From the beginning...
Well actually I never tested for vitamin D when I was young. But recently on 11/05/2012 when I was 36 as you can see I had very low level of vitamin D.
It is arguable what is the normal or optimal level of vitamin d. The sheet from (direct labs, the company I ordered the test from) as you can see says the normal range is 30 to 100. Some sites that 80 and above may be toxic. Others say over 100 is bad and 150+ is toxic. I even found a few sites saying 20 to 36 is best and over pr under could cause heart attacks.
But high level of vitamin D is good for everything from mood to even some surprising things like asthma. Some studies have been done saying that high vitamin D reduces IL-17A in patients which can trigger ashtma. And one guy said his asthma disappeared after his vitamin D reached 80. So good news if it works. Read mote about the IL-17A here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327241/Vitamin-D-helps-beat-symptoms-asthma-Supplements-soon-used-treatment-alongside-drugs.html
Vitamin D even helps cuts abdominal and visceral belly fat. Or how ever you spell that. Here is some proof.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22170363
and
http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20568100,00.html
and
http://www.cncahealth.com/blog/24782/Calcium-Vitamin-D-May-Help-Dieters-Lose-Body-Fat#.UbA1sJU1A0o
So as you can see vitamin D is great for many reasons. Just be careful not to over do it and have a doctor check your levels. Too much vitamin D can cause Hypercalcemia.
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/about-vitamin-d/am-i-getting-too-much-vitamin-d/
And so the experiment began.
I obviously did not want to over do it on vitamin D. The normal or upper limit is still questionable. And as new research is being done everyday we now know more about our bodies than we did since the day I was born.
But even though it is still hard to tell if the test is correct or I should be believing everyone on the internet. I did not want 600 D floating around in my body or some really high level. So hence the tests. Might be a little expensive if you don't have insurance. But for peace of mind it is totally worth it.
Anyhow regardless of limit I was obviously low. 23.2 is way too low. That is definitely (D)eficient. So I started taking vitamin D supplements. This is the one I used.
http://www.costco.com/Nature's-Bounty®-Vitamin-D3-5000-IU%2c-300-Softgels.product.100001681.html
I do a lot of shopping at costco. So I just decided to get it from there while I was shopping one day. 18 dollars is not bad for 300 soft gels. There are 365 days in a year. So that is only 65 days missing. And 2 months is usually very sunny no matter where you live out of the year. So you might not even need a pill in the sunny months.
Too much sun can lead to skin cancer and other bad things. But all you need is 15 minutes of sun a day if you are pale. And 1 hour if you are black or dark skin. That is good enough for 10,000 units of vitamin D. At least that is what I saw on DR OZ when he was on good morning america. And then after the hour put on sunscreen. Here is the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRPzfaI-n5E
But for me I tested in november after the summer. And I'm From Illinois. So no florida or cali sun for me in the winter. So it it surprising I was low. You would think that after the summer and all the sun I'd be in good shape. Especially since I hardly ever use sunscreen. I only used it once or twice. And novemebr is only 2 months post summer when the sun starts disappearing and the cold starts coming in.
So I decided to take the 5,000 every day regardless of the sun just to see what would happen. I was scared 5000 would be too much. So I never opened the bottle. I did lots of google and internet research and came up with mixed reviews. So around the beginning of april or late march 2013 I finally said the hell with it and opened the bottle. I took 5000 a day untill may 28th 2013 when I retested. I might of forgotten once or twice to take it but I went through about 60 pills as of the 28th. But scared the summer sunn with 5,000 might be overkill I decided to retest before the summer to see if in fact it was even helping at all or not. To my surprise only 2 months helped a lot. Still a little deficient but as you can see it went up 13.7 points from 23.2 to 36.9. So it was helping obviously.
