Be careful, get tested and dose accordingly. Wife and I took the 5000 iu vitamin D daily and she tested too high so we backed down to 1000.
I have not noticed any drastic improvements but I am generally healthy and in good spirits and I live pretty far from the equator.
Putting the entire population on vitamin D supplements would be too expensive for the country’s national health service, he told me.
Im not in the UK, but everyone around me is taking Vitamin D supplements. You can buy a years supply for a couple dozen euros, so its really not a financial issue at all.
Just go outside (if you're in a zone that has enough annual sun). At least in the summer months.
That's the best source, as it helps your body produce the specific form it needs (because there are a few).
Supplementation only works when there's a massive deficit, as it's not necessarily the exact form a given person needs.
Tell me you live in NA without telling me you live in NA.
Brussels is on the same latitude as Calgary, and not only does daylight last less than 8 hours but thanks to the coastal climate it's not abnormal to only get single digit hours of sunlight per month (5/7th of which are when we're stuck in an office). Rest of the time is either rainy or cloudy, neither of which is useful to find stray UVB. London has basically the same climate.
In the winter it's not even useful to commute by bicycle, because it's dark outside both ways. What the fuck do you want from me doctorman. I'll be gobbling up those supplements because my Vitamin D deficiency is the least surprising outcome of working an office job in Belgium in winter.
A funny coincidence
Big Vitamin D trying to get those year end profits.
Big D energy.
My doctor has me on Vitamin D supplements after I tested below whatever he's using as a standard. Living far above the equator in an area that's overcast more than not, I guess it's not surprising mine was low. Now I test fine but I can't honestly say I feel any different. Better safe than sorry, I guess.
I asked my allergy doctor, she prescribes me quarterly doses. Everyone has D vitamin deficit.
BTW D vitamin deficit is linked to dementia.
It's linked to just about everything.
Diabetes - a Nordic study showed a huge drop in T1 through supplementation.
The challenge with D is that there are a bunch of different forms, so proper supplementation is difficult, and why simply getting enough sun makes the difference.
I was told that basically you have to be outside for hours a day, not too much dressed, and eat correctly, to get enough vitamin D.
Do you know what types of forms are preferable? I get a glass vial of it every 3 months.
Vitamin D over the winter and iodine year round. About the only two supplements that are needed in most of Northern Europe.
Iodine is simple as well. Switch to iodised salt and that's it. Hardly anyone seems to know about that though
Can I send anyone the excess vitamin D I'm getting?
Bloody Spring. (Southern Hemisphere.)
I work a public job, so I used to get colds a couple times a year. Started taking daily D supplements and I rarely ever get sick anymore. Never got COVID either.
Can someone tell us how using a fluorescent or UVB LED COB has helped their vitamin D count?
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