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laundry_queen

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46. Wow!

Fri Aug 8, 2014, 11:45 AM

Aug 2014

I've been vit d deficient off and on for awhile, and I cannot take higher doses of it because of what you say - I get an intense reaction from it where I can't sleep, I feel like my skin is crawling, I get panic attacks. I even asked my doctor about it and he had never heard of anyone having a reaction to vitamin d. Interesting that you have a similar experience.

I try to get some sun too instead of taking a pill, but I live pretty far north and was told that between September and May the sun is too far away to trigger vit D production in the skin. So, I get 10-15 minutes at a time in the summer. In the winter I do take lower doses of vit D. I find I also get leg cramps with vit D (even when I add in calcium, potassium and magnesium) so I have to be careful.

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Link between vitamin D, dementia risk confirmed (sciencedaily) [View all] DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 OP

Here is the link. cbayer Aug 2014 #1

For clarity: It's Vitamin D deficiency that's the problem. Laelth Aug 2014 #2

Funny how in a time when everything is "enriched" beyond belief, when you can't find some DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #3

Good post. Thanks ! BlueJazz Aug 2014 #4

Well now.. sendero Aug 2014 #6

Indirect sunlight and sun block Half-Century Man Aug 2014 #12

Most sunblock blocks UVB radiation, which turns off your skin's D-making ability. tridim Aug 2014 #15

Okay, Just going by what my dr told me, on two different occasions I'll grant you. Half-Century Man Aug 2014 #17

I definintely want the sunlight, UVB in particular. tridim Aug 2014 #14

Some of us are shall we say melanin deficient. Mr Sun is not our friend. nt Hekate Aug 2014 #41

As a fellow melanin deficient person laundry_queen Aug 2014 #45

You can goto Amazon and read up on astaxanthin, you will find some of the DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #52

lol laundry_queen Aug 2014 #53

Still I wonder, did you make it to the summit?? One would hope so, if not at least you can say DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #54

Still climbing laundry_queen Aug 2014 #55

False dichotomy. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2014 #21

Now you have opened up a can of worms. It's like this, sunlight produces vitamin D which protects DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #37

It's NOT 50,000 mg. It's important to get your facts straight about stuff like this. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2014 #22

I was severely vitamin D deficient tammywammy Aug 2014 #23

Thanks. That makes more sense. 50,000 IU / wk = 7,000 IU per day. nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2014 #25

+1...nt SidDithers Aug 2014 #67

Vitamin D infused milk drinker here madokie Aug 2014 #5

Association is not causality. McCamy Taylor Aug 2014 #7

The peer review process generally ferrets out studies that do not adequately address other stevenleser Aug 2014 #9

Here is the link for the full study. Apparently they did NOT control/address exercise/activity stevenleser Aug 2014 #11

Always amused at how often people drag out this old saw Dreamer Tatum Aug 2014 #34

Adele Davis was/is ridiculed newfie11 Aug 2014 #8

Jaysus, I haven't heard that name in decades. Granny M Aug 2014 #13

Hey, I'm a big fan of Davis! FailureToCommunicate Aug 2014 #18

That's Angela Davis, not Adelle Davis Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2014 #24

It's an old chuckle from the 60's: "If you don't know the difference between Angela FailureToCommunicate Aug 2014 #28

Ok, you made me chuckle ^^ nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2014 #36

Ok, you hurt my feelings, as if some doctor is going to give a person 50,000mg shots. I expect DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #38

No. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2014 #39

That's rude. DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #43

Both my cardiologist and nephrologist packman Aug 2014 #10

Eat fish malaise Aug 2014 #16

A deficiency in VitD has also been clinically associated with greater risk for breast cancer. n/t MoonRiver Aug 2014 #19

A 'Mediterranean diet' includes LOTS of Vitamin D among other health benefits... FailureToCommunicate Aug 2014 #20

I tried Vitamin D supplements and after three days I was contemplating murdering everyone I know CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #26

You have to take K2 with D3 supplements. tridim Aug 2014 #29

Or I could just get all the sunshine I need , eat healthy, and leave supplements alone. CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #31

That's ideal, but it is impossible get enough magnesium through diet alone. tridim Aug 2014 #33

FYI, there is alternative thinking on the calcium supplements. Trillo Aug 2014 #44

Thanks for the info. I take calcium very rarely since I drink lots of whole milk. tridim Aug 2014 #47

Wow! laundry_queen Aug 2014 #46

Vitamin D taker here justiceischeap Aug 2014 #27

But brilliant woo fighters told me supplements are anti scientific bullshit... What to do? whatchamacallit Aug 2014 #30

That's not what they've said at all. tammywammy Aug 2014 #32

Don't confuse 'em with facts... SidDithers Aug 2014 #35

Does not answer the question of how much per day you should take as a supplement. Hekate Aug 2014 #40

I had a level of 25 started taking 2-3000 per day and flamingdem Aug 2014 #42

thanks. I've been taking 2,000 IU per day when I remember. Think I'll be more consistent! Hekate Aug 2014 #49

I am not kidding you, see this post. DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #64

Some further info from the article: hedgehog Aug 2014 #48

A vampire in our midst.... who knew?? n/t DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #51

You speak the truth more than you know - I can't be in direct sunlight without burning! hedgehog Aug 2014 #56

Let me help you with that if you don't mind.... DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #57

As it happens, direct sunlight tends to leave me with migraine as well, hedgehog Aug 2014 #58

Used to live not far from Lake Erie, miss it dearly. n/t DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #59

My daughter went to ESF in Syracuse - kids from NYC could not believe that people actually hedgehog Aug 2014 #60

When it's what you grow up with, it is the normal of your life. I actually miss the gray skies now DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #61

On the plus side - our summers are filled with amazing skies - cumulus clouds piled higher than you hedgehog Aug 2014 #62

Ever go down to Angola, Derby or Lake Shore to see the ice piling up on the shore? DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #63

No, but I do recall the annual arguement about when the boom on the City of Buffalo water intake hedgehog Aug 2014 #65

I'll bet they "bearly" make it sometimes.... (arctic thaw ref) nt DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #66

It comes down to the fact we weren't meant to stay inside 24-7 JCMach1 Aug 2014 #50