It doesn't sound like 1000 is enough for you, at least for the winter months. I've been taking 6,000 to 10,000 IU per day for over a year, and last week my levels were checked to be about 60.
Alan On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > I was disappointed today to find out that my 25-hydroxy vitamin D test > showed my vitamin D level to be only 25. I was so sure it would be high > that I almost didn't request one. Since last fall I've been taking at > least 1,000 units D3 plus the D3 in my multivitamin and calcium pills. > When the day is warm enough, I go out with a jacket and shorts to get > some sun. It's been a very cold winter for here, though. > > I'd gotten my level up two years ago from 14 in February to a near ideal > 55 in the summer by taking 2,000 units D3 and then lying in the sun 20 > minutes two or three times a week as soon as weather allowed. > > Have any of you had the vitamin D blood test? I've heard that in the > north in the winter, even if you lie outside naked at noon, you can't > get any vitamin D because of the angle of the sun. (Plus you'd be a > popsicle!) > > Pat > > -- Alan Jones
