Guest guest Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Has anyone else had digestive problems using cod liver oil? Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Sally: If you have a problem digesting FATS like I always did, make sure you have some food in your stomach when you take Cod Liver Oil and ALSO a digestive enzyme containing Lipase. Bonnie Re: Vit D Has anyone else had digestive problems using cod liver oil? Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 People vary so much in their ability to produce vitamin D and also their need. Age is a factor, skin tone and probably health status. An 80 year old can produce vitamin D only 20% as efficiently as a 20 year old. And when you are out in the sun, if you not out at midday and are mostly clothed you are not producing much anyway. When they say you can make enough vitamin D in 20 minutes in the sun, I think they mean a fair skinned 20 year old, in a bikini midday in the summer. Irene At 07:24 PM 7/1/2008, you wrote: Does anyone know why my daughters Vitamin D level is good and mine was so low, when I am outside WAY more then she is? I am on supplements now and she doesn't need it! I work in my gardens all summer long. She goes from the house, to work, to the gym, to school. I thought maybe it had something to do with being hypo but then we found out she is also. Thanks, Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 Weight and BMI (those are different things) make a huge difference too. irene.m@... wrote: > > People vary so much in their ability to produce vitamin D and also > their need. Age is a factor, skin tone and probably health status. An > 80 year old can produce vitamin D only 20% as efficiently as a 20 year > old. And when you are out in the sun, if you not out at midday and are > mostly clothed you are not producing much anyway. When they say you > can make enough vitamin D in 20 minutes in the sun, I think they mean > a fair skinned 20 year old, in a bikini midday in the summer. > Irene > > > At 07:24 PM 7/1/2008, you wrote: > >> Does anyone know why my daughters Vitamin D level is good and mine was >> so low, when I am outside WAY more then she is? I am on supplements now >> and she doesn't need it! I work in my gardens all summer long. She goes >> from the house, to work, to the gym, to school. I thought maybe it had >> something to do with being hypo but then we found out she is also. >> >> Thanks, Janie >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1528 - Release Date: 7/1/2008 7:26 AM > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 In a message dated 7/1/2008 10:25:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JanieBea@... writes: Does anyone know why my daughters Vitamin D level is good and mine was so low, when I am outside WAY more then she is? If you wear sunscreen, you will block vitamin D senthesis in your skin. Also, if one is overweight, the excess fat can sequester vitamin D. Best book on this topic that includes charts to figure out best time for sun exposure to get sufficient vitamin D depending upon where you live and the season is Holick MD's "UV Advantage." Do a search online to get his website address which also contains lots of helpful info. I live in NYC and Nov-Feb the sun is simply not strong enough for vitamin D senthesis. Health conditions also can affect vitamin D levels such as diabetes and hypothyroid. The supplement should help but nothing beats sufficient sunshine on bare skin (no sunscreen) at mid-day. Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Normal for her, and normal for you...are not gonna be the same...you are two different women. You may not produce as much cholesterol as you did when you were young, and cholesterol is of course a vital component. Your daughter probably also has more peripheral fat, and liver storage simply because of her age. Are you experiencing some deficiency symptoms that are not related to your hypo?Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 LOL Thank you Irene. I can garentee you I am not 20, that I am not out there in a bikini and I am not fair skinned, so I guess that tells me alot. But I do live far into the country where nobody can see me when I am in my gardens so I don't wear much out there. But I get your point and you are right. It just kind of hit me as unfair that I am outside so much and my daughter isn't at all. Darn it! Thanks, Janie > > >Does anyone know why my daughters Vitamin D level is good and mine was > >so low, when I am outside WAY more then she is? I am on supplements now > >and she doesn't need it! I work in my gardens all summer long. She goes > >from the house, to work, to the gym, to school. I thought maybe it had > >something to do with being hypo but then we found out she is also. > > > >Thanks, Janie > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Thank you for your response Neal, Irene and Annie. Yes I am over weight so that must be a big reason. No, I never wear sunscreen, I LOVE my sunshine so much! And I am hypo. My daughter is not over weight, is more fair skinned then I (blonde hair blue eyes) but is hypo. Thanks again for all your explanations. (I just got home from work and am catching up on the posts). I know my question isn't an earth shattering, have to know, type but I was just curious and a bit ticked off that mine was low. I didn't expect that. Janie > > > In a message dated 7/1/2008 10:25:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > JanieBea@... writes: > > Does anyone know why my daughters Vitamin D level is good and mine was > so low, when I am outside WAY more then she is? > > If you wear sunscreen, you will block vitamin D senthesis in your skin. > Also, if one is overweight, the excess fat can sequester