Vitamin D Deficiency, Latest Studies

In a new article published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine , doctors are stepping away from previous warnings about the need for more vitamin D saying there's too much needless testing and too many people taking too many pills for a problem that is really not as wide ranging as previously reported. Vitamin is crucial for strong bones and may play a role in other health conditions, but proof of even that has become far less certain. The Journal reported that correctly interpreted, less than 6 percent of Americans ages 1 to 70 are Vitamin D deficient and only 13 percent are in danger of not getting enough.