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Only recently again I read in the newspaper, that most products are overdosed. There is a typical number that the vitamin D products usually show, and in the ar
by zelphirkalt 9mo ago
Only recently again I read in the newspaper, that most products are overdosed. There is a typical number that the vitamin D products usually show, and in the article it said, that only up to 800 IU is safe, and everything above is an overdose. There are many products out there with 2000 UI or maybe even more. Beware.
EDIT: Wow, the HN-local doctors at it again. Imagine getting downvoted for sharing information from newspaper article (and honestly labeling that info as such), that probably was written by someone consulting medical professionals. But hey HN will know better!
- weird-eye-issue 9mo agoMisinformation. Do more research.
- AndrewDucker 9mo agoIf you have useful information to share, please do so. Telling people "Do more research" adds nothing to the conversation.
- viraptor 9mo agoNeither does "I read in the newspaper, that most products are overdosed" to the honest.
- woadwarrior01 9mo agoExamine.com's page on Vitamin D has a table on tolerable upper levels segmented by age ranges. https://examine.com/supplements/vitamin-d/ https://examine.com/supplements/vitamin-d/
- spoiler 9mo agoWhile (I think) I agree with you on the facts here, I don't think this type of dismissive comments are that useful either. Can you give the replyee some pointers, for example? Link to articles or studies that show a different view?
- weird-eye-issue 9mo agoJust Google it. There's tons of research on this so I don't know why I need to provide a specific link when this is common knowledge. But also here is something to think about: your body will produce more D3 than that by being in the sun for just several minutes. So if you consider such a low dose of D3 an overdose then you better steer clear of the sun!
- johnisgood 9mo agoThe problem with "Just Google it" that you can find a lot of bullshit on this.
- weird-eye-issue 9mo agoYou can find scientific papers on Google if you know how to use it.
- johnisgood 9mo agoI do, but surprisingly a lot of people do not.
- zelphirkalt 9mo agoYou can find scientific papers on a lot of search engines, not only Google. The problem with that is, that you still need to know how to interpret any results and statements within the supposedly scientific papers. If you are not a statistician, you might overlook methodology mistakes. If you are not an expert in the matter of the paper, you might not realize some side condition, that makes some statement or result of the paper irrelevant for your individual situation.
- weird-eye-issue 9mo agoAnother overly verbose worthless comment from you. Why do you continue spewing text like this as if you're actually helping anybody?
- nilslindemann 9mo agoHi, Mr. wolf language.
- krona 9mo agoBeing at the beach (in summer) for a half an hour will produce 10,000 and 25,000 IU for the average european. See: Vitamin D and health: evolution, biologic functions, and recommended dietary intakes for vitamin D (293 citations)
- zelphirkalt 9mo agoSo? What's your claim here? Are you claiming that our skin works the same way as our digestive system? That would be a ridiculous claim. And fyi, many people get a proper sunburn, if they stayed in the sun for 30 min straight without protection, at least in summer. So your 30 min statistic doesn't really tell us anything about something being healthy or not.
- krona 9mo agoI've given you everything you need to find out for yourself. Your incredulity on this is a self-confession.
- zelphirkalt 9mo agoWhat you have given is rather a comparison, that doesn't stand up even the slightest scrutiny, and an improper citation. I am not gonna read a whole paper on a whim. Cite properly, with proper hyperlink, and at least a page number, and I will consider looking at it.
- SoKamil 9mo agoCould you cite that claim from the paper?
- poizan42 9mo agoNot OP, but the paper says on page 8 > An adult in a bathing suit exposed to 1 minimal erythemal dose of ultraviolet radiation (a slight pinkness to the skin 24 h after exposure) was found to be equivalent to ingesting between 10,000 and 25,000 IU of vitamin D (Fig. 6). Doesn't say 30 minutes, but it may be 30 minutes depending on your skin colour and the local strength of the sun.
- lynx97 9mo agoBefore I take medical advice from a newspaper, I might as well ask my local esoteric nut.
- Ensorceled 9mo agoCan you provide a link to the newspaper article at least while whining about the downvotes?
- zelphirkalt 9mo agoI would like to, but I cannot, since it is a region-local newspaper that comes as actual paper, that only has a paid online offer, to which I have no access, nor could I post a link to that. If I went through recent paper form newspaper, I could get a photo of the text in German, but then I would (A) need to spend that time, and (B) need a place to upload pictures, without having to make an account, and only then get back to you with a link. To be honest, I am too lazy to do that, just to justify a comment on HN.
- freedomben 9mo agoThat's not unreasonable, but then you also didn't really "cite" your source. Even without photographing the paper, giving the name of it, article title, or author would go a long way. I think the downvotes are harsh btw and in general HNers have gotten too reflexively downvoting IMHO.
- Ensorceled 9mo agoUnderstandable, but you wrote all of that and you still haven't even named the newspaper.
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- turtlesdown11 9mo agoperhaps citing a source would be helpful