Vitamin D

[steppensheep 913]

Was looking up some natural sources of vitamin D. Apparently the Americans fortify their milk and dairy products. And 75% of blacks are lactose intolerant....

 

Anyway, what is the preferred dose? Fauci takes 6000 iu but I've seen even higher numbers offered. They seem to typically come in 1000 iu capsules. The nhs recommends 400 iu.

Edited November 3 by steppensheep

[Loki 5,570]

I take 10,000 IU capsules but too much for too long causes insomnia for me.  Like anything, no need to get silly with it.

[Sasquatch 1,929]

5,000 iu capsules for me. Maybe 3 a week on average, perhaps less at the height of summer. Been taking them for 10 years or so.

[dgul 16,246]

I think there's a bit of evidence suggesting that 1,000IU is a realistic minimum quantity to not have a deficiency (ie, 2.5x the accepted RDA).  I'm taking a bit more than that now that we're in the depths of winter.

[MrPin 18,266]

I go out in the sun occasionally, and sometimes catch fire, @Frank Hovis?

[Frank Hovis 41,998]

10 minutes ago, MrPin said:

I go out in the sun occasionally, and sometimes catch fire, @Frank Hovis?

Yes.

You should be a case study for the absence of Vit D for obvious reasons.

[Dogtania 1,561]

I've got a bottle of liquid stuff, one drop equals 1000 iu.  When I first started taking thought it would last forever as was just planning on taking in the winter and only the one dose.  Since the world gone a bit loco and a virus on the loose I'm taking usually 3000-4000 a day.  Bottle half empty now but still should be a 6 months to a year at that rate left.

Wanted to get a vit d test a few times but didn't go ahead.  Be pretty pointless if the bottle is dud and would be very interesting knowing my levels after taking consistently for past year etc.  

Not sure if alcohol effect levels but definitely heard age did which I would assume is the reason Fauci taking so much.

[Battenberg 3,925]

I take 4000 ii a day. They came as 365 soft gel capsules so easy to swallow.
 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vitamin-Maximum-Strength-Supplement-Softgels/dp/B072L235Z5/ref=sr_1_5?adgrpid=54873179244&dchild=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAnIT9BRAmEiwANaoE1e91nTYReLjuoTWG7qTCTgK2XKLsYc7L-MUPh2xQHyrK9hVm2lNONRoCbiEQAvD_BwE&hvadid=259068140071&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1007413&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=17136541027917602318&hvtargid=kwd-312167857879&hydadcr=28147_1724764&keywords=vita+premium&qid=1604448974&sr=8-5&tag=googhydr-21

[Hail the Tripod 10,048]

I used to just take 2000 iU per week in D3 capsules over, although I also supplement with a large capsule of cod liver oil every day. This winter I’m doubling it to 4000 iU per week.

I eat a fair bit of oily fish and liver which are high in vitamin D too.

[Caravan Monster 3,759]

Just started on D3 3000iu with K2, it's probably a bit much very strong effect on alertness and sure it's cleared up eyesight significantly. Normally take vit c & zinc in winter and figured I might as well try this to see off the coof quicker if I manage to pick it up but will probably change to 1000iu.

[The XYY Man 21,094]

Bunch of pill-popping hypochondriacs.

Vitamin D is for poofs...

 

XYY

[MrPin 18,266]

2 minutes ago, The XYY Man said:

Bunch of pill-popping hypochondriacs.

Vitamin D is for poofs...

 

XYY

Well it's not harmful, is it?

[The Generation Game 8,919]

Just 1000 for me. Enough to get through two more winters for me and the family. 

[The XYY Man 21,094]

1 minute ago, MrPin said:

Well it's not harmful, is it?

Huge doses can be, but that's not my point.

Every fucker these days seems to want a pill to fix everything in their life.

Magic beans and Dumbo's ears...

 

XYY

 

[MrPin 18,266]

Just now, The XYY Man said:

Huge doses can be, but that's not my point.

Every fucker these days seems to want a pill to fix everything in their life.

Magic beans and Dumbo's ears...

 

XYY

 

They have forgotten Jesus. I'm half serious with that, as people who believe nothing may believe anything.

[ILikeCake 1,726]

11 minutes ago, The XYY Man said:

Bunch of pill-popping hypochondriacs.

Vitamin D is for poofs...

 

XYY

Covid-19 is for poofs.

[Frank Hovis 41,998]

11 minutes ago, The XYY Man said:

Bunch of pill-popping hypochondriacs.

Vitamin D is for poofs...

 

XYY

No you're doing it wrong there.

You actually swallow the pills with a glass of water.

[The XYY Man 21,094]

9 minutes ago, Frank Hovis said:

No you're doing it wrong there.

You actually swallow the pills with a glass of water.

Not me Francis.

I have to be fucking dying before I'll put any pill in my body. Especially when I'm being told to do so by a bunch of random internet nutters...

 

XYY

[MrPin 18,266]

4 minutes ago, The XYY Man said:

Not me Francis.

I have to be fucking dying before I'll put any pill in my body. Especially when I'm being told to do so by a bunch of random internet nutters...

 

XYY

It's OK. Stuff available at any corner supermarket.

[Funn3r 6,145]

3 minutes ago, The XYY Man said:

Not me Francis.

I have to be fucking dying before I'll put any pill in my body. Especially when I'm being told to do so by a bunch of random internet nutters...

 

XYY

Nobody who lives a proper healthy life and eats a proper complete diet needs pills.

But, I've never met anyone who fulfils the above except for temporary periods here and there.

If you're not stark naked outside for long periods in winter then you will be deficient in vitamin D. Probably one or two other things. As in "your body needs it but you're not giving it any."

How you sort that is up to you. Most people find pills/supplements the most convenient.

[The XYY Man 21,094]

3 minutes ago, Funn3r said:

Nobody who lives a proper healthy life and eats a proper complete diet needs pills.

But, I've never met anyone who fulfils the above except for temporary periods here and there.

If you're not stark naked outside for long periods in winter then you will be deficient in vitamin D. Probably one or two other things. As in "your body needs it but you're not giving it any."

How you sort that is up to you. Most people find pills/supplements the most convenient.

I would broadly agree with you if people were taking the odd supplement, but it is clear as day to me that many posters on here will take anything they can get their grubby paws on to protect them from some imaginary malaise that they probably don't have.

Hypochondriacs, pure and fucking simple...

 

XYY

 

[MrPin 18,266]

3 minutes ago, The XYY Man said:

Hypochondriacs, pure and fucking simple...

I sell an on-line cure for that.

[The XYY Man 21,094]

1 minute ago, MrPin said:

I sell an on-line cure for that.

I'm afraid that I'm not fooled that easily.

If it's not endorsed by Alvin Stardust, then I ain't buying the fucker...

 

XYY

[MrPin 18,266]

Just now, The XYY Man said:

I'm afraid that I'm not fooled that easily.

If it's not endorsed by Alvin Stardust, then I ain't buying the fucker...

 

XYY

What about Dave Hill? I reckon I would like Joe's record collection better than yours.

[The XYY Man 21,094]

1 minute ago, MrPin said:

What about Dave Hill? I reckon I would like Joe's record collection better than yours.

Quite likely, as I have no record collection. My ex-wife sold them all, along with my fruit-machine and jukebox.

Her tits were superb though, and I often got to fiddle with them.  So I did the Christian thing and forgave her...

 

XYY