Similarly, every attempt to demonstrate any benefit of fish oil supplements fails miserably. There is something really good about eating oily fish, but it is evidently not the oil.
Similarly, every attempt to demonstrate any benefit of fish oil supplements fails miserably. There is something really good about eating oily fish, but it is evidently not the oil.
The Mayo Clinic page on vitamin D lists a number of positive effects, for example. https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-vitamin-d/art-2...
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD...
Vitamin D + calcium supplementation for bone health in middle-aged or older people:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00198-015-3386-5
But you're right that some of the benefit of "vitamin D" will be associated with going outside. I outlined several reasons in my article: the outdoors has brighter lights, lower carbon dioxide, etc., which are good for our health.