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originally posted by: Lumenari
originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: one4all
Not quite. If you live at the equator maybe you can go outside 15 minutes to get enough sun for vitD, but not as far north as I am in Iowa. Im not even sure eating meat is enough because im not sure there is all that much meat in meat these days given the pink slime situation. Also i found its often injected with saline. If you are going to take a vitamin d supp in any case, i would get it in liposomal form. I take Dr Mercolas from fresh thyme store but any reputable brand should be good.
The human body is able to produce as much as 10,000 IU to 20,000 IU of vitamin D3 in just 30 minutes
You only need to do that 3 times a week.
If you can't spend 1 1/2 hours outside under the sun in a week then your problem is much more toxic then a mere vitamin D deficiency.
It is poor lifestyle choices.
~shrug~
originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: one4all
Not quite. If you live at the equator maybe you can go outside 15 minutes to get enough sun for vitD, but not as far north as I am in Iowa. Im not even sure eating meat is enough because im not sure there is all that much meat in meat these days given the pink slime situation. Also i found its often injected with saline. If you are going to take a vitamin d supp in any case, i would get it in liposomal form. I take Dr Mercolas from fresh thyme store but any reputable brand should be good.
originally posted by: SocratesJohnson
a reply to: one4all
I thought that advice was only for white people
Vitamin D being racist in blacks, especially farther away from the equator, Means more blacks arelikely Vitamin D deficient, and should supplement more
originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: one4all
IIRC, if you live north of Boston MA, the days of the sun are too slanted from October to April to provide adequate D3.
Supplements are needed.
originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: ChiefD
So, your multi has about 1600 IU of D3?
Not too bad, but did you read this post and it's links?
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Also, does your multi have vitamin K?
We don't get out enough in the summer anymore, and take 2000 IU in the summer.
We take 4000 IU from October to April.
And the older you get, the more you need of most supplements.
Except vitamin A, IIRC.
originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: one4all
Yes.
But you should realize that many of us do not eat as well as we could.
Somehow I doubt highly processes foods and meats retain much of their vitamins and minerals.
originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: Kenzo
The funny thing is all people that have cancer and COVID who are hospitalised have low vitamin D . This begs the question especially after reading an article on Prostate cancer, where in a few patients removal was advised, and then being put on vitamin D as they were deemed to be low, went on a wait and see for a year, when after the Doctor seemed to think removal was no longer required. It might be assumed rightly or wrongly that the increase in cancer might well be a depletion of this essential vitamin as food has become more industrialised.