Ask you doctor to get your Vitamin D levels tested!!!

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50,000 IUs? God damn. I'm not surprised you're already feeling better though. Btw, make sure the vitamin D is D3 only, as it is the bio active form.

 

[DougoMan]

50,000 IUs? God damn. I'm not surprised you're already feeling better though. Btw, make sure the vitamin D is D3 only, as it is the bio active form.

Yeah, they actually make 50,000IU pills that a doctor can prescribe so that you do not have to take 25 of those vitamin pills you buy at the store.

I have noticed that my joins have been crackling quite a bit the last few days. I wonder if that has to do with them strengthening from the Vitamin D.

I was surprised I felt better so quickly too.

Unfortunately I'm not going to know how much it ultimately helped with my fatigue since I started on thyroid medication for another health condition on Friday, and that has been like a kick in the face. A really good one.

I can still confidently say it did in the 10 days I took it prior to taking other meds for my condition, it did a lot.

 

[MJinZ]

The Cow industry is going to love this.

 

[MJinZ]

You need to be within a specific range of latitudes for the sun to have any effect on your vitamin D levels for the winter months; the atmosphere reflects away the necessary UV wavelengths this time of year. People who have darker skin, like African-Americans, need a much longer time in the sun. For those of us in the Northeast,

Milk is naturally a pretty poor source of vitamin D on its own unless it has been fortified, in which case you'd probably have to drink between 3-4 cups (that's almost a liter, or a quart) per day to meet the DAILY requirement. For those of us who do not drink a lot of milk because it isn't traditionally a part of our diet (I'm Asian) or are lactose intolerant (I'm Asian) that's a pretty tough call. Combine that with the fact it is incredibly difficult to get good-quality, affordable fish on a daily basis in the states (vs. Japan, for instance) and this makes a pretty good case for supplementation. For pregnant mothers, infants, and the elderly especially.

Taking a multivitamin that supplies B-vitamins or vitamin A/E, on the other hand, is pretty silly since these are so widespread in the food supply deficiencies are unknown.

As far as calcium goes milk is a pretty poor source...sure, it is the central source in the Western diet but there are plenty of societies with very low rates of osteoporosis where milk is rarely consumed (once again, Asia). Leafy green vegetables besides spinach generally deliver as much, if not more, calcium than milk does. They also provide a ton of other mineral and micronutrient content, so it is win-win.

Lactaid for the mothereffing over-priced win. Seriously, it's like sugar-milk.

 

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My doctor was telling me there has been a lot of research lately suggesting that are lot of people are deficient in vitamin D. He recommended getting tested, and the results were shocking.

The scale was:
0-10 = Seriously deficient
10-20 = Deficient
30-80 = Normal

Apparently people even in the 10-20 range have at least a 2x chance of of cancer, hypertension and heart attack, as well poor bone strength.

My level was 10! He said it was the lowest he had ever seen, and it's not like I do not get plenty of sun.

He gave me an Rx for 50,000 unit supplements that he said I would need to get the level up. For comparison, the FDA claims that you only need 400 (over 100x less!) units daily. Apparently the FDA is currently investigating this and will raise it soon.

Definitely something it sounds like you should insist your doctor test next time you are there, and even if you do not they say over 50% of people in the US are deficient so you should probably be taking 2,000 units daily as a supplement.

old news.

 

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50,000 IUs? God damn. I'm not surprised you're already feeling better though. Btw, make sure the vitamin D is D3 only, as it is the bio active form.

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