Re: Re: (Yet) More on Vitamin D

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Thanks, Rodney.

I've been taking 1000 IU/day, but this still may be too little....

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:49:23 -0000, Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote:

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> Hi :

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> Yep.

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> It seems to me that there is: A) a steadily growing degree of

> agreement among apparently 'authoritative' sources that many people

> are consuming a less-than-optimal quantity of vitamin D, and that

> that may be more dangerous than previously realized.

>

> (When I did a detailed analysis of my diet, which I had believed to

> be pretty healthy, it said that few things I ate contained any

> vitamin D, and the only reason I was consuming marginally more than

> the (perhaps too low?) RDA was because I was eating at least some

> fish pretty much every day).

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> and: Much confusion about how much is likely to be associated

> with best health.

>

> I suppose we will have to wait for more specific studies aimed at

> defining the dose. Given the publicity about vitamin D lately I

> would not be surprised if a number of such studies are probably

> getting underway soon. For example the Nurses' Health Study database

> might contain a pretty good answer to this question. At least for

> women.

>

> See: " To maintain a vitamin D3 of approximately 100 nmol/L, an adult

> who is not exposed to sunlight would need to ingest 4000IU/day. The

> safe upper limit for total vitamin D nutrition is at least 10,000

> IU/day. Moreover, all documented cases of vitamin D toxicity with

> hypercalcemia involved intakes greater than 40,000 IU/day. Thus, the

> 4000IU/day would be safe, since it is well below the 10,000 IU/day

> generated by adults living or working in sunny environments.

> (Rheinhold Vieth 1999) "

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> Source: http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=show & pageid=185

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> http://snipurl.com/9u7g

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> Rodney.

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> > > Hi folks:

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> > > " ...... vitamin D deficiency is associated with diabetes;

> multiple

> > > sclerosis; rheumatoid arthritis; colon, prostate, and breast

> cancer;

> > > and high blood pressure "

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> > > Source: Medscape 10/5/04

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> > > Rodney.

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