'No proof' vitamin D stops colds

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19790545


Supplements may help if you are deficient in the vitamin or nutrient

Scientists say they can find no convincing evidence to show that taking vitamin D supplements will fend off a cold.

A New Zealand team did the "gold standard" of tests - a randomised placebo-controlled trial - to see what impact the supplements would have.

The 161 people who took daily vitamin D for 18 months caught as many colds as the 161 who took fake pills.

The study was reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

[flamingdem]

1. But there is proof about the impact on certain cancers

like lymphoma

[MizzM]

2. Vitamin D for colds?

I thought that was Vitamin C.

My understanding is that D helps the body to better absorb calcium, and that is why you find it in most calcium supplements.

[raina starling]

3. The Sun heals everything.

Pills suck. Bask in the Sun without that cancer-causing Sun block and enjoy the bliss and healing which result.

[Odin2005]

4. The Sun gives you skin cancer.

[SheilaT]

5. Yeah, I thought it was Vitamin C that prevented colds.

And the sun does not cause skin cancer. Way too much sun exposure can have that result, but exposure to the sun is crucial in actually creating Vitamin D.

Everything in moderation.