I was minding my own business in CVS when I overheard two friends talking about how much VIT D was “necessary”. So I stepped in and offered my 2 cents worth. Yes I do find it hard lately to mind my own business. What I recommended was what I had been taking 5000 units of D3 from GNC. (because it doesnt have any magnesium stearate). They bought 3000 iu capsules. Support for my position appeared in Feb of 2011, not exactly new news, though to some it still is. I particularly find amusing the sentence that says …”400 iu a day needed to vanquish rickets”. ARE YOU STILL LIVING IN THE EARLY 1900’s ? No, then increase your vit D intake, please, and stop worrying about rickets!
mmillr
“SUNDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) — A new study says it takes far more vitamin D than initially thought to dramatically cut the risk of several major diseases, including breast cancer.
“We found that daily intakes of vitamin D by adults in the range of 4,000-8,000 IU are needed to maintain blood levels of vitamin D metabolites in the range needed to reduce by about half the risk of several diseases — breast cancer, colon cancer, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes,” study co-author Dr. Cedric Garland, a professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California at San Diego, said in a university news release.
Garland admitted that he was surprised that the levels required were so much higher than the 400 IU a day needed to vanquish rickets in the 20th century.”
thousandfeathers 