tests, that taking supplements unnecessarily does no harm (so if you have a similar lifestyle/situation to those who were tested and are known to need it, you might as well right?), and that sunlight generates a second beneficial chemical and so one really should just be going outside when my comment explained there is simply not enough sunlight hitting the skin during the cold months to generate much of anything. I'm genuinely confused how this advice is suppose to be used
If you're from a sunny place in November~February, please package me some sunlight for breakfast!
The linked site has no search results for either D or vitamin D, I guess search is broken. I'm not aware that any regular diet typically comes with sufficient vitamin D, hence people in higher latitudes (like most of Europe) with indoor jobs being commonly deficient and using supplements rather than "just" fixing their diet
My doctor prescribed vitamin D after blood work for unrelated reasons, which I take in months where I don't think I'm getting enough sunlight on my skin. This is most of the year, since even if you were outside for 6 hours in winter, you were probably still wrapped in jackets, hats, shoes, gloves, etc.