69 Items in Consensus category in VitaminDWiki
VitaminDWiki Suggestions for new consensus
- Audience: people - who are actually taking and enjoying the benefits of more vitamin D
- Target level: >40 ng
- Dose:- 4,000+ IU average daily or a great many hours in the sun each week
varies a lot with weight, age, health problems, desire to treat a problem, etc
- How often to take: daily to as infrequently as once every 3 weeks
- Type: Vitamin D3 (Note - Vegan and gut-friendly forms of D3 are available)
- Note: many doctors still mistakenly prescribe D2, which has been found to not be nearly as good as D3
- Form: any (capsule, gelcap, sublingual, spray, topical, etc.)
- When to take: just after a meal which has the longest fast (typically supper)
- Cofactors adjustment to aid vitamin D and prevent imbalance
Increase Magnesium, Vitamin K2, Omega-3, and reduce Calcium
- Increase Vitamin D to cells ~30% of those with health problems have poor Vitamin D Receptors
- Increasing Magnesium, Omega-3, Resveratrol, Zinc, etc, increases Receptor activation
- It is important to restore levels even if Vitamin D has not been proven to treat a specific disease
- Loading dose: (400,000 IU over 8 days) provides very quick restoration is sometimes required
- Whom to treat?: Virtually everyone
- <1% of people have conditions or use drugs which are not compatible with Vitamin D
- How long to treat?: Generally, supplement with vitamin D for the rest of their life.
- Note: Many doctors prescribe 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly for just 8 weeks
- This 8-week supplementation wears off in about 8-12 weeks
Details at
- One pill every two weeks gives you all the vitamin D most adults need
- Getting Vitamin D into your body
- Ensure a healthy pregnancy and infant with as little as $20 of Vitamin D from capsules
- Much lower cost if add vitamin D at home to jam, honey, water, etc.
- Bulk Vitamin D (not capsule) : 2.3 million IU (365 days * 6,400 IU avg daily):
- total cost = 15 cents/year
Some of the consensus publications
69 Vitamin D consensus publications
- French pediatric consensus: 30 – 60 ng of Vitamin D – Feb 2022
- 15 Clinical guidelines now recommend vitamin D – Nov 2021
- 34 clinical practice Vitamin D guidelines, huge diversity – Nov 2021
- Minimum National Vitamin D recommendations range from 200 to 4,000 IU – July 2021
- Controversies and consensus in Vitamin D – 3rd Conference Sept 2019
- Vitamin D Consensus 4,000 to 10,000 IU, upper limit 100 ng – Italy 2018
- 4,000 IU of Vitamin D is OK - 19 organizations agree - 2018 six say 10,000 IU is OK
- 17 reasons why are doctors reluctant to accept vitamin D
- Doctors and medical communities appear to be poor audiences to convince that vitamin D is good
See also VitaminDWiki
- All items in category Meta-Analysis Vitamin D
661 items
- All items in category Optimum Vitamin D
99 items
- All items in category Too much Vitamin D
33 items
- All items in category Intervention Vitamin D
821 items
- Proof that Vitamin D Works
- 92 health problems prevented and/or treated with Vitamin D intervention as of Oct 2020
- All items in category Overviews of Vitamin D
74 items
- Many people around the world are starting to increase their levels of vitamin D – typically without Dr. prescription
- Vitamin D Recommendations around the world - IU and ng
- 4,000 IU of Vitamin D is OK - 19 organizations agree - 2018 six say 10,000 IU is OK
Here are all 69 Items in Consensus category
- wiki page:
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Endocrine Society recommends for the healthy: no Vitamin D tests, just RDA (many object) - July 2024
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2,000 IU of Vitamin D is safe and somewhat effective for all adults – Jan 2024
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Consensus: 60,000 IU of Vitamin D weekly for 2-6 months can fight COVID, etc, – India April 2022
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Is low Vitamin D just a marker of disease - March 2023
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Vitamin D daily - Evolution: 4,000 IU, Government: 800 IU– Veith Oct 2022
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24 Vitamin D global guidelines for children, huge diversity – Sept 2022
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60,000 IU of vitamin D monthly is healthy and safe – RCT Aug 2022
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Conservative Vitamin D Consensus from Central Europe - April 2022
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French pediatric consensus: 30 – 60 ng of Vitamin D – Feb 2022
