Vitamin D Insufficiency in Sunny Climates, Too

Family Practice News ^ | 1 July 2009 | DIANA MAHONEY

[kcvl]

It’s hard to get sun when you are sitting in front of a video game.

[AnAmericanMother]

Plus the parents are covering up every square inch of exposed skin with sunscreen and/or sunproof shirts.

[goodnesswins]

"Vitamin D deficiency is defined by most experts as a [25-hydroxyvitamin D] level less than 20 ng/mL.”

Hmmmm.....my doc wants MY Vit D level up around 60...it's now around 38....and I take loads of Vitamin D3 every day. (4400iu) And, I'm outside at least an hour a day.....

[blam]

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[ChocChipCookie]

My friend’s doctor told her that Arizona has one of the highest rates of Vitamin D deficiency.

[goodnesswins]

YEP....I saw a comment somewhere that the correlation between sunscreen use and skin cancer sure is high....I don’t use sunscreen, unless I’m really at a high elevation on a sunny day....people are too afraid of the sun.

[silverleaf]

My family has been on Vit D supplements after reading about how it may bolster protection against flu virus infection

Cheap insurance

[CONSERVE]

This is so true.

[brytlea]

Amen. And when they are outside they are slathered with sunblock. In addition, there are not really good food sources for D and only about 100 iu are in one glass of milk (I think that’s the number, it’s something like that). So, anyone not getting a good dose of sunlight several times per week is likely not getting enough D. I had mine tested because of neuropathy and I was very low. I have been taking 1000 per day and have seen some improvement in joint pain.

[brytlea]

Wonder if you have something else going on?

[goodnesswins]

Don’t know about “something else” but, I have NO pain....and no colds/flu....and I’m 58. My doc is on leading edge....preventative....so....him wanting a high level of Vit D would fit with his practices.

[brytlea]

Maybe so. I had lots of symptoms, and I don’t think D is the whole story, but it seems to have helped some.

[Ulysse]

ping

[Lilpug15]

Hmm... I just got all this blood work done because I wasn’t feelig right - My vitamin D levels are at 20 and very low - I’m now on a front load of 50,000 mg (not a typo) of Vitamin D - take one pill a week for 6 weeks and will get retested...

I guess I’m a vampire? For the first time my doctor said GET SOME SUN - never had a problem before - play soccer outside and everything I’m about 28 yrs. old

[green pastures]

Last fall I was at 9. 50,000 iu of D2 once a week for 8 weeks, then to every other week, plus 2-3,000 iu of D3 daily. In May I was up to 39.

[neverdem]

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[Lilpug15]

Was there a reason why? Glad to hear it’s gone up significantly BTW!

Bone problems and arthritis run in my family - not sure if that makes me a little more vulnerable than most...

[SunkenCiv]

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[Grampa Dave]

Again, it seems to do things in moderation and to avoid the extremes like no sun, no milk, sunblock on in the morning even before one goes outside.

It isn’t just kids and women, who suffer from calcium deficiencies. Men have problems too.