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More truth than hype in this case. The modern indoor lifestyle and diet are not very conducive to maintaining the requisite levels. Vitamin D comes in many for
by jlcgull 16y ago
More truth than hype in this case. The modern indoor lifestyle and diet are not very conducive to maintaining the requisite levels.
Vitamin D comes in many forms -- and not all are equal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholecalciferol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholecalciferol
- robg 16y agoIndeed. The D3 form is one you want. I actually had a endocrinologist prescribe the D2 form. Luckily my nutritionist has been following the literature for years.
- carbocation 16y agoBoth forms are suffiecient to cure rickets.
- dgordon 16y agoAnd that incredibly low standard is also how the FDA set the "recommended daily allowance." Similar things are true for most other vitamins and minerals, as I recall. Also, D2 causes overdose effects pretty easily, but you can take big multiples of the "RDA" in D3 (I think 10,000 IU/day for months for vitamin D deficiency has been mentioned) for quite a while without overdosing.
- carbocation 16y ago> you can take big multiples of the "RDA" in D3 (I think 10,000 IU/day for months for vitamin D deficiency has been mentioned) for quite a while without overdosing. That's actually a problem, as people can become accustomed to taking large doses and then not understand why problems are occurring when they start way down the road.