Hypothesis by VitaminDWiki – Vitamin D levels are no longer limited by evolution

The health problems of getting excessive vitamin D from the sun/UVB are well known

  1. Increased skin cancer
  2. Excess calcium Death by Calcium, book by Thomas Levy – Dec 2013
  3. Wrinkles and UVB and Overview UV and vitamin D

The benefits of getting more vitamin D are also well known Proof that Vitamin D Works

Evolution found a balance between the benefits and risks in a very sunny climate: 50 ng

Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough
Optimum category starts with
The RDA is barely enough for the bones to survive.
   Need an optimal level for the body to thrive

99 items in Optimum Vitamin D category

Example pages

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Chart of Vitamin D levels vs race - April 2013 has the following
Vitamin D vs Race at is.gd/vitD_race

With supplementation, we have an opportunity to increase vitamin D levels beyond evolutionary limits
   – provided we balance the cofactors and avoid excess sun/UVB

Low cost cofactors for vitamin D
Increased Vitamin K2 reduces the problems of excess Calcium – Nov 2013
Decrease Calcium and Increase Magnesium when increasing vitamin D has the a notional chart
see wikipagehttp://www.vitamindwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page_id=1936

How much is "optimal"? We do not know, but there are some interesting clues

GrassrootsHealth chart shows that a wide variety of health problems decrease with increasing Vitamin2 D levels
derived from Grassroots 2013

An increasing number of PubMed articles about "Optimum Vitamin D"

Optimal Vitamin D - PubMed

Personal note: My vitamin D level is typically above 200 ng

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