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Why is there a ban on vitamin D in EU? Anyone knows the reason they gave?
I could not find the reason on my search on the internet.
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A quick google search shows that not vitamin D in general is banned, but vitamin D from specific sources (with reasons) and a brand of vitamin D products. So no, Vitamin D is not banned in EU
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Can you share where you found that EU bans only particular brands’ vitamin D?
From my search, they ban vitamin D2 and D3, which are final forms of vitamin D, not vitamin D from any brand in particular.
They do allow pro-vitamins, which are not truly vitamin D in their final forms.
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This reply was modified 3 months ago by Bluebird.
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I’m talking about vitamin D ban in cosmetics, not as oral supplement!
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Though this one is not from EU, I guess that has to do with dosage concern.
Here, apparently Canada regulates it, too, in cosmetics,
List of Ingredients that are Prohibited for Use in Cosmetic Products
“Average daily absorption must be equal to or less than 25 µg per day.”
Still haven’t found the exact details of the restriction deal in EU.
canada.ca
Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist - Canada.ca
The Hotlist is used to keep the cosmetic industry aware of substances that are restricted or prohibited in cosmetics
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Stop putting the word ‘Vitamin” in front of D….and call it what it really is…and you’ll be on the road to figuring it out.
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I have of course tried it already and I have not found the answer to my question still
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In the name of saving keystokes…I’ll do a couple of big ‘cut and pastes’. First what is it???
“It is somewhat ironic that vitamin D, through a historical accident, became classified as a ‘vitamin’, owing to the fact that vitamin is conventionally defined as ‘essential item needed in the diet’. The paradox with ‘vitamin D’ is that diet per se is usually poor in vitamin D except for cod or other fish oils or food fortified with this vitamin.
Vitamin D is actually a fat-soluble prohormone steroid that has endocrine, paracrine and autocrine functions. The endocrine effects of vitamin D are mainly involved in serum calcium homeostasis”
So, it just can’t seem to shake-off the old nickname of vitamin. Moving on…. the next bit is from my Genius PhD mentor… when we touched on it back in 2021.
” Vitamin A and vitamin D are the only two vitamins which are not
co-factors in enzymes and/or antioxidants but, in their active forms,
bind directly to promoters which ‘activate genes’ and produce more
effect the more you take and don’t level off at the limit given by the
physiologic concentration of corresponding enzymes.
Similar to most B vitamins which require activation, vitamin A is
commonly applied as precursor (retinol or retinyl esters) which, to some
degree, can be activated by all living cells and organs. Vitamin D in
its common form cholecalciferol needs to be activated first in the liver
and then the kidneys in order to become biologically active. This means
that topically applied vitamin D will not show any topical effects like
in the case of vitamin A but has to penetrate skin, get assimilated,
pass through the whole body to become active, and finally exert its
function systemically (in the whole body). That’s the main reason why
biologically active vitamin D derivatives are used in topical products.
To my knowledge, cholecalciferol has no topical effect and those would
be the ones you need for claims. The instant you claim metabolic
activation, your product is a drug (or nutrient supplement) because it
relies on a full body circulation and lacks skin targeting.”I think his comments are pretty straight forward. Basically, D cannot do a thing…without full body circulation….which instantly dumps it into one of two categories…. fake claims…or drug. You pick. Good luck.
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Keep in mind…he is a pharmacist….so some of his comments will bounce between cosmetics and drugs….as he works with both.
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If you search under Colecalcierol (British spelling) or Cholecalciferol (American spelling) you will see it is listed as an endocrine disrupter.
This is probably the reason it is banned in cosmetics.
https://edlists.org/the-ed-lists/list-i-substances-identified-as-endocrine-disruptors-by-the-eu
edlists.org
Substances identified as endocrine disruptors at EU level
This list contains substances that have undergone the full evaluation process for endocrine disruption as regulated in the EU under the Plant Protection Products Regulation (PPPR), the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) or REACH (the Candidate- and Authorization Lists).
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