interesting Vit D articles

[Guest guest]

Here's some interesting links about the importance of Vit D, and how many people

are deficient in it, especially those of us in northern climates, or people who

get very little sun exposure. I find the possibility that the flu might be

caused by a Vit D deficiency very interesting, because it makes sense for us in

northern climates, when we would get very little sunshine during the winter

months.

I live in northern Minnesota, and I have been supplementing high doses of Vit D

for a long time now, and I'm still not " high " in it, just moderate levels. I

recently had my levels checked, and it was 68, so with winter coming, is

keeping me at 5000 IU a day. But, I would not recommend this high of a level

without testing and monitoring.--------Jackie

http://www.doctormurray.com/newsletter/03-13-2008.htm

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/10/21/avoid-flu-shots-vi\

tamin-d-is-a-better-way.aspx

The above links were found here, and there are more links here too.

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[Guest guest]

I think as long as you have someone monitoring your levels with testing, it is

ok to take the higher doses. I looked back, and the first time I was tested a

few years ago, it was 37. So I was first told to take 2000 IU/day, and it

barely budged. So then I went to 3000 IU/day, and still not much. Now I have

been on 5000 IU/day, I think for about 1-1/2 years, and now my level is 68.

About a year ago, it was 63. So mine is coming up rather slowly. So I will

probably have to stay on a higher dosage to maintain my levels, or so it

seems.--------Jackie

In frequent-dose-chelation Mandy C wrote:

Jackie & ,

I was also dx'd with Vit. D deficiency recently by an endocrinologist.

My level is at 19 and I was only told to take 800 IU/day. The research I

came across showed that it should be at least 2000-3000 IU/day with toxicity

not becoming a problem until over 10,000 IU/day. So.....on my own I've been

taking 2000/day and not noticing much of a difference. Needless to say....

I'm all over those articles <g>.

<<<she's got me on 2000 IU a day working up to 10000 IU for 3 MOS and then

down to 5000 for maintenance. my levels are 23 right now. aack!!

Thanks,

Mandy

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In frequent-dose-chelation Sauve wrote:

hi jackie

have you noted changes supplmtg with D?

----------Honestly, I take so much stuff, that I don't always know what is

doing what, so I can't really say I can attribute anything to the Vit D. But,

after reading the below articles about it helping with immunity and not getting

the flu, looking back, it may have helped in that regards. I do take alot of

other immune boosting stuff, and I thought it was that, but maybe the Vit D

played a role in that also, because last winter, there was alot of nasty stuff

going around, and I never got it! I often felt like something was trying to get

me, but I was always able to ward off a full blown attack by increasing my

immune stuff. But maybe Vit D was behind all that stuff working so well for me?

Who knows -----------Jackie

i saw julie last week and she's

got me on 2000 iu a day working up to 10000 iu for 3 mos and then down

to 5000 for maintenance. my levels are 23 right now. aack!!

----------If you read my other post in this thread, after what I've been

through and how slowly my numbers came up, this doesn't sound unreasonable to me

at all. At 23, you're lower than where I started out at. And like I said, I've

been at 5000 IU/day for maybe almost 2 years now, and my level is 68. Do you

live in a northern climate? I do, and that may also be a big factor in my

case.--------Jackie

monique

Here's some interesting links about the importance of Vit D, and how

many people are deficient in it, especially those of us in northern

climates, or people who get very little sun exposure. I find the

possibility that the flu might be caused by a Vit D deficiency very

interesting, because it makes sense for us in northern climates, when we

would get very little sunshine during the winter months.

I live in northern Minnesota, and I have been supplementing high doses

of Vit D for a long time now, and I'm still not " high " in it, just

moderate levels. I recently had my levels checked, and it was 68, so

with winter coming, is keeping me at 5000 IU a day. But, I would

not recommend this high of a level without testing and monitoring.-

-------Jackie

http://www.doctormurray.com/newsletter/03-13-2008.htm

<http://www.doctormurray.com/newsletter/03-13-2008.htm>

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/10/21/avoid-flu-shots-vi\

tamin-d-is-a-better-way.aspx

<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/10/21/avoid-flu-shots-v\

itamin-d-is-a-better-way.aspx>

The above links were found here, and there are more links here too.

http://www.iherb.com/ProductsList.aspx?c=1 & cid=1774

<http://www.iherb.com/ProductsList.aspx?c=1 & cid=1774>

[Guest guest]

1.25 D is the active form of the hormone and it is expected to

fluctuate wildly. 25 D is the storage form and is the one that can

be used to determine body status.

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> jackie

> have you ever had your 1-25D tested? mine was very high though 25-D

was low.

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> monique

>

> I think as long as you have someone monitoring your levels with

testing,

> it is ok to take the higher doses. I looked back, and the first

time I

> was tested a few years ago, it was 37. So I was first told to take

2000

> IU/day, and it barely budged. So then I went to 3000 IU/day, and

still

> not much. Now I have been on 5000 IU/day, I think for about 1-1/2

years,

> and now my level is 68. About a year ago, it was 63. So mine is

coming

> up rather slowly. So I will probably have to stay on a higher

dosage to

> maintain my levels, or so it seems.------

> --Jackie

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