Posted on 05/15/2011 5:41:10 PM PDT by decimon
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I'm not sure what this means. Are they saying that the patients went in once a month and took 100,000 IUs all at once, or that they spread it out over the course of a month, and therefore took about 3,300 IUs a day? The article isn't really clear.
I don't know but that was taken directly from the American Thoracic Society release. The PDF is here.
Interesting..thanks for posting it.. I have COPD and I have VERY low Vit D which I pretty much ignored.. I guess its time to mega dose and see if it helps at the gym
Well, don't over mega. ;-)
May I ask how much daily you're thinking of?
Mom, not just for this, but for any number of other things according to the MDs in these parts, is to put on shorts and a tank top and go out in the sun. The trick is that soap seems to wash the hormone off the skin before it’s absorbed, so it is recommended to only wash the areas where the glands are close to the surface to let the vit D soak in. Any number of people I know here are under orders to raise their levels and with some supplementation, this is the recommended method.
http://nadir.nilu.no/~olaeng/fastrt/VitD-ez_quartMED.html
I was wondering the same thing. It would seem to me that a 100,000 IU of vitamin D would be like eating sticks of chalk if it was in one dose.
Doctor recommended 5,000 units ..I was thinking maybe double that
I actually spend time in the sun when I see it in Buffalo ..I garden and walk ... maybe I need more.. You know its funny, there are always unintended consequences. They tell people to wear sun block and suddenly there is an epidemic of low vit D ..DUH...
Exactly. Since I’ve eliminated grains, legumes and the vast majority of sugar from my diet, I don’t really use sunblock any more. I don’t burn like I used to. But, I’m still careful about being in the sun having an Irish complexion.
5,000 a day would be 150,000 IU a month.
I was just reading a book on Vit D, I believe the author recommended supplementing at 1,000- 2,000 IU daily. There was a chart showing a level at which the Vit D has some toxicity. It’s a high level, but please ask your doctor before doubling a recommended 5,000 IU.
Because I live in a state where it rains a great deal of the time - Washington - sunshine is scarce.
I take 4000 IU of D3 a day, and have been doing so for years. So far no harmful side effects.
Depending on who you read, 10,000IU daily may be too high if taken for very long. Blood tests are probably the only way to know for sure. At any rate, good luck with it.
This is about the 6th vitamin D article I’ve seen in the last couple of months on FR. I’m starting to realize it’s a very critical nutrient.
It's been a common topic for years.
True, but all the new research is connecting it with cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, energy and a whole lot of other things. It’s mind boggling that there could be such a simple answer to a great host of problems.
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