Posted on 09/21/2009 3:47:33 PM PDT by decimon
I take 2000iu of D3 daily...
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I see all these healthy food shows...none of them say DRINK MILK.
The vitamin D guru, Dr. Cannell, has been saying 5,000 IU.
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My Rad Onc (Prostate Cancer) mentioned to me that at least 2000iu D3 per day was needed. So far my D levels are satisfactory, but the more I read the more I realize how important it is—especially in the elderly.
The question is whether it is cause or effect. Vitamin D levels are directly related to sun exposure and healthy elderly get more sun than the infirmed.
It would be interesting to see if a double blind study with Vitamin D supplementation has the same effect.
I upped my dosage to 2000 today after listening to the Fox News Doc yesterday. He must have seen this study.
I am mid 50’s, in the sun maybe hours per day, and very active outdoors. However, my D3 is low in the normal range if that makes sense. If you look at normal ranges I am the lowest point in that range. How that can happen with all the sun exposure is beyond me, but it’s a fact. Since being Dx’d with Prostate Cancer in 07, I have taken a 2000iu D3 supplement daily.
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I would urge everyone to take vitamin D supplements during the late fall, winter and spring months. Vitamin D helps boost your immune system. Since we make less vitamin D in winter because we get less sun and absorb less sunlight in our skin then to synthesize vitamin D, make sure to take extra to keep your immune systems boosted.
I’d recommend other things but this will help your body all on its own.
I saw something on the HIH website about latitudes and adequate sunlight for making vitamin D.
IIRC, north of Boston there is inadequate sunlight from November through February for the making of any vitamin D. South of somewhere in South Carolina there is always adequate sunlight.
That may be true, but also consider the age of the person too. AS you age your body doesn’t do things as efficiently as it used to, so it sure doesn’t hurt to augment your body’s production of anything that helps the immune system.
General rule is that most people are deficient in vitamins, rather than having normal or surplus levels of them.
that’s interesting info
probably here in Indiana similar
I try to be outside 45 mins daily
my dog loves to walk no matter if cold, hot, wet, frozen or whatever
How far north do you live and how dark is your skin? If you live in the higher lititudes, you may never get enough UV light to make Vitamin D even you are out all day.
It’s been a long time since I sat in a biochemistry or a physiology class but I do remember that there is a maximum dose of Vitamin D that your body will make regardless of your skin color or UV content of the light. The body modulates the ammount of precursors available in the skin. Your thermostat may be set low.
Strange that you run low, you are definately a good candidate for supplementation. What do you run with 2000IU/day?
5000 is what I take.
Due to my profound consideration for innocent bystanders, I keep my belly covered. I get letters from complete strangers thanking me.
I am in Texas where there is plenty of sun, and have fair skin. With the supplement, I stay in the mid-low ranges of normal, but high enough that more D3 is not needed...
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