Re: Is 5000 IU of Vitamin D Daily a Large Amount?

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Rodney,

It's a "hormone".

How's your serum D doing?

Regards

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Hi folks:When I was first prescribed 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly by my GP a couple of years ago I nearly fell off the chair. Of course since then we have all become much more knowledgeable about the amounts required to maintain a good blood level of this vitamin.But yesterday I checked the conversion factor for vitamin D from IUs to grams. It turns out that taking 5000 IU daily - as I do now - is a mere one eight-thousandths of a gram of vitamin D a day. Doesn't seem excessive, does it?:^)))Rodney.__________ NOD32 4389 (20090902) Information __________This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.http://www.eset.com

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Hi JW:

After taking 3500 IU of D3 daily for several months my 25(OH)D was measured to

be 122 nmol/L of D3 plus 5 nmol/L of D2.

I haven't had the test done again since I started taking 5000 daily. I likely

will in a couple of months.

Rodney.

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> Rodney,

> It's a " hormone " .

> How's your serum D doing?

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> Hi folks:

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> When I was first prescribed 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly by my GP a couple

of years ago I nearly fell off the chair. Of course since then we have all

become much more knowledgeable about the amounts required to maintain a good

blood level of this vitamin.

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> But yesterday I checked the conversion factor for vitamin D from IUs to

grams. It turns out that taking 5000 IU daily - as I do now - is a mere one

eight-thousandths of a gram of vitamin D a day.

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> Doesn't seem excessive, does it?

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> :^)))

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> Rodney.

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I too take 5000 IU Vitamin D daily. I plan to test my blood levels of

25-hydroxy-Vitamin D----- 25(OH)D-------within the next few weeks.

I do not consider 5000 IU Vitamin D daily to be an excessive amount, especially

for those that do not get much sun exposure directly on their bare skin.

" Vitamin " D is not a vitamin.......it's a prehormone. It is found in very few

foods naturally (unsupplemented).....and the few foods it is found in naturally

generally have very low levels of Vitamin D.

Fish livers have a lot of Vitamin D......I'll pass on that.

Fish livers and fish liver oils also give you preformed retinols (Vitamin A),

which is harmful to bone.

" Vitamin " D is produced in the skin from exposure to UVB from the sun.

But now a days we are all told to stay out of the sun, or to use sun block,

which also blocks the production of this prehormone.

This prehormone, Vitamin D, affects 2000 genes......and affects almost every

cell in the body.

There has been a " Vitamin D Revolution " that started in 1999, when a scientific

paper showed that raising Vitamin D levels can drastically reduce one's risk of

cancer.

One's Vitamin D status has a big influence on the immune system.

Now might be a very good time to test one's Vitamin D status (only test

25-hydroxy-Vitamin D, not the other test which is available), and correct it if

it is off.

25-OH-D should be at least 40 ng/ml, according to many experts.

Many experts recommend a level of 50-70 ng/ml.

Believe it or not, the " RDA " is 400 IU/day, and the " safe upper limit " is listed

as 2,000 IU/day. The Vitamin D scientists say this is all hogwash......no one

raises their Vitamin D status much by taking 400 IU/day, and very few people

taking 2000 IU/day will get their Vit D blood levels to 50-70 ng/ml, unless they

are getting bare skin sun exposure.

But you have to get the blood test to know where you stand.....there is no other

way.

The best lab in the U.S. to measure your Vitamin D levels is LabCorp.

If you get it done at Quest, divide the result by 1.3 to make it accurate.

There is an incredible resource on Vitamin D called The Vitamin D Council. They

have a free newsletter.

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/

Is 5000 IU of Vitamin D Daily a Large Amount?

Consider the statement below, from the Vitamin D Council's Home page:

" The skin produces approximately 10,000 IU vitamin D in response 20–30 minutes

summer sun exposure "

Bob

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> > Rodney,

> > It's a " hormone " .

> > How's your serum D doing?

> >

> > Regards

> > [ ] Is 5000 IU of Vitamin D Daily a Large Amount?

> >

> >

> > Hi folks:

> >

> > When I was first prescribed 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly by my GP a

couple of years ago I nearly fell off the chair. Of course since then we have

all become much more knowledgeable about the amounts required to maintain a good

blood level of this vitamin.

> >

> > But yesterday I checked the conversion factor for vitamin D from IUs to

grams. It turns out that taking 5000 IU daily - as I do now - is a mere one

eight-thousandths of a gram of vitamin D a day.

> >

> > Doesn't seem excessive, does it?

> >

> > :^)))

> >

> > Rodney.

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