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I found the best to feel better during winter is to supplement my diet with D vitamins.
by shin_lao 11y ago
I found the best to feel better during winter is to supplement my diet with D vitamins.
- manmal 11y agoWhile Vit D helps me, additionally using a 10k lamp is like night and day, if you forgive the pun.
- jbjorge 11y agoThis was my experience as well. For two years I lived at a latitude where I got about zero daylight for 5-6 months per year. My SAD-lamp helped a little (<10k lumens), vitamin D helped a lot.
- Hugie 11y agoHow much Vitamin D did you take? Did you measure/calc the amount per kg?
- willsher 11y agoFrom research around the Internet, D3 is generally seen as safe (http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/vitamin-d/safety/hrb-20060400 http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/vitamin-d/safety... is pretty typical on the safety information) Personally I take a D3 supplement of 2000IU/day during the dark months (along with some other supplements due to a mostly vegan diet, some of which contain low D2/D3 amounts, so my actual supplemented intake is around 2400 IU).
- jp555 11y agoVitamin D will help but it is not the only beneficial compound produced by our skin in the presence of sunlight. Strategic tanning bed/booth & Vitamin D supplementation works best imho. There seems to be attitional benefits to the sunlight induced vitamin D production, possibly related to the oxidation of cholesterol & sulphur as the cholesterol is converted into Vitamin D.