[Jemian]

I agree. But, when I'm overseas, I live just 2½° below the equator and I'm outside all the time. In this country, I have to conciously make sure I spend time in the sun. There are Vit. D supplements. I like the sun.

[MsLady]

If your that close to the equator you shouldn't need vit. D supplements. Just 10 minutes probably 4 or 5 days a week is enough. Also if you get a tan, it takes the body longer to make that D. In just 30 minutes in the sun your body makes about 20,000iu of D.

I like the sun too, but, I live just about as far north as you can live in the lower 48 states. When I had my D level checked it was 14, base line is 40. Took me forever to get it up to 50, almost 2 years and I was taking between 5,000 and 20,000 a day. So when they say, don't take a lot of vitamin D you might overdose. It takes a long time and a lot of vitamin D to get that much if your low. Your body uses around 4000 a day and if you have any auto-immune diseases, it soaks it up.