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15 Clinical guidelines now recommend vitamin D – Nov 2021
-
COVID-19 and Vitamin D (42 studies, consensus) – Oct 2021
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Vitamin D for Adolescents - review 2019
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34 clinical practice Vitamin D guidelines, huge diversity – Nov 2021
-
Doctors have a lot to learn about Vitamin D (Polish doctors in this case) – July 2021
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Doctors have a lot to learn about Vitamin D (Polish doctors in this case) – July 2021
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Minimum National Vitamin D recommendations range from 200 to 4,000 IU – July 2021
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Consensus: Upper Limit of daily Vitamin D intake is still 4,000 IU (if you do not reduce Calcium) – Aug 2020
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Controversies and consensus in Vitamin D – 3rd Conference Sept 2019
-
Call to Action: Eliminate Vitamin D Deficiency during COVID-19 (7 reasons) – Manson July 23, 2020
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A call to action: Vitamin D for hip fracture (50,000 weekly for 8 weeks, then bi-weekly – Holick July 2020
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Vitamin D Consensus 4,000 to 10,000 IU, upper limit 100 ng – Italy 2018
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FDA allows 2 specific Vitamin D and 2 Omega-3 health claims - 2019
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Call to action – more Vitamin D for pregnancies, loading doses are OK – Holick Aug 2019
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Need 40 to 60 ng of Vitamin D – 48 scientists call for action – 2015
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Vitamin D RDA of 600 IU is not enough - global RCT meta-analysis March 2019
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Endocrinology position statement on Vitamin D, etc. does not say much – Oct 2018
-
Larger doses to those who were more insufficient, got all to 34 ng of Vitamin D – Oct 2018
-
Vitamin D restoration then monthly was the most popular dosing by trials – Nov 2018
-
Multiple Sclerosis - Coimbra Protocol (high-dose Vitamin D) - by one of the 120 doctors of 20,000 patients - Dec 2018
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Vitamin D consensus for Italian children, 30 ng needed, up to 4,000 IU if over age 10 – May 2018
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4,000 IU of Vitamin D is OK - 19 organizations agree - 2018
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Global Vitamin D recommendations - summer 2018
-
All older women need vitamin D supplementation to get to even 20 ng (results of modeling) – May 2018
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Vitamin D sufficiency 10 to 30 ng, optimal 40 to 80 ng (no consensus)– May 2018
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Vitamin D recommendations by Italian Endocrinologists – 40 ng if pregnant, 30 ng if high risk – April 2018
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1,100 IU Vitamin D needed to get most to 20 ng (look at individual not summary data) – April 2018
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Vitamin D Consensus, Brazil – Many people need 30 – 60 ng – Nov 2017
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US admits math mistake was made in 2010 in estimating Vitamin D, but will not change recommendations – Nov 2017
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2400 IU of Vitamin D is need to get most above 30 nanograms – Sept 2017
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Vitamin D supplementation guidelines (adults – 50,000 IU per week) – Feb 2017
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Vitamin D consensus: 400 IU for infants, less than 10 ng is too low, if low sun need to supplement – April 2017
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50,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks – Jordan conclusion - RCT July 2017
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Review of vitamin D recommendations around the world – April 2017
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Vitamin D in European children – no consensus on “adequate” levels – April 2017
-
Italian consensus of recommended Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc – Oct 2016
-
Vitamin D improves a child’s immune system – can now be claimed in Europe – Sept 2016
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Vitamin D voting by panel – agreed upon bone health and high risk of chronic diseases – July 2016
