BREAKING: Groundbreaking Research Finds Vitamin D Supplementation SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASES COVID-19 Mortality
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The blood labs are not to monitor toxicity, but to verify absorption. That is far more likely to be a problem than toxicity. You avoid toxicity primarily by controlling the dose.
Richard Carmona mentioned that it took 50,000 IU a day for two months to generate symptoms of toxicity. Undoubtedly less for children, and they resist COVID much better anyway, so they probably don't need therapeutic doses. I've seen up to 15,000 IU recommended for specific adults during pandemic outbreaks, but 2,000 to 6,000 a day is usually sufficient.
You're talking about dosages...and it's these higher dosages which can reach unsafe/unhealthy levels. 6,000 IU daily can EASILY lead to an unsafe level. I am D3 deficient, and I reached an unsafe level on 5,000 IU daily.
One can not say globally that "50,000 IU a day for two months..." etc., etc. is what's required. That immediately says to me "quack." Everyone has different serum levels, you simply can not make a catch-all statement like that. If someone is D3 deficient, then that type of supplementation might be OK. But if they are NOT deficient, then this would be problematic.
All I'm saying is, do this type of supplementation with blood labs. Optimal range is 50-75...anything more than that is not helpful, and can be harmful over the long term.
Well, Richard Carmona, MD, MPH is the former Surgeon General of the United States, and a professor of public health at the University of Arizona. He's hardly a "quack." He reported various facts, including the results of a research study that found which doses typically led to toxicity.
I conceded that blood labs can be helpful. My sister had access to a good physician, and was unable for a long time to raise her levels on 6000 IU per day. It was the sunshine this summer that finally got her enough Vitamin D to relieve the inflammation that was keeping her intestines from absorbing her dietary Vitamin D! She's most likely taking less than 6000 IU now. And I certainly hope you're taking less than the 5000 IU you found to be toxic.
Let's hope none of us acquire a serious COVID infection this winter.
See, this is the thing. I was only urging those who choose to supplement with D3 to do so with the knowledge of some labs under their belt. I am also being treated for D3 deficiency, as a result of an autoimmune disorder, and know how tricky it is to supplement in the right increment to bring the number into the proper range.
I am deficient, and a daily dose of 5,000 was enough to put me well above the upper limits. I dropped the daily dose to 1,000 IU, and that seems to be right for me.
Everyone is different. Be wary of catch-all advise, and supplement with this quasi-hormone, at least with higher dosages, under a doctor's recommendation.
Do we really know the optimal range or has that been suppressed like cancer cures?
On the vitaminD4all website, most of the doctors recommended either 2000 or 4000 units per day. They also indicated the doses they personally take, and at least one was taking 15,000 IU per day.
Remember that for 50 years the FDA claimed 400 IU was enough, and warned about toxicity above that. So we've made remarkable progress, really in the last 20 years.