In February 2020, a presentation by a senior NHS manager called Prophesy of Doom was given to all the students on my postgraduate course at Falmouth University.
This lecture covered predicted anti-biotic resistance as the big pharmaceutical companies had stopped updating their research and development as effective or preventative medication including vaccines had been deemed unprofitable.
It also looked at the scientific arm of the NHS showing that it kept up-to-date while not being able to influence private companies or healthcare.
Straight afterwards I went to have a gander on the NHS website and stumbled over a series of pages about the 26 micronutrients we need to be healthy. The information was spread clumsily over many different pages, which required many clicks to navigate.
However, on the page for Vitamin D it said quite clearly, to paraphrase, that:
- Between October and March we did not get enough sunlight to make Vitamin D
- We need enough vitamin D to regulate calcium and phosphorus in our bodies
- We require a 10mcg supplement each day during the winter months
- If we are indoors during the daytime, have darker skin or wear clothing that covers most of our skin we ought to take a supplement all year round
However key information was missing, without which this information lost its usefulness
We can not get enough vitamin D from food. The NHS lists food such as mushrooms and egg yolks but not everyone can or wants to eat these. Taking a D3 or D2 for vegetarians and vegans would work for any human body irrespective of diet, faith, taste, allergies or intolerances.
I recently noted on holiday that a bottle of D3 tablets could be as cheap as £1. However, that was in 2025. However, in 2020 public health was struck by a scandal of conflict of interest from profit-hungry corporations interfering in information about nutrition and diet.
The following confusing message still appears in the Vitamin D section on the NHS website, which is confusing because people take supplements to treat deficiencies. Supplements are not treatments or cures.
All we need to know about Vitamin D is that it is fat soluble, needs to be eaten with or after food containing dietary fats and if taken just with water on an empty stomach it will not work. It needs a “carrier”. Like other macronutrients there are various forms of dietary fats carrying essential Omega fatty acids.
Foods that work are:
- Meat: Beef, lamb, pork products, and poultry with skin.
- Fish & Seafood: Salmon, mackerel, trout, sardines, anchovies, herring, prawns, crab, and lobster
- Dairy: Butter, ghee, whole milk, heavy cream, full-fat yogurt, and cheese
- Plants: Coconut (including flesh, milk, and cream), cacao (cocoa butter), avocados, olives, oils from these and nuts and seeds.
As we cannot get enough sun to make vitamin D during the winter, a deficiency will weaken our bones, skin, hair and also reduce our protection against infection and recovery from injury or illness.
Therefore the confusing message that evidence had not been found that Vitamin D helped prevent “coronavirus” is patronising and compromised by profit interests. The backlash from the public was huge. During COVID, the aisles containing vitamins were reduced to a few bottles on the bottom shelf in shops. The authorities went after people selling cold remedies to alleviate symptoms and supplement sellers accusing them of medical fraud.
Before COVID, the pharmaceutical industry had controlled the narrative about supplements, framing them as treatments or cures for illnesses, not to tackle deficiencies or acquire essential nutrition and then to say they don’t work. We also knew that having a cold would clear out inflammation and other toxins in our system and provide immunity for a period after recovery.
General wisdom and knowledge amongst the public and our doctors and nurses was undermined in a huge betrayal of public health and trust.
Therefore, if you haven’t been in hot sun, I invite you to eat a meal containing a meal, which delivers essential dietary fats and then take a 10mcg or 25mcg or 1000 international unit supplement of D3 or D2 for vegetarians or vegans.
If you are like me you will experience a little more energy and perhaps an imperceptible (as they are) mental lift quite soon afterwards. A sunny disposition never hurts in the winter.
Below is the information on the NHS website about Vitamin D before the great betrayal of public health started