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Vitamin D recommendations should reduce Rickets (but not much else) - March 2016
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Vitamin D and Rickets consensus took 80 years – how long till consensuses on 30 other health problems – Feb 2016
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Rickets needs Vitamin D and Calcium - Global Consensus Jan 2016
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2,000 IU vitamin D recommended for pediatric rheumatology – May 2015
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Consensus Vitamin D
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Routine monitoring of vitamin D during pregnancy is mandatory (Engl. and Port.) - May 2015
-
Seniors need at least 4,000 IU vitamin D, no test needed – Consensus Jan 2014
-
Vitamin D can quickly deal with Osteoporosis in the very old – Europe working group review – July 2014
-
Essential nutrient requirements of the elderly (vitamin D, etc.) – June 2014
-
Can Vitamin D be a Cure to Health Care Sustainability (question mark) – symposium May 2014
-
Can get 50,000 IU Vitamin D anywhere on the globe
-
MS and vitamin D consensus from Brazil - 40-100 ng, not monotherapy – Feb 2014
-
30 to 50 ng of vitamin D is optimal – Central Europe consensus Sept 2013
-
Frailty Call to Action: Vitamin D is one of the action items – June 2013
-
17 reasons why are doctors reluctant to accept vitamin D
-
Endocrine Society recommend higher vitamin D levels – June 2011
-
Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough
-
Turkey gave 400 IU vitamin D to all infants and reduced Rickets by 60X - 2011
-
Vitamin D Recommendations around the world - IU and ng
-
25 experts recommend vitamin D level of min 30 ng – Nov 2009
-
Recommended levels of vitamins and minerals - history RDA DRI
Some Vitamin D consensus documents from the web
- Consensus Statement on Vitamin D Status Assessment and Supplementation: Whys, Whens, and Hows - April 2024
- very conservative dosing, intervals. Does not recommend amounts. Cites studies that used too little for too short of time to support their conservative view, while ignoring the studies that used enough. PDF
- The European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) Oct 2014
- Postmenopausal women: dietary protein intake of 1.0–1.2 g/kg body weight/day
- vitamin D: 800 IU/day is all that is needed. get levels >20 ng, a calcium intake of 1000 mg/day
- American Geriatrics Society Jan 2014
- 4,000 IU to get 90% > 30 ng; calcium 500 - 1200 mg daily.
-  AGS consensus statement attached to this page
-  GrassrootsHealth call to action (40-60 ng) attached to this page
VitaminDWiki pages with CALL and ACTION in title
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VitaminDWiki Suggestions for new consensus
- Audience: people - who are actually taking and enjoying the benefits of more vitamin D
- Target level: >40 ng
- Dose:- 4,000+ IU average daily or a great many hours in the sun each week
varies a lot with weight, age, health problems, desire to treat a problem, etc - How often to take: daily to as infrequently as once every 3 weeks
- Type: Vitamin D3 (Note - Vegan and gut-friendly forms of D3 are available)
- Note: many doctors still mistakenly prescribe D2, which has been found to not be nearly as good as D3
- Form: any (capsule, gelcap, sublingual, spray, topical, etc.)
- When to take: just after a meal which has the longest fast (typically supper)
- Cofactors adjustment to aid vitamin D and prevent imbalance
Increase Magnesium, Vitamin K2, Omega-3, and reduce Calcium - Increase Vitamin D to cells ~30% of those with health problems have poor Vitamin D Receptors
- Increasing Magnesium, Omega-3, Resveratrol, Zinc, etc, increases Receptor activation
- It is important to restore levels even if Vitamin D has not been proven to treat a specific disease
- Loading dose: (400,000 IU over 8 days) provides very quick restoration is sometimes required
- Whom to treat?: Virtually everyone
- <1% of people have conditions or use drugs which are not compatible with Vitamin D
- How long to treat?: Generally, supplement with vitamin D for the rest of their life.
- Note: Many doctors prescribe 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly for just 8 weeks
- This 8-week supplementation wears off in about 8-12 weeks
Details at
- One pill every two weeks gives you all the vitamin D most adults need
- Getting Vitamin D into your body
- Ensure a healthy pregnancy and infant with as little as $20 of Vitamin D from capsules
- Much lower cost if add vitamin D at home to jam, honey, water, etc.
