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Why worries about widespread vitamin D deficiencies — and claims of several health benefits—are overblown BY CHRISTIE ASCHWANDEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ZARA PICKEN FOR A WHILE VITAMIN D WAS LOOKING LIKE A BONA FIDE HEALTH ELIXIR. It was recognized a century ago as the cure for rickets, a childhood disease that causes weak and deformed bones. Then, in the early 2000s, researchers began amassing a pile of studies suggesting that low vitamin D levels could be a fac- tor in cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, depression, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, fractures, respiratory illnesses and Parkinson’s disease. …
摘自《科学美国人》(Scientific American)第35卷 第1期 冬季刊 · 2026年春季刊,Christie Aschwanden。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。