In my book I noted that it was my opinion the optimal blood level of vitamin D3 is 100-140 ng/ml. Yes, I referenced a dose that is multiple times what they in the VITAL study consider a high dose and over time that dose resulted in most people in that Read more…
So, blood levels of vitamin D3 are probably as important if not more than the dosing as blood levels give a better idea of the vitamin D3 status of an individual. Let’s look closer at blood levels that were not really considered as treatment basis. Think about that! As in Read more…
Some day with vitamin D3 dosing they will come back and realize how misguided the “experts” were about vitamin D3 dosing. In this VITAL study where did or how did they decide on what was a high dose? 1 Which is where the study went off the rails to begin Read more…
Back to sun exposure and vitamin D3 production. How much vitamin D3 can we produce? The figure is 10,000-25,000 IUs in 30 minutes though this is for light skinned individual. This is after 30 minutes of full midday sun exposure during the summer. That is with no clothes and 15 Read more…
Here we go again. Another recent large long term study, Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL) study has come out appearing to again show vitamin D3 has essentially no health benefits.1 It was funded by the National Institute of Health involving 26,000 people who were followed for an average of Read more…