Vitamin D advice needs improvement

I hear that some doctors in the UK continue to respond to patient enquiries about vitamin D with advise that one can get a sufficient amount of the good stuff from dietary sources alone. This is a falsehood. The only way you will get enough vitamin D from food is if your foodstuffs have been artificially fortified with the vitamin. Note, in the UK milk is NOT fortified with vitamin D.

Also, when patients are diagnosed or found to be at high risk of skin cancer, lupus, or other conditions that require spending more time than usual out of the sun, why isn't long-term vitamin D prescription a simple matter of course? Not only may it assist with a host of ailments but it definitely helps reduce risk of weak bones, the probability of which will rise substantially if you spend too much time hidden away from the sun's rays.