By Joseph Levy
The controversial panel from the government-commissioned Institute of Medicine that Nov. 30 oddly declared that North America does not have a vitamin D deficiency problem actually did those who believe in sunbeds a backwards favor.
How riddled with contradictions was their announcement and press conference Nov. 30? The vitamin D community is still scratching its head. Consider: They claimed there’s no deficiency problem, yet tripled the vitamin D recommendation for children and raised it by 50 percent for the rest of us – all while saying 97 percent of us already get the ‘D’ we need…… READ MORE