Doctor: Obama still chewing nicotine gum, Vitamin D deficient Washington Examiner
22.9 ng/ml in June
will guess that his vitamin D level might fall <15 ng in the winter - unless he gets to Hawaii
each of his trips to Hawaii cost $7 million instead of $2 worth of vitamin D
Obama takes Vitamin D every day IOL News New Zealand
- Dr. Ronny L. Jackson also noted that Obama takes Vitamin D daily to treat a “mild Vitamin D deficiency”
- Total cholesterol levels were 213, which is “borderline high”
- His total cholesterol was measured at 193 in Oct 2011
Dr. Jackson has been Physician to the President since July 2013
He had been director of White House Medical Unit since Jan 2011
HOW HEALTHY IS PRESIDENT OBAMA? A LOT HEALTHIER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER 43 PRESIDENTS June 2014 - nice
VitaminDWiki has said many times
If you only take a single supplement, let it be vitamin D
VitaminDWiki is trying to find out how many IUs of vitamin D President Obama is taking
Patient characteristics black, older, standard weight, has vitamin D level of 23 ng/ml in Spring,
Recommendation by VitaminDWiki: >200,000 IU loading dose followed by an average of >3,500 IU daily.
Test patient's blood level and adjust dosage with a minimum goal of 40 ng/ml before the patient goes on annual winter trip to Hawaii.
See also VitaminDWiki
- Suncation adds 12 ng of vitamin D to Sweden women – Sept 2013 Note: people with dark skins would not get as much
- Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D which has the following two items
Vitamin D Council filed a complaint with the FDA about vitamin D deficiency in blacks
2X more likely to have underweight babies
10X more likely for black women to be vitamin D deficient
83% of children with rickets are African-Americans
ALL of the major fatal illnesses of African-Americans are linked to vitamin D deficiency
The health disparity for dark skinned people is almost the same as whites having a low level of vitamin D
| Black vs White | White low D vs White high D | |
| breast cancer | 1.34 | 1.26 |
| colorectal cancer | 1.43 | 1.44 |
| cardiovascular disease | 1.29 | 1.27 |
| all-cause mortality | 1.26 | 1.26 |
One pill every two weeks gives you all the vitamin D most adults need