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A year before covid I was in diagnosed with low vit D and a host of other ailments. Spent a year stuck in bed; then started Vit D among other things. Followin

A year before covid I was in diagnosed with low vit D and a host of other ailments. Spent a year stuck in bed; then started Vit D among other things. Following summer I spent kayaking. It was one of several things, but my life completely changed.

PragmaticPulp 5y ago
> I was in diagnosed with low vit D and a host of other ailments. > then started Vit D among other things > It was one of several things, but my life completely changed. Very glad to hear you improved, but your comment is a perfect example of the powerful aura developing around Vitamin D. By your own admission, you were diagnosed with a host of ailments and implemented several other changes, but the only one we're hearing about is Vitamin D. There are stories like this all over the internet, where people receive a low Vitamin D diagnosis as part of a broader workup for serious ailments and they start Vitamin D supplementation as a part of a multi-pronged treatment approach, but when the anecdotes are distilled online Vitamin D is the only part of the equation that gets noted. You genuinely had a vitamin D deficiency as diagnosed by blood test, but many other people with as-yet-undiagnosed illnesses might read your comment and assume that excessive Vitamin D supplementation is something they should try. After all, who wouldn't want such a life-changing turnaround? But like I said, it's important to close the loop with blood tests. Vitamin D deficiency can't be diagnosed by symptoms alone, and high Vitamin D deficiency can be a risk for Hypervitaminosis D, which brings its own set of symptoms. Mild Vitamin D supplementation is low risk, but Vitamin D isn't going to be life-changing for anyone but those with severe deficiencies.
- friedman23 5y ago
  > but Vitamin D isn't going to be life-changing for anyone but those with severe deficiencies. Given modern diets, I'd suspect many people have deficiencies in one or more key micronutrients. Given how low risk supplementation is, I think overdoing it and losing out on a bit of money is safer than under doing it. Of course be moderate in the amount you supplement by but the argument that it's just a waste of money never resonated with me. I'd happily sacrifice money on the off chance that I'm actually saving my health.
  - PragmaticPulp 5y ago
    > I think overdoing it and losing out on a bit of money Excessive Vitamin D levels are associated with accelerated cardiovascular disease and premature aging of cells. It's certainly not as simple as losing out on a bit of money. Vitamin D is dirt cheap, but you only get one cardiovascular system.
    - vixen99 5y ago
      Excessive anything is a bad idea but what does it mean in the case? Link?
- andrew_ 5y ago
  You're presenting this as fact, but without reference, based on your own admitted foray into unhealthy supplementation. It's difficult to take this comment anything but impassioned anecdote, and not as sage advice, without reference.
- spfzero 5y ago
  >>Mild Vitamin D supplementation is low risk, but Vitamin D isn't going to be life-changing for anyone but those with severe deficiencies. It would be life-changing if it kept you from dying of Covid, though. Which the OP says could happen even if your levels are 20ng, which is not typically considered a severe deficiency.
friedman23 5y ago
I was also in your boat, for people with a deficiency supplementation is life changing.

PragmaticPulp 5y ago

> I was in diagnosed with low vit D and a host of other ailments. > then started Vit D among other things > It was one of several things, but my life completely changed. Very glad to hear you improved, but your comment is a perfect example of the powerful aura developing around Vitamin D. By your own admission, you were diagnosed with a host of ailments and implemented several other changes, but the only one we're hearing about is Vitamin D. There are stories like this all over the internet, where people receive a low Vitamin D diagnosis as part of a broader workup for serious ailments and they start Vitamin D supplementation as a part of a multi-pronged treatment approach, but when the anecdotes are distilled online Vitamin D is the only part of the equation that gets noted. You genuinely had a vitamin D deficiency as diagnosed by blood test, but many other people with as-yet-undiagnosed illnesses might read your comment and assume that excessive Vitamin D supplementation is something they should try. After all, who wouldn't want such a life-changing turnaround? But like I said, it's important to close the loop with blood tests. Vitamin D deficiency can't be diagnosed by symptoms alone, and high Vitamin D deficiency can be a risk for Hypervitaminosis D, which brings its own set of symptoms. Mild Vitamin D supplementation is low risk, but Vitamin D isn't going to be life-changing for anyone but those with severe deficiencies.

friedman23 5y ago
> but Vitamin D isn't going to be life-changing for anyone but those with severe deficiencies. Given modern diets, I'd suspect many people have deficiencies in one or more key micronutrients. Given how low risk supplementation is, I think overdoing it and losing out on a bit of money is safer than under doing it. Of course be moderate in the amount you supplement by but the argument that it's just a waste of money never resonated with me. I'd happily sacrifice money on the off chance that I'm actually saving my health.
- PragmaticPulp 5y ago
  > I think overdoing it and losing out on a bit of money Excessive Vitamin D levels are associated with accelerated cardiovascular disease and premature aging of cells. It's certainly not as simple as losing out on a bit of money. Vitamin D is dirt cheap, but you only get one cardiovascular system.
  - vixen99 5y ago
    Excessive anything is a bad idea but what does it mean in the case? Link?
andrew_ 5y ago
You're presenting this as fact, but without reference, based on your own admitted foray into unhealthy supplementation. It's difficult to take this comment anything but impassioned anecdote, and not as sage advice, without reference.
spfzero 5y ago
>>Mild Vitamin D supplementation is low risk, but Vitamin D isn't going to be life-changing for anyone but those with severe deficiencies. It would be life-changing if it kept you from dying of Covid, though. Which the OP says could happen even if your levels are 20ng, which is not typically considered a severe deficiency.

friedman23 5y ago

I was also in your boat, for people with a deficiency supplementation is life changing.