Study shows vitamin D deficiencies may impact onset of autoimmune lung disease

D is in miniscule amounts in milk and other foods. Your skin produces 20,000iu of D in just a few minutes of sun exposure. Even the newest supplements are in the 1000-2000iu range with standard vitamins containing only 400iu. That’s way below what it takes to get an overdose. Some rare people can overdose. The vast majority have the other problem, we need more.

Quite correct. And if your doctor finds you have a deficiency, he’s liable to write you a prescription.

And in that form, he might have you taking one per day for two weeks, but not the measly 400 or even 1000 units.

Prescription Vit D comes in 50,000 unit tabs

I suppose that could be a problem if I was ingesting the whole bottle at once.

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Exposure is not exposure, since vitamin D requires UV exposure, which is cut dramatically when the sun is low in the sky.

Thanks for the ping!

Oops, my “thanks for the ping” should have been addressed to Smokin’ Joe.

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Hypercalcemia & Vitamin D overdose

Last month there were some articles in the news that large dose Vitamin D is not good, perhaps some of those articles were posted at FR.

I wonder how many docs would even recognize Vitamin D overload?

>>>> "....you have to all stop bitching about overdose because it cannot happen if you don't have the therapeutic amount of 60+ in your blood yet." <<<<

And why is it up to you to decide that people who cannot tolerate Vitamin D supplements should not participate in this thread?

Just recently there were articles in the news that SEVERE KIDNEY DAMAGE can result if you do NOT need Vitamin D and you follow the Online-Vitamin-D-Panacea-Crowd and take large amounts, because "EVERYONE" needs it and "nobody" EVER gets a vitamin D overdose.

Wonder who ‘paid’ for all those ‘studies’..?

>**"....you have to all stop bitching about overdose because it cannot happen if you don't have the therapeutic amount of 60+ in your blood yet."**<

>>>>> "And why is it up to you to decide that people who cannot tolerate Vitamin D supplements should not participate in this thread?

"Just recently there were articles in the news that SEVERE KIDNEY DAMAGE can result if you do NOT need Vitamin D and you follow the Online-Vitamin-D-Panacea-Crowd and take large amounts, because "EVERYONE" needs it and "nobody" EVER gets a vitamin D overdose." <<<<<

FYI....

.....The findings of most of the recent studies on vitamin D are very encouraging. However, this is NOT a case of "a little is good, then a lot is better." It appears that too much vitamin D may be harmful. Excessive amounts may contribute to calcification and limited flexibility of the blood vessels in the older adult brain.

......However, taking too much vitamin D may be harmful for the nervous system, and may cause an excess of calcium in the blood.....

Too much Vitamin D may be harmful...... High Vitamin D levels are difficult for the body to dispose of, as it is classified as a 'fat soluble' vitamin. In large quantities this vitamin can cause an excess of calciulm in the bloodstream that can damage the body's internal organs due to it's toxicity. High Vitamin D symptoms may be difficult to diagnose as Vitamin D overdose symptoms may only manifest themselves when problems develop with the heart, the kidneys and the lungs.

.....Vitamin D toxicity can cause nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, weakness, weight loss, as well as confusion and heart rhythm abnormalities, according to the NIH....

.....A National Cancer Institute study last summer was the latest to report no cancer protection from vitamin D and the possibility of an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in people with the very highest D levels. Super-high doses --- above 10,000 IUs a day --- are known to cause kidney damage, and Tuesday's report sets 4,000 IUs as an upper daily limit â€" but not the amount people should strive for...

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If you're TRULY curious who paid for all the studies, I suggest that you do some research at Google, to satisfy your curiosity.

Meantime, I hope that people at risk for pancreatic cancer do NOT get swayed by the Vitamin-D-Is-A-Miracle Crowd, and that anybody who ever feels uncomfortable after taking High-Dose-D will listen to their own bodies, and NOT to the cyber-bulllies promoting an unproven panacea which CAN be very dangerous and very painful for SOME individuals.

the amount of Vit d in milk is so small as to not be an issue.Milk in the United States is fortified with 10 micrograms (400 IU) of vitamin D per quart. Low Vit d patients are routinely put on 50,000 a week or 4-5,000 a day.

Did you mix iodine with baby oil as a tanning lotion? I did the beach as a teenager, also, and that was our potion.

Well, Fur Shur, you just lost that argument if a Vitamin D OVERDOSE can cause weight loss!

All those beached whale people are going to be overdosing on the stuff ~

Folks with that super translucent skin (raises hand) can get a sufficiency of Vitamin D quick as a bunny in the presence of any UV. They can turn into toasted strawberries in an OD of UV.

So, what's the best way to get our vitamin D?

Well, fish, acidophilous milk (just in case you are also lactose intolerant), etc.

And how do we know we have enough? Take a test!

BTW, I'm still working on the Vitamin B-12 issue ~ I do seem to have some sort of "leakage" so I have to keep taking it. During this eye thing (6 months long) I cut back on it so it's just 2 or 3 pills a week. My doctor is giving me another test soon so we'll see if that hurt.

That might have been one...we used some kind of greasy oil, can’t remember what it was.

Also did the lemon juice to lighten our hair in the sun (before the days of the “sun in” product.)

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