Lab admits vitamin D errors

January 7, 7:23 PMNutrition ExaminerAnnie Kay

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Vitamin D is the new black. Like oat bran and omega-3s, each once the answer to any nutrition question, the answer these days is vitamin D. It's hot.

The bone building fat soluble vitamin has racked up an impressive collection of studies recently linking adequate intake and/or blood levels to positive outcomes in a variety of serious conditions from osteoporosis to cancer to heart disease.

With all the media attention D is getting, physicians are getting more requests from their patients for testing, and are exploring D levels and supplementation for a variety of conditions. Makes perfect sense.

But the folks at Quest Diagnostic apparently couldn't keep up with our sudden collective need to know our serum D levels, and over the last couple years have released a number of results that not only missed the bullseye but were wide of the target of accurate values.

So if you've jumped on the D bandwagon and have a Quest Diagnositcs test to back up your supplement, give them a buzz. A recheck of your level may be in order.

 NY Times story.

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