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D is for Debacle - The Crucial Story of Vitamin D and Human Health

Ivor Cummins · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Nutrition & diet scienceMedicine & infectious disease

What it is

Ivor Cummins gives an 82-minute presentation on the history and science of vitamin D and human health. He draws on expert interviews to argue that sun exposure and vitamin D status are linked to many chronic diseases.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it in vitamin D threads as a thorough walkthrough of why deficiency may matter.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend these videos”

    Argues vitamin D supplementation benefits are underappreciated

    mtgx, 2018-01 · Strong recommendation · in “High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness”

  2. “One of the many great videos on the subject”

    Talk on the story of vitamin D and human health

    sitkack, 2017-12 · Recommendation · in “The Big Vitamin D Mistake”

  3. “There are two videos I found particularly informative.”

    Informative explanation of how the body uses vitamin D

    mitko, 2020-08 · Recommendation · in “Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: vitamin d, sun exposure, supplementation, nutrition, chronic disease

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