But not sure if I should continue or not. No research online is saying if it will deplete or not if I have too much D in my body. Most sites just say stop taking the supplements. But it still doesn't say if it will deplete on its own or not. Some sites say after 50 it builds up and starts storing. And at that point it is hard to get rid of. And some are not sure. BUt everyone is different. One guy on another website (I forget which one) said he lived in sunny florida and was still (D)eficient. Hard to believe a man in florida where it never snows doesn't get enough sun. Or it it not absorbing for that matter.
So I decided 5,000 is not too much and to go for it. And some sites even did studies that said the RDA (recommend daily allowance) was 4,000 UI but 5,000 UI was tested and did no harm to those tested. But after 5,000 get tested to make sure.
Not sure which way to go but since I'm monitoring it 6 months shouldn't be too bad. Just stay in side a lot or use heavy sun block to avoid overdosing on top of the 5,000 UI a day. So the next test will be in December or January. We will see then what happens.
In the mean time got to keep taking the vitamin D. I just hope 5,000 a day is not over kill. But it should be good. As for now even thought its not very high it should be helping some. I forgot to mention I also have asthma since about 6 years old when my mom first noticed the coughing and tightness in the chest. But I will not notice any difference until I go above 80. Well maybe not 80, but at least right now I don't see any difference. I mean advair helps and xopenex generic for attacks. But I don't feel like the D is donig any good. At least not yet.
But some surprising side affects of the D is it is slowly cutting my appetite. Not surprising however is is others have noticed the same thing. I can't find the link. But I juts found some interesting news.
http://humanbodyengineer.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/vitamin-d-keeps-you-alive-longer-if-you-have-heart-trouble-another-reason-to-get-out-in-the-sun/
Also vitamin D is good for sleep I forgot to mention. Although I have not noticed any difference.
http://www.bulletproofexec.com/bulletproof-your-sleep-with-vitamin-d/
And there is also this.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1351422/Five-volunteers-Vitamin-D-levels-tested-results-shocking-Theyre--Generation-D.html
and
http://www.drbriffa.com/2012/03/21/if-your-vitamin-d-levels-are-low-whats-a-useful-starting-dose/
It is arguable what is the normal or optimal level of vitamin d. The sheet from (direct labs, the company I ordered the test from) as you can see says the normal range is 30 to 100. Some sites that 80 and above may be toxic. Others say over 100 is bad and 150+ is toxic. I even found a few sites saying 20 to 36 is best and over pr under could cause heart attacks.
But high level of vitamin D is good for everything from mood to even some surprising things like asthma. Some studies have been done saying that high vitamin D reduces IL-17A in patients which can trigger ashtma. And one guy said his asthma disappeared after his vitamin D reached 80. So good news if it works. Read mote about the IL-17A here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327241/Vitamin-D-helps-beat-symptoms-asthma-Supplements-soon-used-treatment-alongside-drugs.html
Vitamin D even helps cuts abdominal and visceral belly fat. Or how ever you spell that. Here is some proof.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22170363
and
http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20568100,00.html
and
http://www.cncahealth.com/blog/24782/Calcium-Vitamin-D-May-Help-Dieters-Lose-Body-Fat#.UbA1sJU1A0o
So as you can see vitamin D is great for many reasons. Just be careful not to over do it and have a doctor check your levels. Too much vitamin D can cause Hypercalcemia.
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/about-vitamin-d/am-i-getting-too-much-vitamin-d/
And so the experiment began.
I obviously did not want to over do it on vitamin D. The normal or upper limit is still questionable. And as new research is being done everyday we now know more about our bodies than we did since the day I was born.
But even though it is still hard to tell if the test is correct or I should be believing everyone on the internet. I did not want 600 D floating around in my body or some really high level. So hence the tests. Might be a little expensive if you don't have insurance. But for peace of mind it is totally worth it.
