Good luck on getting enough. i take 50,000 units twice a week and it barely creeps up (and is still way below normal). wonder why this massive D deficiency is occurring in both adults and kids (and don’t say lack of sun). my dr said that is not the cause.
My daughter was diagnosed with very low vitamin D levels last year. I was surprised because we live in California, and she goes outside for sports and for lunch every day it isn’t raining (which is most of the year).
We started supplementing her with 1000 units every day, but that didn’t make it go up much, so I upped it to 2000 units every day. She needs to be tested again.
After she was diagnosed, I tested my levels, and they were low. However, I’ve had an injured hip and I haven’t been outside much.
“i take 50,000 units twice a week and it barely creeps up (and is still way below normal)”
For what it’s worth - I take 5000 i.u. D3 daily along with a fish oil gelcap and a 200 mg CoQ10 gelcap. I’ve been doing so for about a year and my level (last week) was 74.7 ng/ml (reference range = 32 - 100 ng/ml)