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Title: Clothes, the Culprit of Vitamin D Deficieny.
Source: Medicinewatch
URL Source: http://medicinewatch.blogspot.com/2 ... ing-culprit-of-vitamin-d3.html
Published: Jul 11, 2011
Author: ?
Post Date: 2011-07-11 20:18:26 by Armadillo
Keywords: None
Views: 3247
Comments: 174

Disrobing the Culprit of Vitamin D3 Deficiency.

Could it be that social evolution has made vitamin D deficiency a necessary evil? Studies have shown favorable effects on insulin secretion and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic patients who received vitamin D3 supplementation.

The study evaluated 10 females with type 2 diabetes. The patients enrolled in the study treated their diabetes with oral medications. The study was conducted in March, when levels of vitamin D are lowest due to lack of sunlight. A group of 17 females with normal glucose tolerance served as a control group. The diabetic patients were treated for a month with vitamin D3. After the month, the patient's receiving vitamin D3 had increased their insulin secretion levels significantly by 34.3%. The results showed a decrease of 21.4% in insulin resistance after one month of vitamin D3 supplementation.

Back in the day, our ancestors would have full body exposure to the sun throughout the year. Nowadays, that number has been reduced to a mere 5% with only our face and hands acting as a welcome mat for the sun. A major source of vitamin D is its production in our skin as a result of UV exposure from sunlight. Lest we not take Mother Nature's generosity for granted. Everybody looks good with a little color. It'll look even better when your A1c drops as your sun-kissed glow picks up. If all else fails - you can always run off to a nudist colony where social reservations and clothing are optional!

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See y'all down at the nudist club.
Show those pasty white buns some sun.

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#9. To: Armadillo, all (#0)

My understanding is that it is not possible for most people to receive the amount of vitamin D from the sun that some doctors recommend, especially in the winter. For instance, Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist who runs a blog called the Heart Scan Blog, is a big advocate of vitamin D and recommends that vitamin D in the body be between 60 - 70 ng/ml. Most other medical professionals that believe in the benefits of vitamin D recommend around the same levels. That's like three or four times what the government recommends. I take 4,000 IU's a day - two in the morning and two at night.

It's real important though to have your vitamin D levels monitored every six months because too much vitamin D can actually cause harm. My vitamin D levels have slowing risen over the last six months. When I was first tested, my D level was 32 ng/ml. After six months of taking 4,000 IU's a day a day it rose to 48 ng/ml. I'm hoping that when I get tested three months from now that it will be between the 60 - 70 ng/ml range. Once there, I will back off some and maybe only take 2 or 3,000 IU's.

A word of caution. If you are going to take supplemental vitamin D in high levels, try not to take it all at one time. Split it up so that you are taking it two or three times a day. Too much vitamin D at one time can cause damage to your kidneys, especially if you are taking 6,000 or more IU's a day.

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2011-07-12   11:32:36 ET  [Locked]   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#9)

Too much vitamin D at one time can cause damage to your kidneys, especially if you are taking 6,000 or more IU's a day.

Yikes!

Checking my bottle, I see that I've been taking 10,000IUs at a time.

Maybe that's why my back hurts.

Thanks for the information.

Lod  posted on  2011-07-12   12:15:51 ET  [Locked]   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Lod (#11)

Yikes!

Checking my bottle, I see that I've been taking 10,000IUs at a time.

Maybe that's why my back hurts.

Thanks for the information.

Wow. That's quite a bit, although I have read other cases where people have had to take that amount and more because their D levels weren't budging. It's best to break it up though. Have you ever had your blood levels checked to see what they are? If not, it would benefit you greatly to do so. Vitamin D toxicity can cause kidney and liver damage due to hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood).

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2011-07-12   12:39:17 ET  [Locked]   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#12)

It's almost time for another physical, and I'll definitely ask for a thorough blood work-up.

I'll immediately back off to 5000IUs/day.

Lod  posted on  2011-07-12   12:47:42 ET  [Locked]   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Lod (#14)

It's almost time for another physical, and I'll definitely ask for a thorough blood work-up.

The vitamin D blood test is not part of your routine blood tests. You have to specifically ask for it. There are two separate vitamin D blood tests. The one you need is the 25-hydroxyvitamin D test (also known as the 25(OH)D test). Your insurance may or may not pay for it.

As for taking the 10000 IU's a day, I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's doubtful that you have vitamin D toxicity, especially if you weigh more than 200 lbs. The numbers I've seen say that a good starting point is 1000 IU's per 25 lbs of body weight. Even then, the body doesn't store vitamin D until your blood levels reach 50 ng/ml. Everything below that is used by the body. I would think about splitting the amount up though because there are studies that have shown kidney damage if 6000 or more IU's are taken at one time for long periods of time. I don't know if that's conclusive, but why take the chance? That's just my opinion though.

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2011-07-12   13:06:19 ET  [Locked]   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#15)

i was told by my health guru that it's more beneficial to take 50k IUs of vitamin D once a week than to take it daily. i've been doing that for some time now.

christine  posted on  2011-07-12   23:37:29 ET  [Locked]   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: christine (#20)

i was told by my health guru that it's more beneficial to take 50k IUs of vitamin D once a week than to take it daily. i've been doing that for some time now.

That's the first time I've ever heard of that, but I'm certainly no expert, only repeating information gleaned from my research on the matter.

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2011-07-13   0:03:15 ET  [Locked]   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#21)

who knows? for every opinion you hear one day, the next you hear the opposite. ;)

christine  posted on  2011-07-13   0:10:00 ET  [Locked]   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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