Vitamin D Could Prevent & Treat Influenza, Coronavirus, & Pneumonia Infections

forkexec · on March 18, 2020

No, this is a shady supplement peddler fabricating "research" to sell vitamins. Please keep this worthless crap off HN.

vicken · on March 18, 2020

This is far from the truth. I work for the organization that put the paper together, GrassrootsHealth. We're a non-profit organization doing nutrient research, with a focus on vitamin D.

You can read more about the organization here: https://www.grassrootshealth.net/?post_projects=about-us

aaron695 · on March 19, 2020

https://www.grassrootshealth.net/press/

You also claim vitamin D could treat cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, cystic fibrosis, and premature births and....Coronavirus?

Eating less sugar long term probably would help treat all those. But we have underlying reasons.

What's yours?

vicken · on March 19, 2020

Did you take a look at the research section (https://www.grassrootshealth.net/research/)?

You can find the papers we've published that support our claims.

aaron695 · on March 19, 2020

I chose one at random, it didn't explain an underlying mechanism why vitamin D might have such a large range of health benefits like you claim.

It is quite easy for an organisation to p-hack. It's also quite easy for an organisation to ignore correlation vs causation.

So I was wanting to know in summary (a blog is fine) what the underlying mechanism is to which vitamin D could solve so many problems.

[edit] I'll add an article critical of your way of researching - https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2017/03/vitamin-d-cancer-ho...

forkexec · on March 19, 2020

Your own self-serving bologna doesn't count as well-established science, and making unfounded health claims about supplements is illegal under numerous federal laws. I suggest everyone reading this contact the FDA to urge enforcement action against these shylock clowns.

forkexec · on March 19, 2020

Alex Jones, Jim Baker and whoever these scammers are... Snake oil panacea merchants preying people during on disasters. The FBI, IRS and FTC should throw a whole library at these vile, criminal scumbags.