The ‘sunshine vitamin’ is losing its sparkle - The Boston Globe

Vitamin D supplements, regularly consumed by millions of Americans, have not held up to the considerable hype of warding off many common, dreaded diseases.

The study randomly assigned thousands of men aged 50 and older and women 55 and older to one of four groups to compare the impacts of vitamin D, with or without fish oil, to placebo pills that contai… [+6302 chars]

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