High-Dose Vitamin D May Treat Incurable Diseases: Experts

The sunshine hormone reveals surprising effects on several diseases at doses far beyond official guidelines

Supplements such as vitamins D and E are essential to skin health, especially if fish or other suggested foods aren't readily available. Kelvin Wong/Shutterstock

Vitamin D supplements are currently recommended at a dose of 600 international units (IU) per day by the National Institutes of Health, alongside a warning about the potentially toxic effects of taking more.

But for some people, supplementing with what would be seen as a very high dose of vitamin D every day may reap health benefits rather than toxicities, experts suggest.