50,000 IU Vitamin D weekly is often recommended

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18 Amazon suppliers recommend 50K weekly

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50,000 IU Vitamin D capsules can be obtained anywhere around the world

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205+ studies have successfully used 50,000 IU of Vitamin D

pages with 50,000 in title

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Many people need to increase magnesium and vitamin K2 and decrease calcium when dosing weekly

Vitamin D Cofactors in a nutshell

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Once every two weeks is proven to prevent/fight 27 health problems without changing Mg, K2, or Ca

One pill every two weeks gives you all the vitamin D most adults need
Diabetes + Heart Failure + Chronic Pain + Depression + Autism + Breast Cancer + Colon Cancer + Prostate Cancer + BPH (prostate) + Preeclampsia + Premature Birth + Falls + Cognitive Decline + Respiratory Tract Infection + Influenza + Tuberculosis + Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease + Lupus + Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome + Urinary Tract Infection + Poor Sleep + Growing Pain + Multiple Sclerosis + PMS + Schizophrenia + Endometriosis + Smoking    27 problems
   Note: Once a week also fights: COVID, Headaches, Colds, Fibromyalgia, Asthma, Hives, Colitis etc.

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Obese people need 2X larger Vitamin D dose to get the same benefit as non-obese

__Overview Obesity and Vitamin D contains

• Normal weight     Obese     (50 ng = 125 nanomole)
• FACT: People who are obese have less vitamin D in their blood
• FACT: Obese need a higher dose of vitamin D to get to the same level of vit D
• FACT: When obese people lose weight the vitamin D level in their blood increases
• FACT: Adding Calcium, perhaps in the form of fortified milk, often reduces weight
• FACT: 168 trials for vitamin D intervention of obesity as of Dec 2021
• FACT: Less weight gain by senior women with > 30 ng of vitamin D
• FACT: Dieters lost additional 5 lbs if vitamin D supplementation got them above 32 ng - RCT
• FACT: Obese lost 3X more weight by adding $10 of Vitamin D
• FACT: Those with darker skins were more likely to be obese Sept 2014
• OBSERVATION: Low Vitamin D while pregnancy ==> more obese child and adult
• OBSERVATION: Many mammals had evolved to add fat and vitamin D in the autumn
  • and lose both in the Spring - unfortunately humans have forgotten to lose the fat in the Spring
• SPECULATION: Low vitamin D might be one of the causes of obesity – several studies
• SUGGESTION: Probably need more than 4,000 IU to lose weight if very low on vitamin D due to
    risk factors such as overweight, age, dark skin, live far from equator,shut-in, etc.
• Obesity category has 442 items

See also: Weight loss and Vitamin D - many studies   Child Obesity and Vitamin D - many studies   Obesity, Virus, and Vitamin D - many studies
Obese need more Vitamin D

• Normal weight     Obese     (50 ng = 125 nanomole)

Click here for 2014 study

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Starting with a mega-dose will rejuvenate the immune system much more quickly

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Gut-friendly forms of Vitamin D should be used if there are digestive issues

Gut-Friendly Vitamin D Topical liquid. swish in mouth, special emulsion

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VitaminDWiki is trying to set up a 10,000-person intervention trial using weekly 50,000 IU

rough notes are at Possible large Vitamin D intervention trial to increase longevity in Saudi Arabia etc.