vitamin D. Best book on > this topic that includes charts to figure out best time for sun exposure to > get sufficient vitamin D depending upon where you live and the season is > Holick MD's " UV Advantage. " Do a search online to get his website address > which also contains lots of helpful info. I live in NYC and Nov- Feb the sun is > simply not strong enough for vitamin D senthesis. Health conditions also can > affect vitamin D levels such as diabetes and hypothyroid. The supplement > should help but nothing beats sufficient sunshine on bare skin (no sunscreen) at > mid-day. > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used? ncid=aolaut00050000000007) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 After my thyroidectomy, the Endocronologist did test my Vit D. It was non existant! I am also very fair, and need to get out in the sun also. It just feels so odd after hiding from the sun for so long! I now also take a vit D supplement... Re: Vit D LOL Thank you Irene. I can garentee you I am not 20, that I am not out there in a bikini and I am not fair skinned, so I guess that tells me alot. But I do live far into the country where nobody can see me when I am in my gardens so I don't wear much out there. But I get your point and you are right. It just kind of hit me as unfair that I am outside so much and my daughter isn't at all. Darn it! Thanks, Janie> > >Does anyone know why my daughters Vitamin D level is good and mine was> >so low, when I am outside WAY more then she is? I am on supplements now> >and she doesn't need it! I work in my gardens all summer long. She goes> >from the house, to work, to the gym, to school. I thought maybe it had> >something to do with being hypo but then we found out she is also.> >> >Thanks, Janie> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Another chunk on Vitamin D is which form your supplement is. My doctor uses liquid D3. Pill form and the stuff added to food is cheaper and takes 4 times as much supplement to be effective and to absorb and that is D2 form. It is also much harder on the liver and kidneys for the same reason. They said that north of Georgia the sun is inefficient for most of the year so supplementing my sunning is still necessary. Iron was much easier to fix. Vitamin D acts more like a hormone. Read about 100 pages of a long book on it that was out in email form last year as someone's research project.There are many assorted diseases that are more common the farther north from equator one lives because of vitamin D. Pam in Oregon On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:29 PM, janiebeau <JanieBea@...> wrote: Thank you for your response Neal, Irene and Annie. Yes I am over weight so that must be a big reason. No, I never wear sunscreen, I LOVE my sunshine so much! And I am hypo. My daughter is not over weight, is more fair skinned then I (blonde hair blue eyes) but is hypo. Thanks again for all your explanations. (I just got home from work and am catching up on the posts). I know my question isn't an earth shattering, have to know, type but I was just curious and a bit ticked off that mine was low. I didn't expect that.Janie >> > In a message dated 7/1/2008 10:25:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > JanieBea@... writes:> > Does anyone know why my daughters Vitamin D level is good and mine was > so low, when I am outside WAY more then she is? > > If you wear sunscreen, you will block vitamin D senthesis in your skin. > Also, if one is overweight, the excess fat can sequester vitamin D. Best book on > this topic that includes charts to figure out best time for sun exposure to > get sufficient vitamin D depending upon where you live and the season is > Holick MD's " UV Advantage. " Do a search online to get his website address > which also contains lots of helpful info. I live in NYC and Nov-Feb the sun is > simply not strong enough for vitamin D senthesis. Health conditions also can > affect vitamin D levels such as diabetes and hypothyroid. The supplement > should help but nothing beats sufficient sunshine on bare skin (no sunscreen) at > mid-day. > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used? ncid=aolaut00050000000007)> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Deficiency symptoms in Vit D? Not that I know of. I didn't even know I was low until my DR checked it for me. I was just curious as to how she could have ample amounts when she doesn't go outside much and I am outside alot and drink raw milk every day. Being low was kind of shocking to me is all. Janie > > Normal for her, and normal for you...are not gonna be the same...you are two > different women. > > You may not produce as much cholesterol as you did when you were young, and > cholesterol is of course a vital component. Your daughter probably also has > more > peripheral fat, and liver storage simply because of her age. > Are you experiencing some deficiency symptoms that are not related to your > hypo? > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used? ncid=aolaut00050000000007) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Hi Tests from my not very good Gp and I had to tick the boxes on the sly so to speak as he did not think I needed these tests.If I am ok as I am I wont bother it just sounded so good I thought I would try some.I have however bought some Selenium 200ug today and Siberian Ginseng.I also take 1and half Adrenal extra(building slow as I not a good sleeper)Vit C B12 and 3 X omega 3 The things we have to do just to function or hopefully feel well.Hope this helps. Thanks Margaret From: <juliamoonrock@...