“All-Time High” Vitamin D Awareness May Make New DRI Less Relevant – CRN
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Consumer enthusiasm for vitamin D is outpacing the research community and may make upping the dietary reference intake level less relevant to the supplement industry
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