3 ms·
Sounds great. What's important to understand with high vitamin D doses is that overdoses can occur unregulated by the body. The regulation of vitamin D usually
by neuronic 6y ago
Sounds great. What's important to understand with high vitamin D doses is that overdoses can occur unregulated by the body.
The regulation of vitamin D usually occurs before its synthesis after sunlight exposure. Supplementing synthesized vitamin D circumvents the regulation and allows vitaminosis to happen.
I have read wildly different recommendations for the dose. Typical package is 1000 IU, you take 2000 IU, others recommend upwards of 8000 IU due to possible issues with earlier studies leading to FDA/regulatory agencies recommendations. Again, rather stay below 5000 IU unless explicitly told otherwise by a doc. Always get blood work done to REALLY figure out your levels and how to fix them.
Again, why we can overdose with supplements but too much sunlight won't cause an overdose:
Sunlight + components ---> X (regulation) <---> Vitamin D ---> effect in body
Supplements start behind the regulation step...