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The Miracle Vitamin That Modern Science Refuses To Re-Examine - American Thinker (opens in a new tab)
americanthinker.com · 2026-11-06
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The Miracle Vitamin That Modern Science Refuses To Re-Examine - American Thinker
americanthinker.com · 2026-11-06
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Claim 1 of 7Not checkedThe medical system’s answer on how much of this common vitamin is supposed to be taken is “hopelessly off base.”View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 7Not checkedIn the 1930s, researchers published high-dose vitamin D work pointing to intakes far above today’s norms, and in 1941 the standard was fixed at 400 IU per day.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 7Not checkedThe author says later researchers found a statistical error in the recommendation and that the corrected requirement came to about 8,895 IU a day, roughly 22 times the 400 IU standard.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 7Not checkedThe article claims public advice since the late 1970s pushed Americans to block the sun, making deficiency common and contributing to rising rates of diseases that track with deficiency, including obesity, autism, MS, many cancers, and autoimmune diseases.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 7Not checkedThe author says vitamin D3 functions like a steroid hormone, regulating more than 2,700 genes, and argues that low levels for years keep the body in a defensive, energy-conserving state.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 7Not checkedThe article says the VITAL trial tested 2,000 IU a day in a largely vitamin D-sufficient population and therefore did not answer whether correcting deficiency helps people who are deficient.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 7 of 7Not checkedThe author says a Spanish hospital study during the COVID years reported striking results when patients received a fast-acting form of vitamin D, but health agencies dismissed or silenced it rather than launching a large confirmatory trial.View evidenceHide evidence
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ALBACOVIDIOL Study: Effect of Calcifediol Treatment on Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Retrospective Analysis.
Nutrients · 2025 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Review for "Risk factors for COVID‐19‐related mortality in hospitalized children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus: An observational retrospective cohort study"
2022 · Crossref
Cardiovascular Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes: 2nd Edition.
2026 · Europe PMC
Latent Class Analysis Reveals, in patient profiles, COVID-19-related better prognosis by calcifediol treatment than glucocorticoids.
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2025 · PubMed
Vitamin D in Gut and Systemic Immune Tolerance and in Infections' Risk: An International Evidence-Based Consensus Statement.
2026 · Europe PMC