No, not really. Vitamin D in particular (like all fat-soluble vitamins) is not hard to overdose on.
most people are consuming too few micronutrients
I’d probably phrase it like this: almost every person will benefit from increased consumption of some set of micronutrients. But the issue is that this set is different for different people.
Take iron as an example. Some people need more iron in their diets. But some people need less. Can you recommend more iron to some person X not knowing anything about him or her? No, you can’t.
Vitamin D is actually pretty difficult to overconsume (at least, accidentally—if you wanted to suicide by Vitamin D, it’d be a long and annoying process). According to mayoclinic, you’d need to consume around 50,000IU daily for several months to start getting into Vitamin D toxicity.
No, not really. Vitamin D in particular (like all fat-soluble vitamins) is not hard to overdose on.
I’d probably phrase it like this: almost every person will benefit from increased consumption of some set of micronutrients. But the issue is that this set is different for different people.
Take iron as an example. Some people need more iron in their diets. But some people need less. Can you recommend more iron to some person X not knowing anything about him or her? No, you can’t.
Vitamin D is actually pretty difficult to overconsume (at least, accidentally—if you wanted to suicide by Vitamin D, it’d be a long and annoying process). According to mayoclinic, you’d need to consume around 50,000IU daily for several months to start getting into Vitamin D toxicity.
I completely agree with the rest of your post.