Boosting Vitamin D
Not enough or too much?

Summary

A long-awaited report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), “Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D,” calls for increasing daily vitamin D intake. Yet some experts say these new recommendations are still too low in vitamin D. Why do these nutrition specialists disagree? This Forum webcast examined the question, “Boosting Vitamin D: Not enough or too much?

Part of: The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.

Presented in Collaboration with Reuters

Background Articles

• Vitamin D and Prevention of Cancer — Ready for Prime Time?
  Perspective published in the March 23, 2011 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The Forum event
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D
  Institute of Medicine Report
• IOM Report Brief
• For Adult Bone Health, Too Low on Vitamin D — and Too Generous on Calcium
  Comment on the IOM Vitamin D and Calcium Recommendations by Heike Bischoff-Ferrari and Walter Willett
• Vitamin D: How Much Do I Need?
  The Nutrition Source, Harvard School of Public Health
• How Much Vitamin D? Why Many Experts Take Issue With The IOM
  The Huffington Post
• More? Or less? Experts disagree about how much vitamin D and calcium you should get
  Boston.com

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