A MAJOR statistical error has kept vitamin D recommendations DANGEROUSLY low for decades.
✅8,895 IU/day is needed for 97.5% of people to reach ≥50 nmol/L — NOT a mere 600 IU/day.
🚫The error: The Institute of Medicine “misread” its own analysis — using values meant for group averages instead of individuals.
Current RDAs are failing public health as deficiency runs rampant (~42% of Americans).
The World Health Organization recommends 200 IU of Vit D, but a “schoolboy error” from the Institutes of Medicine reveals they are wrong.
This revelation has Global Health implications when you consider it’s protective role for the immune system.
Dr. John Campbell: “It means in the United States, the recommended amount of vitamin D is 15 times too low [and] in the United Kingdom it’s 22 times lower than it should be”
[Via: @NicHulscher / @Humanspective]