Imagine you had a garden and you were trying to grow some beautiful flowers. You heard that using special fertilizer would help your flowers grow taller and stronger. So, you went out and bought the best fertilizer money could buy. But when you used it on your plants, nothing changed! Your flowers stayed small and weak. Well, it’s the same story for seniors who take vitamin D supplements to make their bones stronger. A major new study found that these supplements don’t actually reduce the risk of bone fractures in older adults. It’s like trying to replace the power of the sun with a tiny lamp! Despite the hopes and dreams of many, it seems that vitamin D supplements are not the magical solution we were hoping for.
