Correcting a vitamin D deficiency

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Below is a link to similar information.

 

I have one criticism of the link below. The author makes no

distinction between D2 and D3. From what I have read D2 (such as is

added to milk, and cheap multivitamins) is not nearly as good as D3.

The body is very inefficient at D2 to D3 conversion.

 

Looks like one can go very high when supplementing with D.

Below recommends up to 1000 IU per 25 pounds of body weight for

children, starting when they are babies. Ddrops would be useful for

babies, imo. Using that rule of thumb, I would be taking up to 7,000

IU of D3 every day!

 

Some people fear danger of overdose, but below link states it

requires a massive dose exceeding 50,000 to 150,000 IU each day. In

order to overdose on Carlson's, one would need to chug down more than

a pint of cod liver oil every day! I imagine that much cod liver oil

would really give someone loose stool, long before it caused damage

from excess vitamin D.

 

According to the Carlson's Cod Liver Oil Bottle, the RDA for

vitamin D is 400 IU, which is one teaspoon. I take a tablespoon a

day which is 1200 IU. When I earn some surplus $$, I may get some

2000 IU Ddrops to supplement my cod liver oil daily.

 

http://www.nlci.com/nutrition/News%20for%20You.htm

 

Alobar

 

On 12/8/08, Carolyn Reinhold <carolynreinhold wrote:

> Rita, at the bottom of this message I have posted information on vitamin D

toxicity. I did not keep the link from the entire article; I just kept what was

of interest to me. So I cannot provide the source for this snippet of

information. Still, I think it is helpful to know.

> Carolyn

> >Posted by: " Rita Reya " azcallin azcallin

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> >i heard from other holistic doctors that never take more than 2000 as >the

body cannot discard extra of it as it does vit c and you will have >problems

later as it builds ?

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> >>--- On Fri, 12/5/08, Mark Fletcher <@markleefletch er.com> wrote:

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> >>Marji,

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> >>Some fascinating info there. I've decided to take 4000 to 5000 IU a day

until I reach 60 ng/dl.

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> >>Mark

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> " The symptoms of vitamin D toxicity are weakness, nausea, vomiting, pain in

the joints, loss of appetite, and weight loss. The patient may experience

constipation alternating with diarrhea, or have tingling sensations in the

mouth. The toxic dose of vitamin D depends on its frequency. In infants, a

single dose of 15 mg (600,000 IU) or greater may be toxic, and has to exceed .5

mg (20,000 IU) per day over a prolonged period to be toxic in infants. In

adults, a daily dose of 1.0-2.0 mg (40,000 - 80,000) of vitamin D may be toxic

when consumed for a prolonged period. A single dose of about 50 mg (2,000,000

IU) or greater is probably toxic for adults. The immediate effect of an overdose

of vitamin D is abdominal cramps, nausea, and vomiting, not dry mouth and eyes .

Toxic doses of vitamin D taken over a prolonged period of time result in

deposits of calcium crystals in the soft tissues of the body that may damage the

heart, lungs, and kidneys. For people who

> have trouble with supplements, I recommend sunbathing during the warmer

months and sun tanning parlors in the colder months. "

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