Pat I have been a sun lover all my life and I live in the deep South, however as I have gotten older I no longer "visit" with the sun as I should. I was having some health issues and my MD decided to do the testing. He and I both were astounded because it was 8. I supplemented with 3,000 IU for about 6 months and retested. It was still very low so I decided on 5,000 myself. It took a year to bring it up to 25. I am still taking between 3 & 5 thousand daily. Since he considers 25 to be normal, he will not retest. Edith
Pat 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
