The sunshine hormone reveals surprising effects on several disease at doses far beyond official guidelines
Vitamin D supplements are currently recommended at a dose of 600 international units (IU) per day by the National Institutes of Health, alongside a warning about the potentially toxic effects of taking more.
But for some people, supplementing with what would be seen as a very high dose of vitamin D every day may reap health benefits rather than toxicities, experts suggest. -- More...
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