Supplementation with vitamin D does not make bones more healthy. This is the sad conclusion reached by researchers.
The pill with vitamin D does not strengthen bone and protect from fractures, as the study showed. For many years experts advise children and adults to Supplement with vitamin D in the winter, when the number of Sunny days is minimal, to avoid subsequent problems with the bones. However, the new extensive research shows that these pills don’t prevent fractures or increase bone mineral density. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 81 studies and have not received any conclusive evidence of the validity of recommendations about supplementation with this vitamin to maintain musculoskeletal health.
The report says that the only proven benefit of supplementation with vitamin D is reducing the risk of such rare disorders as rickets and osteomalacia, but it is observed only in high-risk groups, in which people scarcely see sunlight. The intake of vitamin supplements in no way prevents fractures, falls, it does not enhance bone mineral density, whatever amount of this vitamin is not taken by the people. Consequently, clinical recommendations should be revised
However, some experts have expressed skepticism about the meta-analysis. They said that it included a small number of people whose levels of vitamin D in the body were too low before taking vitamin supplements. Magicforum recalls that most of this vitamin produced by our skin when exposed to sunlight. However, countries from the North and cloudy climate in winter the sun almost never happens, which is necessary for bone health vitamin enters the body in very small amounts. That’s why doctors recommend to consume nutritional supplements with vitamin D, as well as to actively lean on the liver, eggs, red meat and fatty fish. (READ MORE)