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Orrex

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13. Again, what kind of answer do you think you were seeking?

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #12)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 04:38 PM

Mar 2015

And what do you propose as an alternative to the polluted "science" that you decry with scare-quotes?

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Scientists Confirm Institute of Medicine Recommendation for Vitamin D Intake Was Miscalculated [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 2015 OP

Wow, and I was wondering if I was being overprescribed because the doc put me on 3000 IU a day. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #1

I take 4000 iu and can feel the difference. PeoViejo Mar 2015 #2

Feel a difference? Ruby the Liberal Mar 2015 #17

Try this out... I know several people who have been prescribed 3K a day: freshwest Mar 2015 #19

I get that it is good for bones and teeth Ruby the Liberal Mar 2015 #20

Not just that. It affects the cardio vascular system, muscle health, etc. The ratio of calcium to freshwest Mar 2015 #22

I find it really helps mental function... My doc tested me years ago and mine was practically peacebird Mar 2015 #27

Thanks! Ruby the Liberal Mar 2015 #51

I tried 6K a Day but went back to 4K PeoViejo Mar 2015 #53

ok, wait a minute: didn't i just see something a few days ago about how vitamin D recs are ND-Dem Mar 2015 #3

It says that science enables us to adapt as we obtain more information Orrex Mar 2015 #5

somebody making a mistake in calculations for the RDAs isn't "enabling us to adapt as we ND-Dem Mar 2015 #6

Then your question was flawed. Orrex Mar 2015 #8

maybe you just didn't read it and are trying to cover up your laziness. an error that isn't ND-Dem Mar 2015 #12

Again, what kind of answer do you think you were seeking? Orrex Mar 2015 #13

I'm not sure what you mean by traditional medicine, but naturopaths, for example, pnwmom Mar 2015 #23

Low Vitamin D Linked with Depression in Young Women PADemD Mar 2015 #10

"Too much vitamin D can be as unhealthy as too little, study suggests" nilram Mar 2015 #15

Don't worry about it moonbeam23 Mar 2015 #32

Not worried about it; responding to ND-Dem's post nilram Mar 2015 #50

This is good to know. ananda Mar 2015 #4

Wow! and thought this was going to be the other way around! hedgehog Mar 2015 #7

Wonderful vitamin think4yourself Mar 2015 #9

But SCIENCE! Science! What? ooo, you mean dietary science can make mistakes? HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #11

Hah! My doctors had recommended I take 4,000 units a day pnwmom Mar 2015 #14

Vitamin D is a fat soluable vitamin & needs to be in a fat solution to be absorbed. hue Mar 2015 #24

I do take it with fat-soluble foods. That's not the problem. pnwmom Mar 2015 #25

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You obviously don't live in the cloudy part of the Pacific Northwest. For months at a time, we can get very little sun. pnwmom Mar 2015 #40

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My skin doctor, eye doctor, and internists have all told me that people living here need supplements pnwmom Mar 2015 #42

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So you don't trust physicians or Registered Dieticians with Masters Degrees. pnwmom Mar 2015 #46

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And then there was this doctor on CBS recently. He made the hosts very cross. madfloridian Mar 2015 #16

I didn't watch the interview, but many of the doctors who deny the value of D supplementation pnwmom Mar 2015 #26

Be careful about overdoing it. Kber Mar 2015 #18

Then go to the UC San Diego website. Even 4 years ago they were recommending 4000 units daily. pnwmom Mar 2015 #21

I cut back after things warm-up and can work outside. PeoViejo Mar 2015 #54

So the old Science was Woo? nt MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #28

Science changes, that why it is science. Otherwise it would be called a religion. LiberalArkie Mar 2015 #31

Pretty sure man will never be able to go faster than light. former9thward Mar 2015 #34

Poster kept using the past tense, maybe s/he is from the future? DRoseDARs Mar 2015 #36

Possibly. former9thward Mar 2015 #37

There might be ways around that, even Einstien's theories possibly allowed that... Humanist_Activist Mar 2015 #52

what a comment, Manny Duppers Mar 2015 #48

I have been taking 5000 IU for some time. Before some decides to load up though they still_one Mar 2015 #29

Is it good for you or bad for you this week? joanbarnes Mar 2015 #30

Got Milk? Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #33

this is UC University research! Duppers Mar 2015 #49

does this actually surprise anyone? niyad Mar 2015 #35

I too was surprised...thought they would say people were wasting their time and money. SoapBox Mar 2015 #38

I asked my eye doctor if there was anything I should be taking for eye health pnwmom Mar 2015 #45

The USDA's recommendations haven't caught up to the lower value. Jim Lane Mar 2015 #44