Like exercising and improving gut health, Vitamin D optimization is one of the the most beneficial health strategies that one can partake in especially given the major rewards gained versus the minimal expense and effort put in to it. When it comes to vitamin D, you don't want to be in the "average" or "normal" range, you want to be in the OPTIMAL range.
~Darkest-skinned need 2hours of great Summer UVB while palest only need 20minutes.
~Fat cells store D, so if losing a lot of weight AND already replete, significantly lowering dose with perhaps monthly tests help titer decreasing dosage needs.
~Other anti-seizure meds than carbamazepine also deplete D
~Dark skin only affects skin absorption. Darker people are often more deficient, so may need more pre-loading, but once at repletion, should need around the same as a lighter skinned person. Most of the diseases African Americans suffer at higher rates are Low D diseases. But Traditional Maasai at the equator, naturally maintain ~50ng/ml year round and very few diseases or conditions!
~Our physiology makes it so we have no risk of overdosing from UVB, only food and supplements.
~Most overdosing is from the too high calcium that D allows us to absorb from same diet! Taking Vitamin K2 (especially in MK7 form) helps that extra Calcium get into bones and teeth and stay out of kidneys,arteries and joints!
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A few important additions:
~Darkest-skinned need 2hours of great Summer UVB while palest only need 20minutes.
~Fat cells store D, so if losing a lot of weight AND already replete, significantly lowering dose with perhaps monthly tests help titer decreasing dosage needs.
~Other anti-seizure meds than carbamazepine also deplete D
~Dark skin only affects skin absorption. Darker people are often more deficient, so may need more pre-loading, but once at repletion, should need around the same as a lighter skinned person. Most of the diseases African Americans suffer at higher rates are Low D diseases. But Traditional Maasai at the equator, naturally maintain ~50ng/ml year round and very few diseases or conditions!
~Our physiology makes it so we have no risk of overdosing from UVB, only food and supplements.
~Most overdosing is from the too high calcium that D allows us to absorb from same diet! Taking Vitamin K2 (especially in MK7 form) helps that extra Calcium get into bones and teeth and stay out of kidneys,arteries and joints!
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