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This is per day? I have been deficient for a few years now and I take ~6000 IU per day, but it doesnt seem to make a big difference in my blood tests. I alrea
by netcraft 9y ago
This is per day?
I have been deficient for a few years now and I take ~6000 IU per day, but it doesnt seem to make a big difference in my blood tests. I already thought 6K was a lot...
- amelius 9y agoAre you taking it with food? I think it dissolves in fat, so you might want to take it with some oil for better absorption.
- netcraft 9y agoI didnt know that - I usually take it shortly after breakfast, but ill try this - thanks!
- Malic 9y agoYup - it's a fat soluble vitamin - this is a very good point to bring up. I made the "taking it with my low fat meal of the day" (breakfast) and made a change to correct that.
- netcraft 9y agoI've been told I should be taking it in the morning though, because it can affect sleep if you take it in the evening - anyone know differently?
- maerF0x0 9y agoeat bacon.
- abecedarius 9y agoGwern ran a self-experiment finding that it did affect his sleep: https://www.gwern.net/zeo/Vitamin-D https://www.gwern.net/zeo/Vitamin-D
- ryanmarsh 9y agoMy doc prescribed me 25,000 IU once a week for 8 weeks then 10,000 IU daily thereafter. The kicks of 25k were what made the diff for me. YMMV
- netcraft 9y agoholy smokes, thats a ton. Are there any effects of too much?
- ryanmarsh 9y agoYah like doing 25k a day. That could cause problems.
- jdahlin 9y agoSurprisingly few problems. Wife has been doing 80k a day for the past few years and have help tremendously with her auto immune decease. If you're going to do high doses, stay away from anything with significant amount of calcium in your food (dairy, nuts etc)
- ldiracdelta 9y ago80,000 IU is a terrifying number for daily intake. Did you mean 8k and not 80k?
- jdahlin 9y agoI meant 80k. See studies from Dr Cicero Coimbra for more background if you're interested.
- fossuser 9y agoYeah, it's fat soluble so you can take too much (but you'd have to take a ridiculous amount). The normal doctor prescription to increase levels is a 50k pill once a week for a couple months. The previous recommended level was 20ng/ml, but they increased it to 30ng/ml. When I got tested mine was 11ng/ml (and this is in the sunny bay area). To have the recommended value from normal sun exposure you'd need face/legs/arms exposed to sunlight for ~30-45 minutes a day which most people don't get. It's very hard to increase D from food. I'm also not sure how they determine the recommended amount and there seems to be a ton of pseudoscience around all of this stuff so it's hard to tell what's true.