Vtamin D supplementation gave me insomnia. I won’t be taking that one again!
I usually get my vitamin D from the sun or fortified foods
Research has also proven that D is vital to a functioning immune system. Your immune system may recognize an infection but not ‘trigger’ and fight it if you are low on vitamin D. I’ve had a fraction of the colds and infections I used to have once I started taking D daily. The bone fractures thing is new to me, however.
Your body needs certain vitamins and minerals to function properly. If you have a deficiency, your body will suffer the effects.
Extra vitamin D may not help fractures, but that does not mean it isn’t an essential vitamin, and it doesn’t address its function in immunity and in the brain.
If you have a deficiency, you should be treating it.
Take your vitamin D …
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/30154029/
"RESULTS: In FEP, 80% (n = 134) at baseline, and 76% at 12 months follow up, had suboptimal vitamin D levels (<20 ng/ml). Suboptimal levels of 25 (OH) D at baseline were not cross-sectionally associated with clinical symptoms. Higher vitamin D levels at baseline (n = 77) were significantly associated with better visual reproduction-immediate recall (β = 0.249, 95%CI = -0.012-0.871, p = 0.044). Higher baseline vitamin D levels were prospectively associated with lower total PANSS (β = -0.24, 95%CI = -0.47-0.01, p = 0.04) and PANSS negative symptom scores (β = -0.12, 95%CI = -0.23-0.01, p = 0.04) at 12 months.
CONCLUSION: We identified a prospective association between higher baseline serum Vitamin D levels and lower total psychotic symptoms and negative symptoms of psychosis at 12 months after first contact for psychosis"
I listen to my doctor first and foremost. Second, I take it rarely for increased energy. I have borderline vitamin D deficiency.
I think what is being said is get Vit D from natural sources- food and sunlight.
That’s fine as far as it goes, but there is not enough vitamin D in food to reverse deficiency (there just isn’t) and what you can get from sunlight depends on your position on the planet, season, time of day, skin color, and your body’s ability to create vitamin D from sun exposure.
Supplements have their place.
I think if you have normal vitamin D levels you can’t expect much from a supplement, but if you are deficient, that’s different.
I have a deficiency probably because I’m not exposed to sunlight enough.
I was ordered to take Vitamin D3 supplements by my family doctor.
I was prescribed a high dose because of deficiency. That was winter, I think I get enough during summer.
All the things I’ve read point to D being found to impact the entire body. This article reeks of opinion based on one study. To reach toxicity with D you’d need to take 60,000 iu a day for a month or more. Then the major problem is nausea, weakness, and possible kidney stones.
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