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300-500 IU/kg/day vitamin D3. 5-10 mg vitamin K2 MK-4. 100 mcg vitamin K2 MK-7. 1.2 grams magnesium. 500-600 mg calcium from all sources. ZMA (if male). Eventua
by baccheion 6y ago
300-500 IU/kg/day vitamin D3. 5-10 mg vitamin K2 MK-4. 100 mcg vitamin K2 MK-7. 1.2 grams magnesium. 500-600 mg calcium from all sources. ZMA (if male). Eventually melatonin to keep at level of youth.
- reducesuffering 6y agoThat is ~30k IU Vitamin D3 a day, isn’t it? That’s an astonishingly outlier amount of D3 to be taking. The author strongly recommends against that much in a previous thread.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24061164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24061164
- krick 6y agoYeah, that's like a really fucking lot. I was taking maybe half of that when I was extremely deficient, and about 3k currently (which I guess is still a bit more than I need, I just didn't take a blood test in a long time and assume I'm a tiny bit below the norm). And I weight way more than 60 kg you used for calculation.
- baccheion 6y agoIt's not a "blanket" (ie, time-tested) dose. On the other hand, Multiple Sclerosis patients take much much higher amounts without many issues. I've been taking at least 60,000 IU/day (no health issues) since the beginning of 2018, with some bouts of ~100,000 IU. The only issues from higher amounts of D3 stem from perturbation of calcium (increasing) and magnesium (decreasing) levels. Mainly addressed by swapping their RDAs.
- byproxy 6y agoWhere is this "prescription" coming from? I imagine you've done some diligence to get these numbers, just curious what convinced you.
- raxxorrax 6y agoI'll take the burger with fries, die perhaps some time earlier but lived a happy life instead. Seriously, even IF that cocktail would be healthy to someone, dosages would heavily vary between individuals.