Posted on 03/01/2023 3:51:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
That is 45 of the little gelcaps. If you convert the IU to micrograms it is less intimidating to contemplate. Same number of gelcaps but smaller number of units. Only 8325 mcg.
That means nothing if you do not know the blood level of D3 in those in the study. I need @10,000iu a day in winter to maintain a decent level (50-80)
Loss of desire to eat is a plus, for, er, some of us.
As for the Vitamin D, I've seen it from many sources not related Mercola. And the British government actually gave out Vitamin D supplements because of their research.
Yes, the first time I checked it, it was about 41, and subsequently it was between 50 and 60.
Protective Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on COVID-19-Related Intensive Care Hospitalization and Mortality: Definitive Evidence from Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis [See especially this one.]
I saw something in the BMJ about two studies that didn't find these results, but the BMJ listed some reasons why those studies may be accurate.
That' why I sit outside in the sun most days for about 20 minutes with my shirt off. Good time to listen to my audio books.
I have to admit I haven’t heard of this. I’m gonna have to look into it.
I have been a proselyte to acquaintances to the point of obnoxiousness, I guess, but lots of folks I know now never get colds/flu anymore. D3/sunshine is also cited by some doctors and researchers who have done studies as the only effective medication for depression.
What you write is as biased as them saying Ivermectin, HCQ, Zinc et al do not shorten colds or flu. It is total hogwash.
Big Pharma pushed govt, to make Zicam change the formula to prevent and stop colds. They made them take the zinc gluconate glycine out of their product because people lost their sense of smell. Like it never comes back after CURING the common cold in 5 days or less. You no longer need to have a 14 day run with colds, take zinc, Vitamin C, D3 and have an almost cold. Take the anti Covid protocol and SAVE YOUR LIFE.....except big Pharma and its muscle men in government don’t like this.
Go away propagandist, your kind is not needed in intelligent discussions.
I was taking 10,000 IU/day and had a blood test done. My PCP advised me to throttle back on it.
Most colds are caused by rhinoviruses. These viruses are good at binding with cells lining your nasal passages and the throat. Zinc ions in Zicam are believed to block the virus from binding to these cells. The oral Zicam is unable to put the zinc gluconate deep into the lungs where COVID attacks. There’s limited evidence about how safe and effective Zicam products are. Researchers don’t know how people can avoid the side effects of taking zinc. As a result, it’s not clear what the best dose or treatment plan would be.
This thread on the topic of Vitamin D caught my attention - not about covid, but an interaction between the vitamin D and carbamazepine - one of the seizure drugs I used to be on for 20 years.
It is suspected that carbamazepine has a potential to have long-term side effects of decreasing the body’s level of vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is frequently cited as a possible cause of decrease in bone mineral density. I can’t prove it, but this could explain why I have arthritis today. IMHO, my blood should have been regularly checked for Vit D, and it wasn’t.
I heard studies indicate 20% but whatever the number, it’s significant but there’s no money in it.
My doctor tests my D3, and it’s “perfect”. I take 5000 iu/day in a pill, and get a little extra in my multi vitamin and calciun.
I liked the old Zicam formula. Then TPTB made it less effective. Pffft!
We take First Defence (spelled. With a “c”), from Amazon. It seems to work well.
I am not elderly and I am not a shutin, but I am pale. I took prescription high dose vit d for over 5 years before finally testing at a normal level.
From intermountainhealthcare.org
The best way to get vitamin D is naturally from the sun. However, if you live above the 37th parallel (37 degrees latitude), or anywhere north of Los Angeles, then you really can’t get much vitamin D from November to March when the sun is very low in the sky (all of Utah is above the 37th parallel). Thus, we have to rely on the vitamin D we were able to store up from the summer or the vitamin D we can take in through our diets and supplements. Unfortunately, there just are few vitamin D food sources as our bodies really were designed to get the vitamin D we need from the sun
It sounds like insanity. The optimal vitamin d level is 32 ng/ml. A person has 6000 ml of blood, so the blood has approximately 192 micrograms of vitamin d.
There are more kidney stones among people with a level of 50 ng/ml. Ask the people suggesting these very high doses for a comparison of the effects in people who take these doses and people who take much lower doses.
There is a test of deactivated vitamin d, but labs don’t offer them. If some day they do, I think many people will see that the body deactivates almost all the vitamin d they take.
I remember Fauci switching gears and saying....open the windows...but still no simple stuff like get out in the sunshine...take Vit C...
We needed herd immunity....we got stuck with mutation after mutation.
4 people I am close to have gotten Covid in the last month. My daughter was violently ill and she had her shots. The "experimental" vaccines didn't work....Period
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