“There is no difference between those taking vitamin D3 and those taking placebo”
“People with digestive system diseases such as celiac disease and Crohn’s disease need to take it”
Vitamin D. Getty Image Bank
‘Vitamin D’, a nutrient necessary for the normal development of muscles and bones. Because it is synthesized in the body through the skin exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet rays, it is nicknamed the ‘sunshine vitamin’.
However, a study found that healthy middle-aged people do not need a lot of vitamin D to prevent osteoporosis or fractures in old age.
So far, vitamin D intake has been widely recommended for bone health, but this is a study that overturns this common sense.
According to foreign media such as CNN broadcast in the US on the 28th (local time), a research team at Bringham and Women’s Hospital in the United States announced the results of the study that showed that taking vitamin D to prevent fractures while in good health had no significant effect.
The research team divided 25,871 adult men and women living in 50 US states into a vitamin D3 group and a placebo (placebo) group to track clinical changes over regarding five years. The subjects consisted only of healthy people who had not been diagnosed with osteoporosis or vitamin D deficiency.
As a result of the study, the treatment group took 2000 IU (international unit) of vitamin D3 daily, but compared to the non-treated group, there was no significant difference in the prevention of hip, wrist, or pelvic fracture risk.
Specifically, fracture symptoms occurred in 769 out of 12,927 people who took the vitamin, which was not significantly different from 782 out of 12,944 people who took the placebo drug.
However, there are exceptions when vitamin D intake is absolutely necessary. Although it is not common for the general public to become deficient in vitamin D, the researchers pointed out that vitamin D intake is necessary if you suffer from celiac disease (chronic digestive disorder) or Crohn’s disease, a type of digestive system disease. .
Lee Seung-gu, online news reporter lee_owl@segye.com
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