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For what it’s worth, I had a physical in my mid-20s where my doctor saw my vitamin D levels were low, so he told me to supplement with vitamin D. I take 10,000
by jliptzin 5y ago
For what it’s worth, I had a physical in my mid-20s where my doctor saw my vitamin D levels were low, so he told me to supplement with vitamin D. I take 10,000 IU with vitamin K about 5x/week. I am 35 now and I happened to check my levels around Jan 2020, to make sure I wasn’t overdoing it. I was at 53 ng/mL, which was perfect.
The pandemic came around, and while a lot of people around me got sick, I never did, but I had also been good about mask adherence. So I was a little surprised in August 2020 when my doctor gave me a COVID antibody test (blood draw), just to see, had come back positive, considering I had felt completely fine through that whole period.
Then again a few months later, when my SO came down with covid, needless to say we had extremely close contact during the infectious period, and I was still completely fine.
I’m not trying to be a vitamin D evangelist or anything, of course I could just be one of the lucky ones when it comes to covid, but I feel like it’s a cheap and easy thing to try if you aren’t currently supplementing. And of course, I am vaccinated as well now.
- tamcap 5y agoRE: your last sentence. High dose supplementation of vitamin D should be done after consulting with your doctor (like you did). As a fat soluble vitamin, our bodies sometimes struggle to dispose of the excess. Therefore a person with "normal" vitamin D levels who begins supplementing at high levels is potentially risking some side effects. It's always good to be monitored in situations like those. It seems you are doing exactly that, which is great.
- PragmaticPulp 5y ago> I take 10,000 IU with vitamin K about 5x/week. I am 35 now and I happened to check my levels around Jan 2020, to make sure I wasn’t overdoing it. I was at 53 ng/mL, which was perfect. As a counter example, I took 5,000 IU per day and almost ended up over the 100ng/dL upper limit. I had to reduce my supplementation to avoid overdose. Vitamin D supplementation is very person-dependent, so I recommend anyone supplementing with higher dose supplements (5000IU and up) check their blood levels every few years.
- latchkey 5y ago1. Does your SO take VitD as well? 2. Interesting that you didn't give it to them when you had covid.
- rex-mundi 5y agoWhat brand of vitamin d and k do you take?
- jliptzin 5y agohttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ECH40MQ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ECH40MQ