Are you getting a proper vitamin D dosage?

Getting the right amount of vitamin D dosage from good vitamin D sources is vital to your health.

If you’re able to do it, vitamin D from the sun outshines them all.

You do not actually receive vitamin D directly from the sun, but through exposure to the sunlight. It triggers a process that enables your body to manufacture its own vitamin D.

The human body is capable of generating 10,000 to 12,000 IUs of vitamin D within a half-hour of sun exposure.

That’s not to say that this actually happens.

There are a number of factors to consider:

• How much of your body is being exposed

• The amount of time being exposed (10-30 minutes can be fine. Never overdo it …vitamin D dosage stops and that’s when the damage begins)

• Time of day (strongest between 10 and 3 …the best benefits are received during this time …again DO NOT OVERDO IT!)

• Season of the year (obviously it’s stronger in the summer than the winter ...and you may not go out as much)

• Distance from the equator (the closer to the equator, the stronger the UV rays …the further the distance the more likelihood to be deficient ...during 6-9 months of winter in Canada and upper USA you may receive no vitamin D dosage from the sun)

If you cannot get your vitamin D dosage from the sun then you should be using some of the other vitamin D sources available.

• Vitamin d lamp …tanning bed or booth. (This can be a good source. Be sure to do your homework. Many commercial beds are unsafe. You should always limit your time to about 11 minutes on the average. Go to Mercola.com …I trust his information)

• Vitamin D foods. (Fish liver oil provides the most. Learn More)

• Vitamin D supplements (always look for a whole food vitamin and mineral supplement …I personally use Dr. Mercola’s whole food multivitamin. It supplies 5000 IU of vitamin D3)

So what kind of vitamin D dosage should we be getting?

Current RDA is only:

• 200 IU for adults up to age 50

• 400 IU for adults aged 51 to 70

• 600 IU for seniors over 70

This is according to the Food and Nutritional Board of the National Academy of Sciences and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Here is a quote from one of Dr. Mercola’s articles at Mercola.com

“At the end of last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics doubled its recommended dose of vitamin D for infants, children and adolescents, going from 200 to 400 units per day. Unfortunately this is still a woefully inadequate recommendation as recent research reveals children may need TEN times that amount, or around 2,000 units per day! According to the research, vitamin D at doses equivalent to 2,000 IUs is not only safe, but is actually necessary for achieving desirable vitamin D levels in children.”

Dr. Mercola’s vitamin D dosage recommendations:

• 2500 IU for children age 5-10

• 5000 IU for ages 18-30

• 5000 IU for pregnant women

WARNING: There is no way to know if the above recommendations are correct. The ONLY way to know is to test your blood. You might need 4-5 times the amount recommended above. Ideally your blood level of 25 OH D should be 60ng/ml.

Can you overdose on Vitamin D?

Vitamin D toxicity never occurs from vitamin D from the sun or eating too many foods rich in Vitamin D.

You may see some vitamin D overdose symptoms but these symptoms would be a result of too much supplementation. I mean, a lot!

There’s more risk of vitamin D deficiency than overdosing on too many vitamin D supplements.

So to find out for sure, go see a holistic or natural medicine doctor and have your blood tested to find out your present vitamin D level.

A medical doctor is not trained in this and may not know the proper blood test to order. The result may not be correct.

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