Before we look at the question of whether it's a good idea to supplement with what has become a multi billion dollar Big Pharma supplement. We need to have a few accepted facts in our minds. At high dose a D supplement can kill and for that reason it's the active killing ingredient in most rat poison (which will kill cats, dogs, horses and humans) If something can kill it's important to know at what dose it kills and at what dose it begins to harm. That's just common sense. This information is near impossible to find the closest you will get to it is that at 10,000 IU they haven't noticed any harm (that's one pill of some supplements) It's worth noting this is a very tricky area of science with many claims by Big Pharma that things don't cause harm later turning out to be false. Even smoking was at one point vigorously argued to be safe, and many of us are aware of other Big Pharma products they have assured us are safe. On this point in conclusion we know it can kill, the science is not very clear on what level it harms in fact the dose that can kill a human has not been established. So it's a toxin that can kill but we don't know at what dose, before it kills it will harm and we have little data on that and it's something that because it's fat soluble accumulates in the body over time.
The next thing you need to know about the supplement marketed as vitamin D3 is that it's not a vitamin ( it's a steroidal hormone ) Certainly if you want to make billions selling a supplement it makes it easier if it's a vitamin and not a hormone. Another question you should ask, what are the symptoms of D deficiency, as big Pharma has begun successfully selling us products based on tests rather than symptoms. Rickets is the well known symptom of a severe D deficiency and is rare in the first world. Let's take a look at some of the data that is usually hidden from the public as they are told that nearly everyone is short of this "vitamin" even in countries like Brazil with year round sun, while we are told nearly everyone should be supplementing often in very high doses a synthetic version of D that is not the same as the body makes from sunlight. To be clear D the steroidal hormone made from cholesterol initiated from sunlight is super important, even D from the few animal sources that have this hormone is perfectly good ( there is no D3 in any plants ) this article is about the vit D pushed by mainstream made from irradiated sheep wool and called D3 or sometimes just D. You rarely hear of D1, D2, D4 or D5 at least until they get a supplement for it.
Here you see that too much D can literally be fatal in humans as reported by the Mayo Clinic
This is the starting point to at least understand that at some doses it is fatal then we can begin to discover if at smaller doses it is as super healthy as they claim.
Of course as already noted the first part of the scam is to trick you into believing it's a vitamin as most people would be cautious of supplementing a hormone especially in high dose. For the record when Wiki says technically not a vitamin, that's like saying technically not a woman, another way of saying that is "not a woman". I'm not a fan of Wiki but am using it because a lot of the people pro D are and it's less technical than some of the other sources.
And here you see it's the active ingredient in rat poison. Please note the first image at the top shows it is just as fatal to humans and if you pay attention the link below the rat poison shows it's toxic to dogs. This stuff will even kill a large animal like a horse.
What have we learnt about Vitamin D so far?
1. Vitamin D is a hormone 2. It can be fatal to humans and animals So if you are taking if considering taking this supplement I would suggest you dig deeper. You may be wondering about the studies that you have seen linking D deficiency to poor health outcomes and for this you need to understand how correlation studies are used to manipulate a false conclusion and this article (click the link) and the screenshots below will help you understand
to bring all this information together here is a video discussion between myself and other professionals in natural health discussing all of the above and more
If you have any remaining doubts they will be crushed in this light hearted but well researched look at how they make D
https://chemtrails.substack.com/p/how-vitamin-d-is-made-from-slaughterhouse?fbclid=IwY2xjawH7t_FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQpT9_PSKN24L-MBEgt2Bmxz-dd7SxByT8uQ8ZRYoEOK7ADLL4p0tniCXQ_aem_FPIeIavUCQW0Y-AW5EM11g
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