{"id":163,"date":"2011-02-07T09:48:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T08:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc-archimedes\/?p=163"},"modified":"2011-02-07T09:48:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T08:48:40","slug":"why-the-obsession-with-vitamin-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/2011\/02\/07\/why-the-obsession-with-vitamin-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the obsession with Vitamin D?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Lovely Sun\" src=\"http:\/\/www.healthproductsguru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Vitamin-D_Sun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>So, in the dark and cold climes of an early Northern Spring, Archi has been assailed by questions of vitamin D. There are, it is claimed, near-miraculous things from Vitamin D sufficiency &#8211; less cancer, less heart disease, less rickets. Well, I&#8217;ll buy the last one, but the others? 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