Beyond Supplements: The Bigger Story We Keep Editing Out

Read the 2025 updated article I was interviewed for by VOGUE here: https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/why-you-need-vitamin-d-and-the-best-supplements-to-take

When Vogue interviewed me in 2022 on vitamin D - now republished for winter 2025 - I tried to widen the frame beyond the usual supplement narrative. Supplements have value, but you cannot compensate your way out of a sunlight deficiency. Light regulates circadian rhythm, immune signaling, mitochondrial function and skin biology in ways no capsule can replicate.

I included a straightforward dermatology reference to phototherapy for psoriasis - a completely standard clinical treatment. Even that was removed. The final piece was safe, familiar and scientifically incomplete, not because journalists lack good intentions but because mainstream health coverage often prioritises simplicity over accuracy.

I say this as someone who reads Vogue in my bubble bath. Your readers are intelligent. They are far ahead of the recycled basics and the clickbait biohacking trends. Women today are navigating career load, stress physiology, hormones, immune shifts and chronic symptoms that cannot be solved with silo thinking. They want depth, pattern recognition and explanations that respect their intelligence.

If magazines want to stay culturally relevant in women’s health, the evolution isn’t toward more tips and tricks - it’s toward nuance, context and the biology behind the headlines. Not influencer clickbait nonsense - but actual depth and nuance from clinically relevant experts.