Vitamin D deficiency leads to dementia

University of South Australia ^ | June 14, 2022 | Staff

[gleeaikin]

I don’t no what a WAG or GMTA are, but please be sure to read my Comment #36 on various definitions of OPTIMUM D levels.

[MayflowerMadam]

WAG - wild-ass guess
GMTA - Great minds think alike

[central_va]

SWAG - scientific wild-ass guess

[piasa]

Not when you figure how many people stay indoors alk the time enjoying the AC and watching the boob tube.

[MayflowerMadam]

LOL! A new one on me. I’ll remember.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for all the good info and the conversion factor from nmol/mL to ng/mL. I started requesting a Vit D level test with my regular blood work. It was low even with a fair amount of sunlight exposure from hiking, so I started 5,000 IU/day supplements and got my level up to 70 ng/mL.

I used to get annual colds with most of them deteriorating to bronchitis that often took 12 weeks to pass. That started when I was in college around age 19 or 20. Since I started the Quercetin, NAC, zinc, Vit C, and Vit D supplementation regimen, I haven't had a single respiratory infection.

By the way, the name of the health care system you cited is Kaiser Permanente. The name "Permanente" came from Permanente Creek which flowed past Henry Kaiser's Kaiser Permanente Cement Plant on Black Mountain in Cupertino, California. Kaiser's first wife, Bess Fosburgh, liked the name. I frequently hike Black Mountain and go by Permanente Creek.

[dennisw]

Thanks for all the D3 info. If you ever get ill also try magnesium ascorbate powder by Now Foods as found on Amazon. The big “secret” is to keep your system at high vitamin C all day long. This is done by a quarter teaspoon Mag Ascorbate every two hours. More than this, the C gets flushed out and wasted.

To be precise, 225mg C every two hours will saturate your system. This would be pure C in tablet form that you swallow. Eating C powder will rot your teeth due to its acidity.

I will be doing this for a few weeks to a month this summer

Magnesium ascorbate is buffered, non-acidic, Vitamin C

[Albion Wilde]

Ping!

[Gaffer]

The sun doesn’t provide Vitamin D3.....it facilitates your own body’s production of D3. Even with plenty of sun you should get a blood test at least 1-2 times per year..

[Gaffer]

An overabundance can cause hypercalcemia - too much calcium that can cause problems. I’d ask my doctor about it - to check the other levels of criticals like sodium, potassium, etc.

[MayflowerMadam]

“An overabundance can cause hypercalcemia - too much calcium that can cause problems.”

Thanks for the tip. Will check with my PCP next week. I need calcium for osteoporosis. Old age becomes a balancing act, in more ways than one.

[markomalley]

I just looked at Bangkok on Google maps street view. How long did it take for you to get used to driving on the “other” side of the road?

Whenever I've been in any country with the direction of travel opposite ours, I've never perceived that mucch of a problem because the driver's seat is also reversed (however, the pedals are the same). It is a little funky shifting gears with the left hand if you have a manual. But with an automatic transmission, the only issue is that the turn signals and wiper controls are reversed. There have been a few occasions where I think I'm signalling a turn but turn on the windshield wipers. But that's it.

[gleeaikin]

I have a jar of a Vitamin C powder, probably Mag Ascorbate, in my Covid emergency travel bag. I always have it with me on my out of town travels along with little plastic baggies of my regular daily vitamins. It also has Quercetin, Resviratrol, Zinc (50 mg.), 5000IU D capsules, and one daily multi viamins/minerals. I have these in case I run into someone with a sick family member. If you are not aware of Dr. Robert Cathcart’s writings on disease treatment with high dose Vitamin C to bowel tolerance, you should look for them at Google.