While no one is recommending super dosing Vitamin D or burning to a crisp oiled up, more health officials believe that higher dosage of the vitamin can have positive effect against cancer, heart disease and cognition.
The latest issue of Time (Aug. 30) says new guidelines will be coming out soon.
In the meanwhile, as we head for darker days in the fall, studies suggest that1,000 IU of vitamin D daily could be helpful.
Check with your doctor first though.
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The doctors and scientists who have been studying the effects of vitamin D for decades recommend a level of 50-80 ng/ml, 25 OH D, year round and for life.
Most people of healthy BMI can achieve this by supplementing 5000 i.u. of vitamin D3 in the months September through April. In the warm months regular, sensible sun exposure during mid day (10-3 PM) WITHOUT SUNSCREENS is required to maintain healthy levels.
1000 i.u. of vitamin D3 will not be sufficient to maintain healthy, normal levels for most of the year.
Educate yourself about vitamin D deficiency and then educate your doctors. The level of physician ignorance on this subject is breathtaking. Almost everything they learned about vitamin D in medical school was completely wrong. This is especially so about toxicity, which is a myth.
Almost all chronic, early onset diseases have an origin in vitamin D deficiency. Study the new research and pass it along. Maintain healthy levels year round and be certain to get a 25 OH D vitamin D blood test twice a year.