DEC. 17, 2009 — In a year that saw more than 3,000 papers published on vitamin D deficiency as a cause of most internal cancers, heart disease, multiple sclerosis and even flu, one paper putting the D deficiency epidemic in full perspective stood out as our pick for “Study of the Year.”
Dr. Ardit Ginde’s paper published March 23 in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that:
“What Ginde’s paper did was to make it indisputable that sun avoidance is what is causing vitamin D deficiency,” Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. “Combined with the fact that we know 97 percent of Canadians are vitamin D deficient in the winter, there’s no escaping the fact that the unnatural advice of blanket UV avoidance and sunscreen usage has impacted health in a negative way. That’s why — in a year with so many research papers on vitamin D published — we think this one has the biggest impact.”
To listen to a National Public Radio story about the study click here.