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By: Steven Timm

Steven Timm — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:27:27 +0000

Some do not realize but, vitamin D is a great supplement to take as proper supplementation prevents you from catching a cold, especially if you are prone to a lot of allergies. If you have sufficient amounts of vitamin D in your diet, you are less prone to certain illnesses than you usually are.

By: Eve

Eve — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:18:51 +0000

My reading for D is 18…is vitamin D suppliment of 1000,000 IU’s per week toxit?
What are the side affects?

By: herbert yee

herbert yee — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:53:45 +0000

Too much vitamin-d can be toxic, but what are the symptoms of excessive vitamin-d consumption?

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:24:34 +0000

Hi Helen,
My Vit. D level was a 20 when I was tested 6 weeks ago…I’ve been on the new small 50,000 IU pill mentioned by another poster. I have a feeling that my level won’t be up to par, either, mainly because I’m vegetarian. But the Vit D has helped me to feel better! Hope you’ve found that you’ve improved, too.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:39:16 +0000

If you are interested in vitamin D you should take a look at http://www.vitaminD3world.com The Canadian Cancer Society now recommends that everyone take vitamin D to prevent cancer. The site has good summaries of the data and offers a new preparation of vitamin D in a micro-pill formulation. The pills have been formulated with cellulose which absorbs water very quickly. This ensures that the pill breaks up very quickly to provide for maximum absorption. The micro pill is tiny and tasteless. Many vitamin D pills on the market have very poor dissolution properties resulting in poor absorption.
The site also offers to supply customers with a free supply of 400IU for their children and it also has a good newsletter.

By: Helen Ramsey

Helen Ramsey — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:19:57 +0000

What a timely article! Approx 3 months ago, my doctor told me about these studies re Vitamin D. He said everyone he has checked to date were deficient. I was being seen for my annual physical so agreed for my vitamin D level to be checked as well. Results: I was barely on the charts at a 10. So he placed me on 100,000 IU’s per week. After the first month, we checked again – great, I was up to 50. So, we cut the dosage in half; 50,000 IU’s per week. After a month, we again checked – bad news – I had dropped to 26. I will find out tomorrow what my next regimen will be, likely back up to 100,000 IU’s until my results stabilize. My question: Isn’t Vitamin D one of the vitamins to which you can build toxic levels as the excess is not expelled from the body. This has been a concern since first going on the 100,000 IU’s per week?
BTW, I mentioned this test to several of my friends – more than not were deficient in this vitamin. So, again, thank you for the info you provide.

By: Mara Betsch

Mara Betsch — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:10:07 +0000

Hi Linda,

This website may help: http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=3&tax_subject=274&topic_id=1323&level3_id=5147

Mara Betsch, assistant editor at health.com

By: Linda Medeiros

Linda Medeiros — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:14:40 +0000

Can you please tell me where I find the chart that shows how much vitamins I should be taking each day for my age – 61 or is there a chart that tells that, for instance:
Vitamin A – 500
Vitamin B – 600, etc?

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Linda Medeiros

By: dee

dee — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:39:05 +0000

thanks for the great site!

By: Julie Upton, MS, RD

Julie Upton, MS, RD — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:58:38 +0000

I think it’s actually really gross, but years ago, people used to take a tsp of cod liver oil per day for their health