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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:40 PM Original message |
My experiment with Vitamin D - totally anecdotal results |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Excellent results. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. I have googled before I asked this but I can't figure it out. how |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Thanks for the info |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. The prescription version is 50,000iu per week, not day |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for the update on your experiment |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. good news--I just started on a D program myself |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. What is the difference between D2 and D3? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. D2 is the form in the Rx version, and it's from plant sources |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I have it in 5,000 IU caps |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. I can buy them from the Vitamin Shoppe |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Excellent! |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. That's fantastic! I aspire to 87, lol |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Thanks! |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Please do look into the Ca/Mg aspect n/t |
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sagetea (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well good for you!!!! |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. and how do you take 50,000 per week? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I was taking the Rx form my doc prescribed |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Life Extension sells 5,000 IU vitamin D3 capsules |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. That's good to know, I had read the max was 2000iu |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Member price is a bit better ($8.25 for 300,000IU) |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Now Foods makes D-3 5000 IU - 120 for $6.83 or 240 for $11.38 |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Wow, that's a great deal! |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I think swanson's own line has a 5000 IU as well |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Hey, I found 5,000 IU at a health food store today! |
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Shanti Mama (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. other sources |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Look at it this way, statistics are really just large collections of anecdotes. nt |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. The way I look at it is |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And anecdotes are personal "observations" about what appears to work. nt |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. What is fasting glucose? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Fasting glucose = blood level of glucose after 12 hour fast |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. What does this Vitamin D do in relation to hypoglycemia? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. It's usually an overnight fast. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Vitamin D alleviates my polycystic ovary syndrome |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Interesting. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. D2? How odd. My understanding is that the supplement you should |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yeah, there is a debate about D2 vs D3 and I'm still on the fence |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. D2 v D3 (new facet of the debate - MD's experience with patient neurological symptoms, 4/2010) |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've been in the healthcare biz long enough to know |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. True dat |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Well, as a "patient" who is acting like a partner in your healthcare |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. There was a thread here yesterday that provided the answer to your question. |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Seems to have been a mix up "50 micrograms" (2000 IU D) with "50 milligrams" (2,000,000 IU) |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Thanks for that link. Lots of good info. |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. John Cannell reported on the only case in the med lit as of 6/09 of toxicity from D3 and the result: |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Thanks, that was interesting |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. OK, question about the Ca and Mg |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Yes, 1.5g Ca. My doc actually didn't mention Mg at all |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Ah! Ok...all of my lipid results also were in range, tested along with D3 status. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. Which is preferable..calcium citrate or calcium carbonate? I have seen both sold |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I'm not sure yet about the Ca/Mg |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Carbonate is the least absorbed but is better than no calcium |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. Someone asked about blood tests |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. I spoke with my doc today |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Millions of us have thyroid problems, usually dead ones. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:08 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. For years I was hoping it was my thyroid |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. I found a source for 50,000iu D3! |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Also this (from Cannell's site): 50,000 IU D3 / 100 ct / $30 |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. wow,that's even better |
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