[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.

[momto6]

Thank you for the info, I just had mine checked and it is 6. Was wondering what baseline is. Dr. gave me 50,000 IU taking one a week for 8 weeks then they are retesting. No wonder I have NO energy at all.