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Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity

185 points · 227 comments · lormayna

ThouYS · 1790276054 · focus · HN ↗
The whole creatine craze reminds me of Vitamin D a couple of years ago. Which also sounded harmless, but can go very wrong if not careful
1. BugsJustFindMe · 1790276199 · focus · HN ↗
  > but can go very wrong if not careful
  This is vague and doesn't explain anything. Can you share any references that communicate what you're thinking about?
  1. nkozyra · 1790276334 · focus · HN ↗
    They're talking about vitamin D, which accumulates due to being fat soluble and is indeed toxic at a certain level[1]
    It became something of a panacea nutrient, recently around COVID.
    1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_toxicity" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_toxicity
    kenhwang · 1790276947 · focus · HN ↗
    My doctor added vitamin D test to his patients recurring blood work since the start of COVID, and found out just about all his patients was deficient or near it.
    If you don't have a primarily fish based diet or spend hours under direct overhead sunlight every day without a shirt on, you're probably deficient as well.
    red-iron-pine · 1790368504 · focus · HN ↗
    yeah I'm in Canada and had a doctor say the same to me.
    basically any patient he did blood work on, that was an office worker, was moderately or seriously deficient.

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