Researchers have found out that there is little or no reason to prescribe vitamin D supplements to people, especially the youths.
They found no significant effect of vitamin D in the body after carrying out detailed examination of more than 100 trials. They also added that future studies would have no significant change on the result.
Although risk-groups such as babies, pregnant women, and elderly people are still adviced to take supplements irrespective of their health status. They found that vitamin D supplementation does not change the relative risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, and paranormal functioning of the brain and its blood vessels; health disorders normally associated with the old ones.
The New Zealand researchers concluded:
"In view of our findings, there is little or no justification for prescribing vitamin D supplements to prevent or suppress the effect of such diseases, or even to reduce the risk of death in unselected community-dwelling individuals."
In one of his observations, Karl Michaelsson, from the department of surgical sciences at Uppsala university said obtaining health benefits from taking vitamin D supplements is still being debated.
While some nutrition experts say that vitamin D deficiency is responsible for a number of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and a higher risk of death, others argued that vitamin D deficiency is more likely to be the result of ill health and not the cause.
"This shows that vitamin D has a relevant role to play, but not that important. We shouldn't be rushing around getting vitamin D supplements from pharmacy for ourselves. Instead, the old-fashioned advice still holds true. Eat more fish, expose yourself more to the morning sunlight, and watch your diet and how you live your life." ... Dr. Karl
People at high risk of vitamin D deficiency include children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, the old ones, and people that do not have enough exposure to sunlight. Those with darker skin such as Africans, people who wear full-body coverings, as well as pale-skinned people have been shown to be at higher risk.
