Vitamin D supplements show anti-diabetes potential

nutraingredients-usa.com ^ | 27-Oct-2009 | Stephen Daniells

[TheLurkerX]

From what I’ve always read, they say 20 minutes exposure to the sun a day is what’s needed for Vitamin D production. Who knows? Maybe I’ll ask them to check it next time.

[TheLurkerX]

From my estimate, right now, I’m getting about 800-1000 a day, so it probably wouldn’t hurt to add a separate D supplement.

[Quix]

Understand.

Interesting shredding of that thread . . . . quite a relentless attack job.

[neverdem]

I mentioned peptide C in comment# 44. It's C-peptide that's measured to determine if a person is still making their own insulin. Peptide C is a different peptide. Pardon me.

This is a pretty good review article that stumbled upon while looking for: Inflammation and insulin resistance

[djf]

Thnx. Will review.

[Pining_4_TX]

My daughter was found to have extremely low levels of D, so her doctor prescribed a massive dose for several weeks. Months later, when she was re-tested, her level had already dropped too low again. Perhaps some people have more trouble maintaining a good level of D than others do. I’m always bugging her now to spend more time in the sun and take supplements. (Hey, I’m a mom... it’s what I do!)

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Mr. Peel is diabetic, and needed 5 injections of insulin a day. We've radically changed our diets and now he's down to 1 injection a day. The last time he was tested for his AIC, I requested a Vitamin D test at the same time. His Vit D level was extremely low, so the Dr prescribed 50,000 units of Vit D once a week for 12 weeks. We're into week 3. His blood sugar numbers in the mornings are now in the high 80s, so we've decreased the last injection of insulin from 30 units to 25.

[VOA]

bump

[steve86]

OT but just wanted to mention I seem to be coming down with H1N1 symptoms 3 days after my daughter was diagnosed in the ER (her fever is starting to come down). I have been taking 2,000-4,000 IU D3 daily all along so hopefully the flu will be mild. Hers was other than the fever (almost 104).

[MetaThought]

You should get a glucose meter. They’re pretty cheap too.

All you need is a drop of blood ...

[djf]

Vitamin D will turn out to be the greatest nutritional discoveries in the last hundred years or so.
The next most important will be Magnesium.

Playing outside and in the sun, drinking creek water.

Go figure...

[rmlew]

Interesting.
Personally, I have recently started to take 1000 IU D3 supplement and a 400 IU Alpha Lipolic Acid supplement on top of my regular regimen of a cinnamon pill, niacin bound chromium, Omega 3-6-9 (400mg each Fish, Flash and Borage), as well as a multivitamin Hawthorne Berry, Chokeberry, blueberry, and Apple extracts. I just wanted to up my resistance with flu season comming, but maybe this will help.

[bert]

.....they say 20 minutes exposure to the sun a day is what’s needed for Vitamin D production.....

That is getting to the heart of the matter. There are varying degrees of sunlight and clothing that effect the exposure time but the principle holds.

The problem is that we no longer live out doors. Some women are outdoors only to go from car to the house or place of work or store. Then there is winter and dreary sunless days for weeks on end. That is when there is a problem.

[neverdem]

Get the 25-hydroxyvitamin D, aka 20[OH]D, test done.

Correction: Get the 25-hydroxyvitamin D, aka 25[OH]D, test done.

Some typos are unreal.

[radiohead]

<50,000 units of Vit D once a week for 12 weeks

Is he taking any Vit D on the other days of the week? This is very interesting info for me as I have always had trouble with am BGs, no matter what regimen I’m on.

I don’t see my endo until January. Are there any problems with taking this much D without being followed by a doctor? And why once a week instead of every day (even if at lower amounts)? Inquiring minds want to know!

[Marysecretary]

So what else is new? There’s a lot of anger here on FR lately.

[Scythian]

I had a thought about Vitamin D. Since we get most of our Vitamin D from the Sun maybe it’s a good thing that this flu has come early in the season, if it had hit hard during the normal peak flu season (Jan/Feb) then the Vitamin D level’s of most would have been much, much lower ...

Just a though ...

[Quix]

“a lot” . . . several times over.

sigh.

[Marysecretary]

I rarely get out in the sun. So my Vit. D. levels are low anyway. I guess you’re right about that. I just don’t know enough about it. I get Vit. D. when I do dialysis so hopefully that makes up for my being housebound much of the time, LOL.

[Marysecretary]

Put me on the list please.