The what, how, and when of vitamin D

under construction

Points attempting to be made:

Why take it, looks extremely promising, extremely safe, low cost, not have to remember,

Vitamin D levels have decreased dramatically

Less D from sun and food makes for less D in body which results in more disease

Vitamin D has already been proven to prevent and treat many diseases


Health Problem	Prev / Treat	Reduction	Notes	#
Hypertension	T	149 to 142	RCT, mm Hg avg., 2400 IU	1
Cardiovascular	T	32 %	Death after heart failure, 1000 IU	2
Diabetes T1	P	85 %	12000 kids, 2000 IU	3
Diabetes T2	T	62 %	RCT, CRP reduction, 4000 IU	4
Back Pain	T	95 %	5000/10000 IU	5
Influenza	P	90 %	RCT, 2000 IU	6
Falls	P	19 %	RCT, 1000 IU	7
Hip Fractures	P	30 %	Meta-analysis 800 IU	8
Rickets	P	98 %	Turkey, 400 IU	9
Raynaud's Syndrome	T	40 %	RCT, visual scale, 20000 IU avg	10
Menstrual pain	P	76 %	RCT, 7000 IU avg	11
Pregnancy risks	P	50 %	RCT, 4000 IU	12
C-section, unplanned	P	50 %	RCT,4000 IU, small study	13
Low birth weight	P	60 %	Meta-analysis 1000 IU of D2	14
TB	P	60 %	RCT 800 IU	15
Breast Cancer	P	60 %	RCT 1100 IU	16
Rheumatoid Arthritis pain	T	40 %	RCT 500 IU, added to prescription	17
Cystic Fibrosis	T	75 %	RCT pilot 4X fewer deaths 250,000 IU	18
Chronic Kidney	T	90 to 70	RCT, 3500 IU, PTH avg	19
Respiratory Tract Infection	P	50 %	RCT 300 IU, children	20
Lupus	T	No flares	Loading then 100,000 IU monthly	21
Sickle Cell	T	Less pain	RCT up to 100,000 IU/week	22
Leg ulcer healing	T	4X faster	RCT, 50,0000 IU/week, small study	23

Perspective: Already there are more intervention trials for Vitamin D

than for the total of Vitamins A, C, E, and K combined

Researchers are feeling extremely positive about the benefits of vitamin D

>900 INTERVENTION trials added were added in 2012

Extremely safe: 10,000 kids took >2,000 IU for 10 years, 40 years ago – still no adverse affects – no adverse affect even in grandchildren.

OK for everyone to take 1.2 milligrams every two weeks (50,000 IU) which only cost 25 cents.

Thus extremely low cost: about 2 cents per day

Not have to remember – just put it on the calendar (for example: every other Saturday), and cross it off when you take it.

It is even OK to miss by several days. Take preferably with the largest meal of the day.

Vitamin D is also available at higher cost in many forms: capsule, liquid, spray, and even vegan

Before taking vitamin D you should confirm that you do not get a rare allergic reaction to vitamin D

Take a small amount first – perhaps a tiny fraction of the 50,000 IU pill (say 1,000 to 2,000 IU)

Little economic risk – one vitamin D supplier even provides a 1 year money back guarantee

Vitamin D levels can be re-stocked quickly

You do not have to wait for months to feel the benefits

Should re-stock your body quickly if you are a member of a group which typically is very vitamin D deficient

senior, dark skin, pregnant, live very far from equator, stay indoors a lot, obese, . . .

To restock: take 50,000 IU every 3rd day for a total of 200,000 IU

Feeling better will provide excellent positive feedback for you to continue taking sunshine in a pill.

Not required, but you probably should have a vitamin D test after 3-6 months to see if you need to take the 50,000 IU pills more frequently.

Very unlikely that you are taking too much vitamin D, but the test will show you if you need to take more (30 ng minimum, and many people and researchers feel 50-60 is optimal)

This vitamin D in a nutshell is a tiny subset of the information at [www.VitaminDWiki.com]

Extremely little interaction with drugs, diseases

If take more vitamin D you will need to take less Calcium, more Magesium, Vitamin K2, etc,

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(Note 50,000/14 = 3,571 < the upper limit currently voted on in the US)

Can take 50,000 every two weeks forever if take less than 705 milligram of Calcium daily.

Adult – child would take much less?