Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

re: Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

Mori Goldlist — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:55:05 GMT

Tsk Tsk. Do a little more research and you'll see how inane your last paragraph is...

115 IU's is 30% of the daily needs??? How passe' is that!!!!!

The figure of 400 IU's was recommended to stave off only rickets in small children. At that time they did not know that Vitamin D3 was used by so many varied functions in the human body, both children and adults.

A typical 20 minute stay under the mid-day sun, or tanning bed, will yield the body an astounding 12,000-18,000 IU! If our bodies didn't need at least that much, it wouldn't be able to create it, or it would rid itself of the "overflow".

Man was created naked under the sun. There are many reasons for that.

Mori Goldlist

Toronto Canada

re: Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

Peter F — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:14:36 GMT

A recent paper published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism showed that 2000IU a day was needed to maintain reasonable vitamin d levels in children in the Lebanon (the one in the Middle East where it is fairly sunny). So I doubt 115IU will do any good.

re: Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

Yuri | EatingforEnergy.ca — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:26:17 GMT

Indeed, the sun is a great source of vitamin D and it seems based on some recent findings that it's the sunscreens that are correlated to skin (and other) cancers - not the sun itself.

It's no wonder since sunscreens have so many chemicals that would be better left off our skin.

Instead of sunscreen, try eating foods higher in antioxidants before sun exposure. Even tomatoes, and their lycopene, have been shown to better protect the skin upon skin exposure.

Yuri

http://www.EatingforEnergy.ca

re: Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

Jack Crooks — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:18:13 GMT

The role of D is coming to light! Not just shiitake, but also regular white mushrooms are also a source of D at about 5% rda per serving and they are loaded with D precursors. Recent research from ARS and Penn State showed that just like people, when exposed to light mushrooms manufacture D in very large amounts exceeding 400IU per 84 gram fresh weight (pre-cooked) serving.

re: Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

Yiannakis hadjilambri — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:32:55 GMT

My daughter has double vision but her Ophthalmologist can find nothing wrong after referal to a neurologist and hving undergone the Hess Test, MRI, Myoelectricograph and blood tests. He also suggests that she awaits 6 months before she is refered to an Eye Muscle Specialist in case it is a muscle associated problem.

Has any other member expeienced any such problem and how did they overcome it?

re: Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

Yiannakis hadjilambri — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:33:25 GMT

Has any other member expeienced any such problem and how did they overcome it?

re: Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

Zora P — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:21:23 GMT

I agree that the vitamin D requirements given in the article are not supported by the most current research. (See the Vitamin D Council's excellent website.)

I myself started taking 2000 IUs in the fall to stave off winter depression and was amazed when I noticed my awful 10-year ordeal with a TMJ disorder had completely resolved! Since then, I've been singing the praises of D to anyone I care about.

More recently I got my D level tested and learned I was only at 33.5 (target is at least 50) so I increased my daily intake to 4000 IUs. This would be difficult to obtain through diet alone.

re: Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

Teressa Kornegay — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:59:10 GMT

My friend told me how important we need Vitamin D and I wanted to try them and also wonder if they are in chewable tablets.