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In reply to the discussion: Scientists Confirm Institute of Medicine Recommendation for Vitamin D Intake Was Miscalculated [View all]PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)53. I tried 6K a Day but went back to 4K
It was making me Hyper...didn't like the effect.
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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
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
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
somebody making a mistake in calculations for the RDAs isn't "enabling us to adapt as we
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#6
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
I'm not sure what you mean by traditional medicine, but naturopaths, for example,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#23
But SCIENCE! Science! What? ooo, you mean dietary science can make mistakes?
HereSince1628
Mar 2015
#11
Vitamin D is a fat soluable vitamin & needs to be in a fat solution to be absorbed.
hue
Mar 2015
#24
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
My skin doctor, eye doctor, and internists have all told me that people living here need supplements
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#42
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
Then go to the UC San Diego website. Even 4 years ago they were recommending 4000 units daily.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#21
Science changes, that why it is science. Otherwise it would be called a religion.
LiberalArkie
Mar 2015
#31
There might be ways around that, even Einstien's theories possibly allowed that...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2015
#52
I have been taking 5000 IU for some time. Before some decides to load up though they
still_one
Mar 2015
#29