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No Consensus on Optimal Vitamin D Dose

The new issue of the Mayo Clinic Health Letter says that while vitamin D is known to offer many benefits, there is no consensus on what level of the nutrient is optimal for good health. ...Read More

Posted on : Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:00 AM
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Large doses (>40,000IU) of vitamin d over a long period of time (months) will cause problems. 10,000IU is accepted in the medical literature as perfectly safe. Most people need a supplement of at least 5,000IU a day to get into the lower end of the optimum range.
Replied on Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:00 AM

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so what will 50,000 1 x week for three months do to me ?
Replied on Monday, January 25, 2010 12:00 AM
The newsletter is wrong. You cannot make vitamin d in/on the skin unless the sun is at or near its peak. Vitamin d formation requires hard UVB which is absorbed by the atmosphere.
Replied on Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:00 AM
 


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