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To: ConservativeMind

Vitamin D seems to help everything.

Is there any harm that too much of it causes?


3 posted on 04/25/2023 6:41:44 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88
Yes, there are issues with “too much,” but the impact varies and sometimes can be self-identified.

One study showed women with blood levels over 32 ng/ml had a 6.2% reduction in sleep quality (you would know if this happened). Another shows that triglycerides increased 13 mg/dL and total cholesterol went up by 3.6 mg/dL when normalizing overweight people with 23.5 ng/mL to 30.6 ng/mL.

Other issues start to increase beyond 40 - 50 ng/mL.

Can there be benefit to even higher amounts? Possibly, but potential negatives keep piling in, too.

My last Vitamin D was 34 ng/mL, and I aim for 30 - 40 ng/mL.

4 posted on 04/25/2023 7:06:50 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: PGR88

When the blood level of vitamin d is 32 ng/ml the body starts deactivating it. That’s why I believe that’s the optimal level.

I haven’t found any publication where people with a blood level of 32 ng/ml increased their levels through a supplement and received a benefit.

The highest possible blood level through sun exposure, for almost everybody, is 60 ng/ml.

There are more kidney stones in people with a blood level of 50 ng/ml.

Excess vitamin d reduces vitamin k and gamma tocopherol. It probably also reduces or increases absorption of some food components.


11 posted on 04/25/2023 4:38:20 PM PDT by TTFX
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