Re: how much vit d do you take in the winter?

[Guest guest]

> thanks eileen

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/heart-to-heart/2008/11/12/5-reasons-women-should-sti\

ll-take-vitamin-d.html

More in the winter, IMO.

Mara

[Guest guest]

You can get good amount of Vitamin D from Cod Liver Oil.

If you take that- that's great but you need to look into D3 as well

(which is from sunshine) that is super important! I got a liquid D3.

Jodi

SCD 14 months

Crohn's/Colitis

[Guest guest]

>

> thanks eileen

>

I'm taking 5,000 IU's based on my last blood test, which was low-ish (31 ng/mL -

preferred

range is 20-100 ng/mL). I think the docs said that for every 1,000 IU's, you

should expect

your D level to go up by 10 ng/mL..?

-Sal

UC - Jun-2007

SCD - Oct-2008

[Guest guest]

You really should get your Vitamin D level tested ( " Vitamin D,

25-Hydroxy " is the name of the blood test) before adding a Vitamin D

supplement; it is toxic in large amounts when taken as a supplement,

but not if you get it from sunlight. I was taking 2000 mg (1000 in my

Multi-Vit and 1000 in my Calcium supplement)and I still tested low at

23. Normal range is 32 - 100. Then I added another 2000 mg/day for 6

weeks and the level came up to 44. I'll probably stay at 3000 or

4000, year-round - I don't seem to get that much sun even in the

summer - but get retested in a few months.

Debbie T

>

> thanks eileen

>

[Guest guest]

I take CLO a.m. and p.m. but mercola said don't do more than that

unless monitored so I stopped the D3???? - but that's a totally

different kind than I get from CLO???? nothings easy!!!

eileen

-- In BTVC-SCD , " jodah235 " wrote:

>

> You can get good amount of Vitamin D from Cod Liver Oil.

> If you take that- that's great but you need to look into D3 as well

> (which is from sunshine) that is super important! I got a liquid

D3.

>

> Jodi

> SCD 14 months

> Crohn's/Colitis

>

[Guest guest]

I have quest and heard they are not to be trusted for D levels???

thanks - maybe i'll just pay out of pocket for Labcorp

> >

> > thanks eileen

> >

>

[Guest guest]

thanks all getting tested 1st to determine - guess i have to stop

taking it for accurate results???

eileen

-- In BTVC-SCD , " debbietenenbaum "

wrote:

>

> You really should get your Vitamin D level tested ( " Vitamin D,

> 25-Hydroxy " is the name of the blood test) before adding a Vitamin D

> supplement; it is toxic in large amounts when taken as a supplement,

> but not if you get it from sunlight. I was taking 2000 mg (1000 in

my

> Multi-Vit and 1000 in my Calcium supplement)and I still tested low

at

> 23. Normal range is 32 - 100. Then I added another 2000 mg/day

for 6

> weeks and the level came up to 44. I'll probably stay at 3000 or

> 4000, year-round - I don't seem to get that much sun even in the

> summer - but get retested in a few months.

>

> Debbie T

>

>

> >

> > thanks eileen

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Eileen,

Quest, LabCorp and I forget the others now are pretty much the same-

so please do not pay out of pocket.

Get the Quest- it's better than nothing.

I never heard that these labs are bad when it comes to testing

vitamins etc..

Jodi

SCD 14 months

Crohn's/Colitis

>

> I have quest and heard they are not to be trusted for D levels???

> thanks - maybe i'll just pay out of pocket for Labcorp

[Guest guest]

I saw it on mercola.com - he specified not to go to them - but I hate

to pay too - do you still stay in touch with hoffman?? do you think

they'd tell you if I have to stop taking my CLO and D vit's before

testing? my doc says no but that makes no sense - feel like i'll get

a false result - he didn't tell me to stop selenium before either -

thank God I read that you have to for accurate results - how are you

feeling??? better I hope

eileen

> >

> > I have quest and heard they are not to be trusted for D levels???

> > thanks - maybe i'll just pay out of pocket for Labcorp

>

[Guest guest]

Eileen,

Yeah, I go to the Hoffman Center often. I also get routine blood work

and IV's there.

They have never told me to stop Vitamin D or D3 and CLO before Vitamin

D blood test. They are pretty on top of that stuff although I have

learned not to put complete trust in doctors anyway. I have caught

the Hoffman center in many mistakes already.. Also the on

Center (both places are qualified comparing to others and I am

thankful) but like take on they wanted to give me a B12 shot

before my blood test???

It makes sense supplementation would skew results but I would imagine

that you would need to be on it quite a while for it to significantly

skew. That's just my opinion though I could be totally wrong..

Sheila would probably know something like this. Obviously, I am

speaking in general as many things have immediate skewing capabilities

like if one takes antibiotics or probiotics before a stool test etc..

Main stream labs are pathetic.. But they are a decent tool to give us

some info- the question is when it is dangerously low or dangerously

high- relying on this is iffy. Also, it is important to test some

other things along with Vitamin D because there are different

components to these things that are inter-connected.

Dr Hoffman himself has his own private lab for testing as he thinks

some of the methodologies are much more accurate. With that said he

still uses many types of labs including mainstream for various things.

Why does Mercola not like Quest and likes LabCorp better?

Is it due to the fact that LabCorp will test many more things that

Quest won't? Or is it that their testers use different ways of

measuring/looking/rating the blood (I forget what this is called?)

Jodi

SCD 14 months

Crohn's/Colitis

[Guest guest]

thansk - he says they're not accurate and that they have no intention

of chnaging their " measuring ways " can't think of the word eithrt -

but specified Labcorp

eileen

>

> Eileen,

>

> Yeah, I go to the Hoffman Center often. I also get routine blood

work

> and IV's there.

>

> They have never told me to stop Vitamin D or D3 and CLO before

Vitamin

> D blood test. They are pretty on top of that stuff although I have

> learned not to put complete trust in doctors anyway. I have caught

> the Hoffman center in many mistakes already.. Also the on

> Center (both places are qualified comparing to others and I am

> thankful) but like take on they wanted to give me a B12 shot

> before my blood test???

>

> It makes sense supplementation would skew results but I would

imagine

> that you would need to be on it quite a while for it to

significantly

> skew. That's just my opinion though I could be totally wrong..

> Sheila would probably know something like this. Obviously, I am

> speaking in general as many things have immediate skewing

capabilities

> like if one takes antibiotics or probiotics before a stool test

etc..

>

> Main stream labs are pathetic.. But they are a decent tool to give

us

> some info- the question is when it is dangerously low or dangerously

> high- relying on this is iffy. Also, it is important to test some

> other things along with Vitamin D because there are different

> components to these things that are inter-connected.

>

> Dr Hoffman himself has his own private lab for testing as he thinks

> some of the methodologies are much more accurate. With that said he

> still uses many types of labs including mainstream for various

things.

>

> Why does Mercola not like Quest and likes LabCorp better?

> Is it due to the fact that LabCorp will test many more things that

> Quest won't? Or is it that their testers use different ways of

> measuring/looking/rating the blood (I forget what this is called?)

>

> Jodi

> SCD 14 months

> Crohn's/Colitis

>