>thyroid treatment Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 1:18:21 PMSubject: Vit D Hi Margaret, your vit d is being measured on a different reference range to mine, Where did these tests results come from....your gp or privately ??? julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 If you go to the right-hand side of this page, http://www.grassrootshealth.net/ , click on any header listed under "Now Available Online," and you can watch free, streaming videos of today's leading vitamin D researchers discussing vitamin D and cancer prevention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 I don't think this is true. This is the first time I have heard it. In the winter I do tanning beds and I was able to get my levels way up and I always showered after. Steph re: Vit D I've read on Mercola.com that in order for the Vit D to be absorbed from sitting in the sun you would not have to bathe for two days! He notes that it takes that long for it to be absosrbed and encouraged people to only wash the necessary body parts (e.g. underarm, genital etc). I'd rather take Vit D than do this. I use the pure encapsulation liquid Vit D as it is suppose to be more absorbable in this form (5 drops daily is equal to 5000 IU). Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Dr. Cannell from the Vitamin D Council says that sunbathing or using UV lights may not produce much Vitamin D if you shower with soap after exposure. Water cleans the body but does not destroy as much sebum, human body oil. When you think about it, God made the perfect body oil for humans, sebum, but humans wash off her body oil and then apply body oils made by the cosmetic industry. However, I do not see where he mentions a specific time period. I think it is using soap that causing the concern. Another good Vitamin D-3 is Bio D-Mulsion Forte is liquid and provides 2000 IUs per drop. We get good results, clinically. Be Well Dr.L ----- Original Message ----- I've read on Mercola.com that in order for the Vit D to be absorbed from sitting in the sun you would not have to bathe for two days! He notes that it takes that long for it to be absosrbed and encouraged people to only wash the necessary body parts (e.g. underarm, genital etc). I'd rather take Vit D than do this. I use the pure encapsulation liquid Vit D as it is suppose to be more absorbable in this form (5 drops daily is equal to 5000 IU). Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hello Dr. Lanphier,How many drops of the Bio D-Mulsion Forte do you suggest your patients to take daily?PamelaFrom: Dr. Loretta Lanphier <drlanphier@...>Subject: RE: re: Vit Diodine Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 8:53 PM Dr. Cannell from the Vitamin D Council says that sunbathing or using UV lights may not produce much Vitamin D if you shower with soap after exposure. Water cleans the body but does not destroy as much sebum, human body oil. When you think about it, God made the perfect body oil for humans, sebum, but humans wash off her body oil and then apply body oils made by the cosmetic industry. However, I do not see where he mentions a specific time period. I think it is using soap that causing the concern. Another good Vitamin D-3 is Bio D-Mulsion Forte is liquid and provides 2000 IUs per drop. We get good results, clinically. Be Well Dr.L _ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 It really depends on how deficient one is. Living in Houston where the sun almost always shines, we test first. If one tests low then I will start them around 6,000 IUs (3 drops) per day for 3 months. Then we re-test and adjust accordingly. If there is disease going on then it’s a whole new ball game. More aggressive treatment is indicated in aggressive diseases. Dr. Cannell also recommends to eat a lot of spinach with vitamin D. To work properly, Vitamin D needs magnesium, vitamin K, zinc and most likely boron. Be Well Dr.L Hello Dr. Lanphier, How many drops of the Bio D-Mulsion Forte do you suggest your patients to take daily? Pamela _ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 I don't think it is true either. Last year I taught two classes a week outside (1 hour each) and my vitamin D levels went way high and I was in the water...and showered afterward to get the chlorine off. I can tell my vitamin D goes up in the summer just because I feel better.... Tressler Healthy Transitions Life Coaching 541-791-1464 Help raise funds for Legacy Land Conservancy by searching the internet or shoping online with GoodSearch (www.goodsearch.com). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Isn't the radiation from tanning beds supposed to beterrible for you?AliOn Jul 26, 2009, at 7:10 PM, ladybugsandbees wrote:I don't think this is true. This is the first time I have heard it. In the winter I do tanning beds and I was able to get my levels way up and I always showered after. Steph re: Vit D I've read on Mercola.com that in order for the Vit D to be absorbed from sitting in the sun you would not have to bathe for two days! He notes that it takes that long for it to be absosrbed and encouraged people to only wash the necessary body parts (e.g. underarm, genital etc). I'd rather take Vit D than do this. I use the pure encapsulation liquid Vit D as it is suppose to be more absorbable in this form (5 drops daily is equal to 5000 IU). Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 You have to get electronic ballasts and then it is fine. Mercola did an article on this. You only tan for a max of 5 mins 3x per week. It's not tanning to tan it is tanning to get UV rays. I felt so much better when I did this. My adrenals just wouldn't get moving until I did this. I didn't have to last year so I think I am doing better. But I did it the two years before. Steph re: Vit D I've read on Mercola.com that in order for the Vit D to be absorbed from sitting in the sun you would not have to bathe for two days! He notes that it takes that long for it to be absosrbed and encouraged people to only wash the necessary body parts (e.g. underarm, genital etc). I'd rather take Vit D than do this. I use the pure encapsulation liquid Vit D as it is suppose to be more absorbable in this form (5 drops daily is equal to 5000 IU). Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I have combed the research literature (mainly www.pubmed.com) looking for any randomized controlled trials concluding that sunbeds cause cancer. There isn't one single study. Only a RCT can prove causality. CancerUK is the charity everyone seems to refer to for sun advice, even the government (!) and who knows who CancerUK is funded by. I don't think they have the same agenda for health that the citizens have. And then there is the huge Tescos chain who even have the temerity to advise people to slap on sunscreen BEFORE you go out into the sun! Pretty soon they'll be hauling parents away for letting their children stay too long on the beaches:-((( I use a sunbed every few weeks and feel great after use. ladybugsandbees schrieb: > > > You have to get electronic ballasts and then it is fine. Mercola did > an article on this. You only tan for a max of 5 mins 3x per week. > It's not tanning to tan it is tanning to get UV rays. I felt so much > better when I did this. My adrenals just wouldn't get moving until I > did this. I didn't have to last year so I think I am doing better. > But I did it the two years before. > > Steph > > > > * re: Vit D >> >> >> >> I've read on Mercola.com that in order for the Vit D to be >> absorbed from sitting in the sun you would not have to bathe >> for two days! He notes that it takes that long for it to be >> absosrbed and encouraged people to only wash the necessary >> body parts (e.g. underarm, genital etc). I'd rather take Vit >> D than do this. I use the pure encapsulation liquid Vit D as >> it is suppose to be more absorbable in this form (5 drops >> daily is equal to 5000 IU). >> >> Laurie >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.32/2266 - Release Date: 07/27/09 05:58:00 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 My 25-Hydroxy result was 37.4 with a range of 32.0 - 100.0. Yes, there is a diseasegoing on, severe osteoporosis. Thank you,PamelaFrom: Dr. Loretta Lanphier <drlanphier@...>Subject: RE: re: Vit Diodine Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 9:23 PM It really depends on how deficient one is. Living in Houston where the sun almost always shines, we test first. If one tests low then I will start them around 6,000 IUs (3 drops) per day for 3 months. Then we re-test and adjust accordingly. If there is disease going on then it’s a whole new ball game. More aggressive treatment is indicated in aggressive diseases. Dr. Cannell also recommends to eat a lot of spinach with vitamin D. To work properly, Vitamin D needs magnesium, vitamin K, zinc and most likely boron. Be Well Dr.L Hello Dr. Lanphier, How many drops of the Bio D-Mulsion Forte do you suggest your patients to take daily? Pamela _ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Testing costs $$ I do not have. Doctors are a vice I cannot afford. Alobar On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:35 AM, ssandypond <Ssandypond@...> wrote: > Alobar > > I have been having a nightmare with my weight for the last 8 years. Not only did I find out I was not eating enough calories for my size, I had no VIT D stores AT ALL. My doc put me on theraputic doses of Vit D and upped my calories and I am now loosing about a pound a week. I would recomend a person get tested for the thereaputic dose. I am on 50,000 IU 2 times a week plus 2000 IU daily. I just had no idea that I had no stores. ALway knew I felt better when I went to Mexico in the winter. Has been an interesting educational adventure. I will be tested again next month. My triglicerides were high as well and she seems to think this will help. Will check in after new blood work. > Sally > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 yes, I too am in that situation. But for me, it was probably something that in the long run saved my life. It was a choice I had to make. Now I see it was a wise one. Will take me several months to pay it off. Will see what changes. I decided if I could afford cocnut oil and all the other stuff I take, then perhaps I should make way to afford the test. > > Testing costs $$ I do not have. Doctors are a vice I cannot afford. > > Alobar > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Here is a place where you can be tested for $40. Now I realize that still can be a lot of money depending on individual circumstances. _http://www.grassrootshealth.net/d-action_ (http://www.grassrootshealth.net/d-action) I have mine done at the Dr. office at $250 a pop but my insurance pays it. However, since my level was at the very minimum at my last test and the Doc thinks I am " just fine " , he will no longer do the test I'm going to have to jump for the above. I have a couple health issues so I need to keep and eye on it. EJ In a message dated 10/28/2009 7:31:34 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Ssandypond@... writes: yes, I too am in that situation. But for me, it was probably something that in the long run saved my life. It was a choice I had to make. Now I see it was a wise one. Will take me several months to pay it off. Will see what changes. I decided if I could afford cocnut oil and all the other stuff I take, then perhaps I should make way to afford the test. > > Testing costs $$ I do not have. Doctors are a vice I cannot afford. > > Alobar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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