- Bulk Vitamin D (not capsule) : 2.3 million IU (365 days * 6,400 IU avg daily):
- total cost = 15 cents/year
Some of the consensus publications
- French pediatric consensus: 30 – 60 ng of Vitamin D – Feb 2022
- 15 Clinical guidelines now recommend vitamin D – Nov 2021
- 34 clinical practice Vitamin D guidelines, huge diversity – Nov 2021
- Minimum National Vitamin D recommendations range from 200 to 4,000 IU – July 2021
- Controversies and consensus in Vitamin D – 3rd Conference Sept 2019
- Vitamin D Consensus 4,000 to 10,000 IU, upper limit 100 ng – Italy 2018
- 4,000 IU of Vitamin D is OK - 19 organizations agree - 2018 six say 10,000 IU is OK
- 17 reasons why are doctors reluctant to accept vitamin D
- Doctors and medical communities appear to be poor audiences to convince that vitamin D is good
See also VitaminDWiki
- All items in category Meta-Analysis Vitamin D
661 items - All items in category Optimum Vitamin D
99 items - All items in category Too much Vitamin D
33 items - All items in category Intervention Vitamin D
821 items - Proof that Vitamin D Works
- 92 health problems prevented and/or treated with Vitamin D intervention as of Oct 2020
- All items in category Overviews of Vitamin D
74 items - Many people around the world are starting to increase their levels of vitamin D – typically without Dr. prescription
- Vitamin D Recommendations around the world - IU and ng
- 4,000 IU of Vitamin D is OK - 19 organizations agree - 2018 six say 10,000 IU is OK
Here are all
69 Items in Consensus category - wiki page:
- Endocrine Society recommends for the healthy: no Vitamin D tests, just RDA (many object) - July 2024
- 2,000 IU of Vitamin D is safe and somewhat effective for all adults – Jan 2024
- Consensus: 60,000 IU of Vitamin D weekly for 2-6 months can fight COVID, etc, – India April 2022
- Is low Vitamin D just a marker of disease - March 2023
- Vitamin D daily - Evolution: 4,000 IU, Government: 800 IU– Veith Oct 2022
- 24 Vitamin D global guidelines for children, huge diversity – Sept 2022
- 60,000 IU of vitamin D monthly is healthy and safe – RCT Aug 2022
- Conservative Vitamin D Consensus from Central Europe - April 2022
- French pediatric consensus: 30 – 60 ng of Vitamin D – Feb 2022
- 15 Clinical guidelines now recommend vitamin D – Nov 2021
- COVID-19 and Vitamin D (42 studies, consensus) – Oct 2021
- Vitamin D for Adolescents - review 2019
- 34 clinical practice Vitamin D guidelines, huge diversity – Nov 2021
- Doctors have a lot to learn about Vitamin D (Polish doctors in this case) – July 2021
- Doctors have a lot to learn about Vitamin D (Polish doctors in this case) – July 2021
- Minimum National Vitamin D recommendations range from 200 to 4,000 IU – July 2021
- Consensus: Upper Limit of daily Vitamin D intake is still 4,000 IU (if you do not reduce Calcium) – Aug 2020
- Controversies and consensus in Vitamin D – 3rd Conference Sept 2019
- Call to Action: Eliminate Vitamin D Deficiency during COVID-19 (7 reasons) – Manson July 23, 2020
- A call to action: Vitamin D for hip fracture (50,000 weekly for 8 weeks, then bi-weekly – Holick July 2020
- Vitamin D Consensus 4,000 to 10,000 IU, upper limit 100 ng – Italy 2018
- FDA allows 2 specific Vitamin D and 2 Omega-3 health claims - 2019
- Call to action – more Vitamin D for pregnancies, loading doses are OK – Holick Aug 2019
- Need 40 to 60 ng of Vitamin D – 48 scientists call for action – 2015
- Vitamin D RDA of 600 IU is not enough - global RCT meta-analysis March 2019
- Endocrinology position statement on Vitamin D, etc. does not say much – Oct 2018
- Larger doses to those who were more insufficient, got all to 34 ng of Vitamin D – Oct 2018
- Vitamin D restoration then monthly was the most popular dosing by trials – Nov 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis - Coimbra Protocol (high-dose Vitamin D) - by one of the 120 doctors of 20,000 patients - Dec 2018
- Vitamin D consensus for Italian children, 30 ng needed, up to 4,000 IU if over age 10 – May 2018
- 4,000 IU of Vitamin D is OK - 19 organizations agree - 2018
