Too bad it’s expensive and not practical to test for any deficiencies. I was not doing well and thought my autoimmune disease was out of remission. Turns out I was deficient in vitamin d. Getting levels up to normal has made a huge difference.
I’m giving my kids larger than normal doses (2000 mg/day) as I assume that if I’m deficient they are as well. However, I can’t afford to have all of them tested so it’s just a guessing game.
Someone here counseled me to jack up my Vitamin D, years ago.
It made all the difference in the world.
And I cannot live without my Chromium Picolonate.
It’s the ‘antidote’ to blood sugar irregularities.
D3 — one would get enough IF they were out in the sun long enough.
In northern latitudes this would have to be in the summer, and for even as much as 20 minutes, as I recall hearing.
So then it would be needed especially in the winter.
It would be hard to take too much. Doctors take 4,000 or more.
Bits I have heard over time. I image a SEARCH would yield a lot of info on this.
I’ve asked my doctor two years in a row to have mine tested and he hems and haw about how insurance co needs a diagnosis to cover that. But hello? How can I get a diagnosis of deficiency without doign the blood work?? I must be very low in vit D cause I sleep days and never out in the sun. But if I take supplement on myown I don’t know how much so I do nothing.
Vitamin d is so easy to be too low in, even if you walk around in the sun in shorts or a sundress. 2000 is for kids is about right. They can skip it if they were in bathing suit in the sun for hours. For older people most need at least 5000 IU a day.
Magnesium (not oxide, that’s worthless laxative) is another very important supplement to take daily. Vitamin k as well.
Your vitamins should be sourced carefully, not from China, not cheap.
You should expect to actually feel or see or measure results from anything worthwhile. A good vitamin d level plus sleep, and no huge stressors, you should get through the winter with no colds or flus. Taking magnesium citrate or asporotate before bed means you should sleep deeply and suffer no constipation ever. Vitamin k should prevent bone breaks or teeth problems.
When feeling ill, vitamin c and zinc should help you get well very quickly.
Vitamins should be chewable or in a capsule. Tablets are difficult to digest.
If I were you, I'd look up the potential toxic effects of excessive Vitamin D before you continue that regimen....
FWIW, sunlight is a major source of Vit.D....