The Indian emergency of Vitamin D

Hindustan Times | ByVir Sanghvi

May 11, 2019 06:18 PM IST

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Doctors make you worry too much about dietary cholesterol. They should be focusing on Vitamin D deficiency, the real health emergency

If you write about the interface between food and health as I often do, there is something you learn very quickly: by the time most public health scares have been understood by the general public, the medical wisdom has usually been turned on its head. And when there are genuine public concerns, they often go unnoticed.

Vitamin D is essential for people who have large amounts of the pigment melanin in their skin(iStock)

When it comes to Vitamin D, add an inexpensive supplement to your diet if you have any deficiency symptoms

Even avocado was once on the list of banned foods due to the anti-cholesterol mindset (iStock)

Vitamin D tests are available, but not really necessary (iStock)

Dr. Ambrish Mithal’s research found really low levels of Vitamin D in Indians

Smog is a new factor that prevents UV rays from reaching the ground, making it difficult to get enough sunlight (Shutterstock)

In many countries abroad, foods are routinely fortified with Vitamin D (iStock)

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