Vitamin D tests for Canadian BC adults can only be ordered by specialists – Oct 2019

Most (all?) of Canada and many other countries, has been see a huge increase in vitamin D tests and has greatly limited tests so as to reduce short-term costs

Govts ignore that Vitamin D levels have been crashing

Tests for Vitamin D contains the following overview/opinion

• Fact: Many countries no longer pay for more than 1 (some not pay for even a single Vit D test)
    They feel that Vit D testing is not needed except for a few conditions (Rickets, etc) Japan is an exception
• Fact: Vit D tests are not very accurate
     The best lab tests have accuracies and repeatabilities of +-5 ng
     Low cost vitamin D Blood Tests - both in lab and at home
     Many lab tests have accuracies and repeatabilities of +- 10 ng - or worse
     Vitamin D deficiency of a group - 15% to 48%
• Fact: Low-cost office/home Vit D tests are available around the world (not US as of 2018)
     Low-cost 35 ng Y/N test by Nanospeed
     Low-cost Vitamin D testers (two yes-no tests for 42 dollars) - 2023 Nanospeed
     Quick, free, self test for deficiency
• Fact: 3 major Vit D gene problems are not noticed by Vit D tests
     ~ 20% of people have poor Vit D genes
     Hint that Vit D not getting to cells: Vit D related diseases run in your family
     Another hint - you have one of the 40 diseases which are 2X more likely if have poor genes
• Fact: A Vit D test will rarely (<1 in 1000) indicate that you are getting too much
• Opinion: If only getting a single test, wait till after supplementing with Vit D
     3 months after starting a maintenance dose or 4 weeks after a loading dose

They also incorrectly state that " Adequate vitamin D can be made endogenously by careful exposure of the arms and legs to sunlight for 10-15 minutes per day in the summer months:
No – 10 minutes per day of sun-UVB is NOT enough contains the following summary