Published in:
01-11-2016 | Letter to the Editor
Vitamin D: Ten Beliefs
Authors:
G. Michael Allan, MD, James McCormack, PharmD, Christina Korownyk, MD
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 11/2016
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Excerpt
Dr. Grant raises some interesting points regarding our publication, “Vitamin D: A Narrative Review Examining the Evidence for Ten Beliefs.”
1 First, he recommends that nutrients should be viewed through a different research lens than pharmaceutical drugs. Serum levels should be done, only those with low levels should be randomized, vitamin D should be given sufficiently to raise levels to certain targets and then differences in outcomes assessed. This is certainly an attractive hypothesis and worthy of testing. However, in the absence of high quality randomized trials, this suggestion remains a hypothesis. Until proven, we have to rely on the best available evidence, such as that presented in our review. …
