The sunshine vitamin King

June Shannon spoke to Prof Michael Holick, aka Boston University’s ‘Sun King’ and global expert on vitamin D, on its importance and the major healthcare challenges associated with vitamin D deficiency Current dietary guidelines in relation to the recommended intake of vitamin D in adults and children are off by about a factor of 10, according to a leading expert on vitamin D. Prof Micheal Holick, Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) in the US was in Dublin recently to highlight the importance of vitamin D in the diet. According to Prof Holick, all…