Jan writes:

Dr. John  Cannell seems to be pretty transparent.  Maybe ask him if  he's  
being paid by Nature Made, or Nature's Sunshine or Nature's Moonlight  or  
any 
of the other herbal, vitamin type people.  Or Kirkland  brand which is  the 
CostCo brand....
~~~ You are right, he is very transparent, if one thinks to look,  which I 
believe most people don't. He has his own line of Vit D supplements, and  
the Council itself is sponsored by two other companies that make supplements,  
including a BioTech Pharma company, a company that makes Vit D test kits, 
and  one that makes tanning beds. Supplements, like formula, are often cheap 
to  produce. They can be extremely helpful, like the Vit A supplements in  
the studies Susan Burger has mentioned. But in a for-profit  system, with 
huge companies with shareholders, there is always  the push to sell more, to 
expand markets. Temporary helps become a way  of life, rather than the 
Herculean work of changing the conditions that  might have led to the problem in 
the first place. Sometimes our effect on the  environment is so devastating, 
we are actually stuck in the "new abnormal." New  moms are suggested not to 
take their infants out in the sun too much,  nor are they to use sunscreen. 
We need Vit D. Human milk is not deficient  in Vit D ( which makes human milk 
sound weak or bad) rather the  conditions in which we are designed to get 
Vit D have been irrevocably  shifted. These are complicated issues, but I 
think they are further  complicated by the knowledge that there are companies 
and individuals who  stand to make huge profits working on them. If 
supplements are cheap, then it  might take a lot of sales to make the money, but if 
we have a whole generation  of folks lacking in Vit D, that might make up the 
difference. I am not saying  that the statements made are untrue, but I am 
saying that they bear careful  scrutiny knowing what we know about 
corporations ( which despite the law, I  don't believe are people.) Hope that 
clarifies what I wrote.
 
Peace,
Judy



Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY, USA
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