Vitamin D: The “D” Stands For Disinformation, But You Can Fix That
Fake news isn’t all bad. Not when it serves as an illustrative example of how to unmask it!
What is new?
Vitamin D has — again — hit the news as a silver-bullet supplement. The underlying evidence — again — flames out under closer scrutiny.
Why it matters
Fake news has its utility, too. Even if only as an instructive example of how to protect yourself from them. The most recent Vit-D story delivers that example — and an enjoyable course for how to uncover what the big names in health news either miss or deliberately withhold.
Your takeaway
A layman’s checklist for grading the credibility of health articles. A blow-by-blow of how this checklist emerged from a real-life example of Vit-D baloney. And an insider’s probably surprising account about your Vit-D supplement.
Fake it till you make (everyone believe) it
Good thing neither the media nor the researchers are letting bias get in the way of medical study reports. Except they are — and with respect to Vitamin D, they are pretty brazen about it.
