Ping
Waiting for the Go-out-in-the-sun-even-if-you-live-at-the-North-pole crowd to show up!
/sarcasm...
wont be long before the Obama Care people feel the need to regulate Vit D....apparently it works, which is the first big no no.
I have MS, and when vitamin D deficiency first surfaced as an issue in MS research (a few years ago) I was tested. I was severely deficient...took 50,000 units once a week for awhile.
I still take it on a regular basis. But I grew up in a very sunny climate, spent vacations at the beach every summer, , lived in FL most of my life (with the exception of a few years living on a caribbean island and a few years in NC), and still was afflicted w/MS.
So my question about vitamin D is a horse/cart thing. Did I have vitamin D deficiency and that led to the MS...or do I have vitamin D deficiency because I have MS and heat sensitivity and rarely go in the sun anymore.
Do people with an illness (they mention connective tissue disorders which can cause pain and would limit your activities) just naturally spend less time outdoors and thus develop vitamin D deficiency?
‘Tis a puzzlement!
Vitamin D ping!
Vitamin D ping. Interesting read.
For an excellent, informative and entertaining video on Vitamin D research done by Dr. Michael Holick, go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1t9WqOD-0
It will make you run out and get that Vitamin D supplement like I did!
People. To understand anything about an overdose of d, you’d have to know what is actually in your bloodstream. It’s not about your dosage. Everyone has a certain therapeutic dose to get you over 60 in your blood, the best amount to have in terms of health. For fighting disease or cancer you’d probably be better off with over 80 on your test results.
I was taking 2000 units all summer, plus some sun, and got tested. My levels were only 24, very low. No wonder I got the flu last year!
I upped my dose of D3 to 10,000 units, and after a few months, got tested again. Only 49, still too low! Now I am on 15,000 units. I hope I’m getting closer to the necessary therapeutic dose. Everyone is different, and you have to all stop bitching about overdose because it cannot happen if you don’t have the therapeutic amount of 60+ in your blood yet. Get tested. It’s not about dose alone.
sfl
"Getting too much calcium from dietary supplements has been associated with kidney stones, while excessive vitamin D can damage the kidneys and heart."