Vitamin D , How much do you guys recommend?

[Popeyez]

I live in a place where there aint much sun How much would you guys recommend?

Is it nessicery to get my blood tested and see how much I need ?

How much are you guys taking?


Any input is helpful

[wildthings]

Getting too much vitamin D can be dangerous and has been associated with kidney stones as well as damage to the kidneys and the heart. An average person would need no more than 600 IUs of vitamin D per day.

[deserusan]

400-800IU is validated to help mood. 1000-3333IU is validated to positively assist with optimizing testosterone in men.

[Popeyez]

thanks deserusan and 2000ui wouldnt be hurtful like the other one said?, i thought that toxication from vit d, would come from much higher dosage

[Tomohawk92]

Getting too much vitamin D can be dangerous and has been associated with kidney stones as well as damage to the kidneys and the heart. An average person would need no more than 600 IUs of vitamin D per day.

blah blah blah blah skepticism "more than keeping away a deficit is dangerous"
i take 2000iu every morning, every night

[deserusan]

thanks deserusan and 2000ui wouldnt be hurtful like the other one said?, i thought that toxication from vit d, would come from much higher dosage

If you really have concerns I'd have your Vitamin D2 and D3 levels checked by your doctor to accurately asses your dosing. Personally, I'm taking about 2500iu per day but am a bigger guy and very pale in the winter.

[audipotential]

I take 5000 a day.

[deserusan]

I take 5000 a day.

All year long or just when you're not getting a lot of sun?

[THEHUGE]

I take 3000IU all year long and my level is far from being too high.

[audipotential]

All year long or just when you're not getting a lot of sun?

Well if im vacationing I dont use any Vitamins. Its amazing how strong the immune system can be when you have no stress.

Ive been doing this for about 4-5 months now. But keep in mind I have anxiety.

[righteousreason]

I take 2k IU per day but I don't get any sun

[Josh81]

400-800IU is validated to help mood. 1000-3333IU is validated to positively assist with optimizing testosterone in men.

for real? how much of a testosterone boost?


because ever since i started taking vitamin d pills my facial hair has been coming in like crazy



5000 iu a day btw

[deserusan]

for real? how much of a testosterone boost?


because ever since i started taking vitamin d pills my facial hair has been coming in like crazy



5000 iu a day btw

By about 20%, but the average group in the study I'm referring to was 31 years old (Pilz 2010). I'm not sure of how much of a benefit this would be to someone in your age group (18) but if you're not getting a lot of sun, the effect could be greater.

[Josh81]

By about 20%, but the average group in the study I'm referring to was 31 years old (Pilz 2010). I'm not sure of how much of a benefit this would be to someone in your age group (18) but if you're not getting a lot of sun, the effect could be greater.

amazing...why don't doctors recommend this to everyone? 240 days worth is like 10$

[deserusan]

amazing...why don't doctors recommend this to everyone? 240 days worth is like 10$

Most, but not all doctor's, don't receive adequate training on nutrition and supplements. If you get a chance you should watch the movie Food Matters. It discusses this in great detail. Here's a review I did of it.

http://blog.bodybuilding.com/deserus...rs_is_a_movie/

[Yates Row T]

I take 8000 iu Ed. Was takin 4000 but it failed to move my 25 oh levels in a year and blood was drawn after summer.

[IRONical]

I live in a place where there aint much sun How much would you guys recommend?

Is it nessicery to get my blood tested and see how much I need ?

How much are you guys taking?


Any input is helpful

I take 1,000 I.U's a day that is in my Orange Triad and I add another 3,000 I.U.'s with breakfast and 3,000 I.U.'s with dinner for a total of 7,000 I.U.'s a day from supplements alone.

My Sister who is considerably smaller than I, with a body weight of about 120lb's takes 6,000 I.U.'s a day. She's had her Vit D blood levels checked and although she wasn't low on D, she said she'd like to get the levels up some more.

[Synapsin]

Toxicity is over 1mil IU. I take 10k a day.

[rhadam]

amazing...why don't doctors recommend this to everyone? 240 days worth is like 10$

Doctors aren't nutritionists.

I take 3k ui in the winter, 2k ui in summer. Roughly.

[haynstyle]

Toxicity usually occurs when concentrations exceed 150ng/mL. Toxicity is rare and i've only encountered one patient who was toxic but he was taking 50,000IU/day for several months. Usually I recommend monitoring for anything over 5,000IU/day. Also, its better if you can find D3 instead of D2, but D2 is still effective.

[ParsleyTea]

I test and keep my D3 levels between 60 to 70ng/ml year round. The home testing kits found on line work for me.

As for the amount to take, every one is different in their need. This article by Dr Davis could be of help. It is surprising the wide variance some can have with the amount of D3 needed.

"The folly of an RDA for vitamin D"
http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/20...vitamin-d.html

[greekmanman]

Toxicity is over 1mil IU. I take 10k a day.

Toxicity usually occurs when concentrations exceed 150ng/mL. Toxicity is rare and i've only encountered one patient who was toxic but he was taking 50,000IU/day for several months. Usually I recommend monitoring for anything over 5,000IU/day. Also, its better if you can find D3 instead of D2, but D2 is still effective.

I test and keep my D3 levels between 60 to 70ng/ml year round. The home testing kits found on line work for me.

As for the amount to take, every one is different in their need. This article by Dr Davis could be of help. It is surprising the wide variance some can have with the amount of D3 needed.

"The folly of an RDA for vitamin D"
http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/20...vitamin-d.html

This, this and this.

All great posts; I take about 12,000 IU per day. I will be getting a blood test done in a few months time to see where I am at.

Preferably I would like my levels to be atleast 70 ng/ml closer to 100 however.

The amount of vitamin D needed for one person to raise their levels from say 30 to 40 may be 2,000 IUs a day whereas another person may have to take 10,000 IUs a day to go from 30 to 40.

This is why it is so important to monitor your vitamin d levels through testing.

[blackoutsrt8]

I take 5000IU once a day.