- Global Vitamin D recommendations - summer 2018
- All older women need vitamin D supplementation to get to even 20 ng (results of modeling) – May 2018
- Vitamin D sufficiency 10 to 30 ng, optimal 40 to 80 ng (no consensus)– May 2018
- Vitamin D recommendations by Italian Endocrinologists – 40 ng if pregnant, 30 ng if high risk – April 2018
- 1,100 IU Vitamin D needed to get most to 20 ng (look at individual not summary data) – April 2018
- Vitamin D Consensus, Brazil – Many people need 30 – 60 ng – Nov 2017
- US admits math mistake was made in 2010 in estimating Vitamin D, but will not change recommendations – Nov 2017
- 2400 IU of Vitamin D is need to get most above 30 nanograms – Sept 2017
- Vitamin D supplementation guidelines (adults – 50,000 IU per week) – Feb 2017
- Vitamin D consensus: 400 IU for infants, less than 10 ng is too low, if low sun need to supplement – April 2017
- 50,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks – Jordan conclusion - RCT July 2017
- Review of vitamin D recommendations around the world – April 2017
- Vitamin D in European children – no consensus on “adequate” levels – April 2017
- Italian consensus of recommended Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc – Oct 2016
- Vitamin D improves a child’s immune system – can now be claimed in Europe – Sept 2016
- Vitamin D voting by panel – agreed upon bone health and high risk of chronic diseases – July 2016
- Vitamin D recommendations should reduce Rickets (but not much else) - March 2016
- Vitamin D and Rickets consensus took 80 years – how long till consensuses on 30 other health problems – Feb 2016
- Rickets needs Vitamin D and Calcium - Global Consensus Jan 2016
- 2,000 IU vitamin D recommended for pediatric rheumatology – May 2015
- Consensus Vitamin D
- Routine monitoring of vitamin D during pregnancy is mandatory (Engl. and Port.) - May 2015
- Seniors need at least 4,000 IU vitamin D, no test needed – Consensus Jan 2014
- Vitamin D can quickly deal with Osteoporosis in the very old – Europe working group review – July 2014
- Essential nutrient requirements of the elderly (vitamin D, etc.) – June 2014
- Can Vitamin D be a Cure to Health Care Sustainability (question mark) – symposium May 2014
- Can get 50,000 IU Vitamin D anywhere on the globe
- MS and vitamin D consensus from Brazil - 40-100 ng, not monotherapy – Feb 2014
- 30 to 50 ng of vitamin D is optimal – Central Europe consensus Sept 2013
- Frailty Call to Action: Vitamin D is one of the action items – June 2013
- 17 reasons why are doctors reluctant to accept vitamin D
- Endocrine Society recommend higher vitamin D levels – June 2011
- Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough
- Turkey gave 400 IU vitamin D to all infants and reduced Rickets by 60X - 2011
- Vitamin D Recommendations around the world - IU and ng
- 25 experts recommend vitamin D level of min 30 ng – Nov 2009
- Recommended levels of vitamins and minerals - history RDA DRI
Some Vitamin D consensus documents from the web
- Consensus Statement on Vitamin D Status Assessment and Supplementation: Whys, Whens, and Hows - April 2024
- very conservative dosing, intervals. Does not recommend amounts. Cites studies that used too little for too short of time to support their conservative view, while ignoring the studies that used enough. PDF
- The European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) Oct 2014
- Postmenopausal women: dietary protein intake of 1.0–1.2 g/kg body weight/day
- vitamin D: 800 IU/day is all that is needed. get levels >20 ng, a calcium intake of 1000 mg/day
- American Geriatrics Society Jan 2014
- 4,000 IU to get 90% > 30 ng; calcium 500 - 1200 mg daily.
-  AGS consensus statement attached to this page
-  GrassrootsHealth call to action (40-60 ng) attached to this page
VitaminDWiki pages with CALL and ACTION in title
This list is automatically updated
Items found: 11Consensus Vitamin D33348 visitors, last modified 27 Apr, 2024, This page is in the following categories (# of items in each category)Attached files
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