Anyhow regardless of limit I was obviously low. 23.2 is way too low. That is definitely (D)eficient. So I started taking vitamin D supplements. This is the one I used.
http://www.costco.com/Nature's-Bounty®-Vitamin-D3-5000-IU%2c-300-Softgels.product.100001681.html
I do a lot of shopping at costco. So I just decided to get it from there while I was shopping one day. 18 dollars is not bad for 300 soft gels. There are 365 days in a year. So that is only 65 days missing. And 2 months is usually very sunny no matter where you live out of the year. So you might not even need a pill in the sunny months.
Too much sun can lead to skin cancer and other bad things. But all you need is 15 minutes of sun a day if you are pale. And 1 hour if you are black or dark skin. That is good enough for 10,000 units of vitamin D. At least that is what I saw on DR OZ when he was on good morning america. And then after the hour put on sunscreen. Here is the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRPzfaI-n5E
But for me I tested in november after the summer. And I'm From Illinois. So no florida or cali sun for me in the winter. So it it surprising I was low. You would think that after the summer and all the sun I'd be in good shape. Especially since I hardly ever use sunscreen. I only used it once or twice. And novemebr is only 2 months post summer when the sun starts disappearing and the cold starts coming in.
So I decided to take the 5,000 every day regardless of the sun just to see what would happen. I was scared 5000 would be too much. So I never opened the bottle. I did lots of google and internet research and came up with mixed reviews. So around the beginning of april or late march 2013 I finally said the hell with it and opened the bottle. I took 5000 a day untill may 28th 2013 when I retested. I might of forgotten once or twice to take it but I went through about 60 pills as of the 28th. But scared the summer sunn with 5,000 might be overkill I decided to retest before the summer to see if in fact it was even helping at all or not. To my surprise only 2 months helped a lot. Still a little deficient but as you can see it went up 13.7 points from 23.2 to 36.9. So it was helping obviously.
But not sure if I should continue or not. No research online is saying if it will deplete or not if I have too much D in my body. Most sites just say stop taking the supplements. But it still doesn't say if it will deplete on its own or not. Some sites say after 50 it builds up and starts storing. And at that point it is hard to get rid of. And some are not sure. BUt everyone is different. One guy on another website (I forget which one) said he lived in sunny florida and was still (D)eficient. Hard to believe a man in florida where it never snows doesn't get enough sun. Or it it not absorbing for that matter.
So I decided 5,000 is not too much and to go for it. And some sites even did studies that said the RDA (recommend daily allowance) was 4,000 UI but 5,000 UI was tested and did no harm to those tested. But after 5,000 get tested to make sure.
Not sure which way to go but since I'm monitoring it 6 months shouldn't be too bad. Just stay in side a lot or use heavy sun block to avoid overdosing on top of the 5,000 UI a day. So the next test will be in December or January. We will see then what happens.
In the mean time got to keep taking the vitamin D. I just hope 5,000 a day is not over kill. But it should be good. As for now even thought its not very high it should be helping some. I forgot to mention I also have asthma since about 6 years old when my mom first noticed the coughing and tightness in the chest. But I will not notice any difference until I go above 80. Well maybe not 80, but at least right now I don't see any difference. I mean advair helps and xopenex generic for attacks. But I don't feel like the D is donig any good. At least not yet.
But some surprising side affects of the D is it is slowly cutting my appetite. Not surprising however is is others have noticed the same thing. I can't find the link. But I juts found some interesting news.
http://humanbodyengineer.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/vitamin-d-keeps-you-alive-longer-if-you-have-heart-trouble-another-reason-to-get-out-in-the-sun/
Also vitamin D is good for sleep I forgot to mention. Although I have not noticed any difference.
http://www.bulletproofexec.com/bulletproof-your-sleep-with-vitamin-d/
And there is also this.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1351422/Five-volunteers-Vitamin-D-levels-tested-results-shocking-Theyre--Generation-D.html
and
http://www.drbriffa.com/2012/03/21/if-your-vitamin-d-levels-are-low-whats-a-useful-starting-dose/
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