He was admitted to East Surrey Hospital last year in May and died ten days later

An 89-year-old retired businessman died from an “overdose” of Vitamin D supplements that did not warn about the risks of excessive intake.

David Mitchener from Oxted, Surrey, reportedly had fatally high levels of Vitamin D when he was brought to the East Surrey Hospital last year in May and was suffering from hypercalcaemia – a build-up of calcium in the body associated with taking too much vitamin D.

He died ten days later.

  • atturaya@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    awful take:

    1. non-white countries have just as or higher rates of Vitamin D deficiency

    2. a huge percentage of people are Vitamin D deficient

    3. depending on where you live, for a large portion of the year because of the angle of the sun, there's no possibly way to get enough sunlight for Vitamin D production

    basically everyone should be taking it. it's cheap and helps prevent a lot of health issues.