[Will88]

Before Dr. Buckley starts sounding the alarms bells about dangers of Vitamin D supplementation in relation to atherosclerosis, she might want to investigate the role of Vitamin K2, which studies have shown transports calcium to where it should be, to the bones and away from harmful buildup in the arteries, thereby inhibiting atherosclerosis. Several supplement manufacturers now come D3 and K2 into one supplement:

http://www.vitacost.com/Twinlab-D3-Plus-K2-Dots

You can Google Vitamin K2 and calcium transport and see many links which discuss this research. Not yet accepted, but many studies have shown this to be a role of K2:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Vitamin+k2+calcium+transport&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS345US345&ie=UTF-8

And, the darker the skin, the less Vitamin D a person absorbs from the sun. It could be that blacks, who do absorb less from the sun, might actually have a lower need form Vitamin D than whites, who’ve both probably adapted to particular levels of Vitamin D over thousands of years.

[neverdem]

Thanks for the links.

[grey_whiskers]

Beat me to it! I have been taking K2 for six months for just these reasons.

Cheers!

[mad_as_he$$]

Not the way these studies work. Her next effort should be on K2.