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There was a lot of interest last time on this topic in a previous hacker news discussion [1] so posting this article by my wife (the parathyroid surgeon) here.
by conorh 6y ago
There was a lot of interest last time on this topic in a previous hacker news discussion [1] so posting this article by my wife (the parathyroid surgeon) here. If you have any questions feel free to post them here and she will check in.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24061164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24061164
- dilippkumar 6y agoGreat read! I'd love to read more posts in the future, but it's very unlikely that I'll come to devaboone.com every day to look for new posts. Can you please set up an RSS feed?
- conorh 6y agoWill do, she set it up on Wix herself to learn a little about how to do all of this. I'm surprised they don't offer an RSS feed, I'll help her out with that. edit: The feed is apparently https://www.devaboone.com/blog-feed.xml https://www.devaboone.com/blog-feed.xml and the Wix editor gives you no ability to add <head> tags, but there it is.
- roldie 6y agoThanks, subscribed!
- interfixus 6y agoThank you. Much appreciated, the feed and everything leading up to it, right back from the initial discussion.
- dilippkumar 6y agoThanks! Subscribed.
- jonny_eh 6y agoMaybe add a link to the site?
- bdickason 6y agoThanks for sharing. I skimmed the article looking for a specific set of info but may have missed it: how do bodies naturally/organically generate vitamin D and can that be sufficient or are supplements necessary? (E.g. I surf 5 days a week with sunscreen and go for walks regularly. Will I have enough vitamin D or should I supplement?)
- CarbyAu 6y agoStraight forward blood tests will tell you where you are at. Get a test, get your answer. I would hazard a guess that significant outdoor exposure would be enough, but I am not a doctor in any sense.
- neuronic 6y agoAlso, depending on your level of sun exposure and possible deficiency, you should probably supplement MUCH more than what has been usual for decades. You will find a max of 1000 IU and many supplements at daily doses way lower than that (300 - 700 IU). This is likely wrong: "Since all-disease mortality is reduced to 1.0 with serum vitamin D levels ≥100 nmol/L, we call public health authorities to consider designating as the RDA at least three-fourths of the levels proposed by the Endocrine Society Expert Committee as safe upper tolerable daily intake doses. This could lead to a recommendation of 1000 IU for children <1 year on enriched formula and 1500 IU for breastfed children older than 6 months, 3000 IU for children >1 year of age, and around 8000 IU for young adults and thereafter. Actions are urgently needed to protect the global population from vitamin D deficiency." [1] [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541280/
- Rotten194 6y agoI'm not a doctor, but my doctor told me when I asked that excess Vitamin D passes through your body harmlessly, so there's basically no reason not to supplement if you're worried you aren't getting enough.
- gojomo 6y ago
- ramraj07 6y agoThanks. What are your (or Devas) thoughts on the ritual vitamin company's products (http://ritual.com http://ritual.com)? They seem like the most researched multivitamin product I've seen but still never gotten an unbiased opinion!