National Vitamin D awareness day (Australia, 1000 IU max) - Aug 9 2013

1000 IU vitamin D is the maximum which can be sold in Australia without a prescription – Also NZ and Germany as of 2014

Interesting to note: Australians can buy 5,000 IU via the internet, but not in their drugstores

• Purtianspride
• Swanson’s

See also VitaminDWiki

• 1000 IU of vitamin D (per kg) can indeed be toxic – 1947 suspect that this is the source of the Australian worry about vitamin D - missed the "per kg"
• Dosing error gave 12000 IU daily vitamin D to infant, but no indication of any problem – April 2012
• 50000 IU vitamin D daily toxic after 3 months – Oct 2011
• Vitamin D Recommendations around the world - IU and ng
• All items in category Australia/NZ and Vitamin D 68 items
• Australian dermatologists had lower vitamin D levels than elderly in hospitals – 2009
• RCT confirms that Australians need at least 2000 IU vitamin D – Dec 2012
• Vitamin D - Is This The Miracle Vitamin – book Aug 2012 New Zealand author
• Black Sudanese children 350X more likely to have rickets than other Australians – April 2012
• Overview Toxicity of vitamin D which has the following chart

• 73 percent of Australians had too little vitamin D – Dec 2011 which has the following chart