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#LabReports came back and saw that I had really low #vitaminD levels. Like, half of the lower end of normal.

Hope this helps a bit. #health



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1000 IU is a tiny amount if you are correcting a deficiency. The literature supports higher doses without reporting serious or frequent side effects

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I'm definitely gonna go outside for walks more often.

Working graveyard shifts kinda makes the whole deficiency inevitable.

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Getting sunshine is probably more helpful than the supplement. I only supplement Vitamin D in the winter.

BTW, invert sugars such as high fructose corn syrup and agave nectar destroy vitamin D in the liver.

Fructose is a highly reactive molecule. It is almost always combined with other molecules in nature. For example, sucrose is a glucose attached to a fructose.

HFCS and invert sugar are processed in ways that free the fructose molecule. Unfortunately, the highly reactive fructose has a habit of combining with other complex molecules like vitamin D. So, if you are drinking a sode with HFCS or similar sugar, you are likely to reduce your vitamin D levels and end up with a deficiency.

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I cut out soda this past month. So, it’ll take a while before my body kicks in.

I also have darker skin (East Asian here), so it inherently takes more time to make them from sunshine.

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Oops, I used the wrong account when I replied to your message. This account has !beer .

The media in the United States does not publicize the fact that people with darker skin need a little bit more sun than people with light skin.

UVB radiation creates vitamin D, but it also causes skin cancer. It is a classic trade off.

Some anthropologist believe that people in Northern climates developed weird skin that changes color during the year because of annual changes in sun exposure.

The black population in the US suffered worse during the pandemic than white population. I think the CDC could have saved lives if they informed people about the science behind vitamin D and our immune system.

BTW: I am of Irish descent and I get wicked sunburns during the summer months. The fact that I burn easily doesn't mean other people should hide from the sun in the summer like I do.

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Yeah, I totally didn't know about skin color and vitamin D until I looked stuff up after my lab result.

Kind of important information considering I work mainly graveyard shift.

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it can help but it's not easy to get the right amount of UVB to help synthesize vitamin D. And the article supporting my claims of higher dosage https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/96/7/1911/2833671.
There is also a very interesting talk about vitamin D and immunity from one my favorite medical educators on youtube:

it has timestamps if you want to skip the covid part

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Interesting. I’ll have to read up more.

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Didn't know that, I always had the impression that more doses of any "drug" is bad. (Not sure if Vitamin D counts as a drug.)

"The literature supports higher doses without reporting serious or frequent side effects"

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The Wikipedia article classifies vitamin D as a secosteroids.

So, it is a complex organic compound that seems to regulate things in the body.

Apparently there are several forms of vitamin D. So my guess is that the balance between different forms of vitamin D play important roles in regulating the immune system.

Since vitamin D is playing a regulatory role, I think it is best to avoid megadoses as proper regulation depends on maintaining balance.

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So my guess is that the balance between different forms of vitamin D play important roles in regulating the immune system.

even though I am a buffoon I don't clown around or play guessing games with medical stuff :) To not complicate things: if your Calcifediol, also known as calcidiol, is above 30 ng/mL you are good to go from a bone health standpoint, from a immunity standpoint things are still debated. You can also test for calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, the thing that actually does the work, but that is usually done in patients with renal failure to asses how it's influencing their vit D status. So if you can link me an article that proves that balance between the two has any clinical significance I'll believe you :)
again : https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/96/7/1911/2833671

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Since vitamin D is playing a regulatory role, I think it is best to avoid megadoses as proper regulation depends on maintaining balance.

Talking about "megadoses":

"No evidence of toxicity has been found in cholecalciferol doses up to 4000 IU daily. Even doses of 100 000 IU at more than three-monthly intervals have not been associated with toxicity. " source https://www.nps.org.au/australian-prescriber/articles/vitamin-d-deficiency-in-adults-1

"6000 IU of vitamin D2 or vitamin D3 daily to achieve a blood level of 25(OH)D above 30 ng/ml, followed by maintenance therapy of 1500–2000 IU/d (2|⊕⊕⊕⊕).

3.5 In obese patients, patients with malabsorption syndromes, and patients on medications affecting vitamin D metabolism, we suggest a higher dose (two to three times higher; at least 6000–10,000 IU/d) of vitamin D to treat vitamin D deficiency to maintain a 25(OH)D level above 30 ng/ml, followed by maintenance therapy of 3000–6000 IU/d (2|⊕⊕⊕⊕)."
source https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/96/7/1911/2833671

Sure there are a lot of sources recommending 1000 IU or so per day but that isn't very effective if we're talking about immunity. If you can find a source that talks about your "megadoses" please link it

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"No evidence of toxicity has been found in cholecalciferol doses up to 4000 IU daily. Even doses of 100 000 IU at more than three-monthly intervals have not been associated with toxicity. "
source https://www.nps.org.au/australian-prescriber/articles/vitamin-d-deficiency-in-adults-1

Vitamin D is more of a supplement than a drug

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Thanks for the info. That's a nice way to describe it:

"Vitamin D is more of a supplement than a drug"

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well you can find vitamin D in your food ( fish for example) but you can't find ibuprofen for example in your casual dinner :) that's why I was leaning towards the supplement side

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ibuprofen?

"well you can find vitamin D in your food ( fish for example) but you can't find ibuprofen for example in your casual dinner"

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just an example of a common drug :)

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I'll tell you the truth, I clicked, I watched some videos, then I went back to the panel and the only thing I have to say is, I haven't taken supplements, well, I exercise a lot since I was very fat when I was a child, my metabolism is very slow, So far I haven't needed them, but maybe one day I'll take them.

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My lifestyle does have a pretty big impact on this sort of stuff.

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My sister had low Vitamin D levels and had to get Vitamin D #pills for a few years. She doesn't anymore. Hope this helps you~

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I hope this is a temporary thing. Will find out next year.

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1000 IU is a very small amount. It is based on outdated guidelines.

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You can always tak 2 or 3 or moar!

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Pretty much everyone in our state has low Vitamin D. I am guessing it is just a side effect of having to be cooped up inside half the year when it is winter! I take Vitamin D myself.

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I just barely started. So, I can't tell much difference yet.

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I have been ridiculously low on vitamin D for probably around 20 years, or at least that's when it first was noticed in bloodwork. I've been supplementing with OTC vitamins and it's barely lifted the number, even when I was taking 3000 or 4000 IU per day. I've gotten the D3+K2 vitamins since K2 is supposed to help your body absorb the D and not really noticed a difference in the labwork. And I'm porcelain pale too! LOL
My doctor originally wrote me a high dose prescription, but I can't swallow pills and the liquid of that wasn't covered by insurance. I didn't have a few hundred to spend (and you shoulda heard my doctor cuss about how absurd it was that pills would have cost me $4 but liquid of the same thing would have cost me a few hundred), so that's when I started taking OTC. Since it looks like you can swallow pills, if the OTC doesn't work for you your doc might write you a short-term prescription of a really high dose. There are also higher dose OTC vitamins (5000 or 10,000 IU) available at health food stores (but as someone who needs liquid or sublingual varieties, they taste like extra potent fish oil to an intolerable degree, so I just take several of the 1000 IUs instead, lol), but again you should be able to find them in pill form.
Good luck!

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Yeah I’ve started taking the small pills in the picture. They are pretty easy to swallow for me.

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