The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
in the United States alone actually around 70% of the population does not meet the requirement for vitamin D around 60% does not meet the requirement for vitamin E 45% does not meet the requirement for magnesium um around 38% doesn't meet the requirement for calcium and uh vitamin K 35% don't meet the the requirement for
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We know that micronutrient deficiencies and insufficiencies are very common in the US from a lot of these large national surveys that have been done called NHANE studies. So, you can see here we talked about vitamin D. That's not from the diet. That's from sun exposure. The vitamin E, 60% of the US population is not getting enough vitamin E. I mean 45% of the population is not getting enough magnesium. Calcium is 35%, vitamin A 35%. I mean it just goes on and on. Omega-3 I mentioned 80 to 90%.