Re: Vitamin D testing

[Guest guest]

I have never heard of this before but I am really curious about why cod

liver would make you cry. I am sincere in asking this ,not trying to cause

problems.

Marcella

>From: EleanorBB@...

>Reply-

>

>Subject: Vitamin D testing

>Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:08:02 EST

>

>At risk of opening another debate that may make me unsubscribe 'cause I'm

>too

>sensitive to sort through it...

>

>Has anyone else had the 25 (OH) D testing (vitamin D) that Krispin

>Sullivan

>recommended in wise traditions and at the conference?

>

>[more info: www.krispin.com - also has great pages on magnesium and

>potassium. Has link back to article in Wise Traditions.]

>

>I had the test last may and my level was 31. The krispin interpretation on

>that level would be losing bone(<40), at risk for lots of symptoms. The

>medical establishment interpretation of that level is , " see, its normal " .

>I

>have never been able to take either cod liver oil or carlson D if more than

>400iu a day without starting to cry, actually sob, all day long. I can take

>a

>cod liver oil supp if has only 125 iu D 3x/day and it has helped all along

>to do so. I did Krispin's sunning (nearly naked at noon technique) last

>year

>and hope to retest D levels more as she recommends.

>

>Friend in her 50s (I am mid 30s) had test and was at 28. {Below 20 is

>ricketts} After 6 months of 1000iu/day carlson d, moved her level to 30.

>She's ready to increase to the 4000iu per day as suggested by krispin and

>sally as long as monitored with testing.

>

>Both of us are dairy and gluten intolerant which Krispin hints may be

>related

>to the low D levels. Fascinating.

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[Guest guest]

Laree,

> Could use your help as I'm not terribly knowledgeable about this. I

> just got my vitamin D test results. Only 42 on the D3 and <4 on the

> D2. I think someone on the list said D3 should be betwen 50 and 55. I

> assume D3 is what we get from CLO and that I need to increase my dosage?

> Is the low D2 result significant?

Check the units. If it's ng/mL, your fine. If it's nmol/L, you need

a lot more. It's probably ng/mL. 42 is really quite fine. There's

some evidence you might get some tiny benefit from increasing it by a

few points, but nothing so compelling as to bother about it. 50-55 is

fine too.

I wouldn't do anything, since summer is coming and your levels will

probably go up spontaneously from extra UV-B exposure.

Chris

[Guest guest]

Hi

I posted a while back about this, too, and have been wondering what to

do! I tested at 51. I am 32 weeks pregnant, live at a high altitude in

a very sunny climate, and spend a lot of time outside. Should I be

taking any CLO? I probably would not if I was not pregnant, but I

don't want my baby to miss any nutrients from CLO. I stopped taking it

about 3 weeks ago after I got my test results. I had been taking about

2 tsp of the fermented oil about every other day.

I actually posted on the WAPF practitioners group and other

people have similar questions and could not really give me an answer

(so far). Then I went to Krispin Sullivan's site and it scared me

enough to think why am I taking this at all and giving it to my

family? She seems to think that one should get tested every 4 months

or so for a few years and that high Vit. D levels could go unnoticed

for about 3 years even w/ testing?

Ah, so confusing!

Thanks,

>

> Laree,

>

> > Could use your help as I'm not terribly knowledgeable about this. I

> > just got my vitamin D test results. Only 42 on the D3 and <4 on the

> > D2. I think someone on the list said D3 should be betwen 50 and

55. I

> > assume D3 is what we get from CLO and that I need to increase my

dosage?

> > Is the low D2 result significant?

>

> Check the units. If it's ng/mL, your fine. If it's nmol/L, you need

> a lot more. It's probably ng/mL. 42 is really quite fine. There's

> some evidence you might get some tiny benefit from increasing it by a

> few points, but nothing so compelling as to bother about it. 50-55 is

> fine too.

>

> I wouldn't do anything, since summer is coming and your levels will

> probably go up spontaneously from extra UV-B exposure.

>

> Chris

>

[Guest guest]

,

> I posted a while back about this, too, and have been wondering what to

> do! I tested at 51. I am 32 weeks pregnant, live at a high altitude in

> a very sunny climate, and spend a lot of time outside. Should I be

> taking any CLO? I probably would not if I was not pregnant, but I

> don't want my baby to miss any nutrients from CLO. I stopped taking it

> about 3 weeks ago after I got my test results. I had been taking about

> 2 tsp of the fermented oil about every other day.

Check the units. And please, everyone --- please! -- stop posting

numbers without units. I can't respond without the units, and people

who do respond without units are running the risk of giving you

totally wrong advice. So when you look at your test results, write

down the numbers AND the units, and never talk about the numbers

without talking about the units.

If this is ng/mL, you don't need to take any vitamin D and in fact

should not. However, you still need vitamin A. So you should eat

liver, or lots and lots of butterfat and egg yolks, or take a vitamin

A supplement.

Chris

[Guest guest]

sorry about that. yes, its ng/ml. okay, i will work on the vitamin a

for sure.

thanks!

lisa

>

> ,

>

> > I posted a while back about this, too, and have been wondering what to

> > do! I tested at 51. I am 32 weeks pregnant, live at a high altitude in

> > a very sunny climate, and spend a lot of time outside. Should I be

> > taking any CLO? I probably would not if I was not pregnant, but I

> > don't want my baby to miss any nutrients from CLO. I stopped taking it

> > about 3 weeks ago after I got my test results. I had been taking about

> > 2 tsp of the fermented oil about every other day.

>

> Check the units. And please, everyone --- please! -- stop posting

> numbers without units. I can't respond without the units, and people

> who do respond without units are running the risk of giving you

> totally wrong advice. So when you look at your test results, write

> down the numbers AND the units, and never talk about the numbers

> without talking about the units.

>

> If this is ng/mL, you don't need to take any vitamin D and in fact

> should not. However, you still need vitamin A. So you should eat

> liver, or lots and lots of butterfat and egg yolks, or take a vitamin

> A supplement.

>

> Chris

>

[Guest guest]

> Check the units. And please, everyone --- please! -- stop posting

> numbers without units. I can't respond without the units, and people

> who do respond without units are running the risk of giving you

> totally wrong advice. So when you look at your test results, write

> down the numbers AND the units, and never talk about the numbers

> without talking about the units.

My dad recently had a vitamin D test done but they tested a different

metabolite for some reason. I was under the impression that

25-hydroxy-vitamin D was the best test, but they tested the dihydroxy

form (1,25) so the result was completely different. My dad's result

was 130 pg/mL. Is this test a good measure of total body vitamin D

status, and if so, do you know if that's a good number? My dad's

doctor said it was high. I wasn't able to find any reference ranges

for 1,25-dihydroxy with a quick web search. TIA for any info.

Tom