It might be right, but that article is appears to be a lone dissenting voice in a sea of contrary studies and personal experiences about the benefits of optimum D levels.
---- Dorothy Fitzpatrick <d...@deetroy.org> wrote: ============= Oh for goodness sake--what is going on? Now I have increased mine and hubby's levels to 4000 units per day and this article says you can actually be worse! Has anyone (Brooks-help!) *anything* that can dispute this, because I am rapidly coming back to the opinion that I should stop ALL supplements. And I've just sent off for the ultrasonic cleaner too! Damn! dee On 12 Mar 2010, at 23:08, Pat wrote: > I am 60. I get over 2,000 units vitamin D a day in pill form. I'm in the > western part of South Carolina, USA at Latitude: 34.8525. > > Two years ago, I hadn't heard about vitamin D deficiency, but luckily my > doctor made me get the 25-hydroxy vitamin D blood test and a vitamin B-12 > test. I was astounded when my vitamin D level was 14. So, the next summer > it was 55, then last February it was 46. I'm not taking less than I was last > year, but I've not been able to sit in the sun as much, I guess. I'm > thinking about calling the doctor's office back and asking the nurse to make > sure she read it right. She was stuttering around about the date, then she > just said it's normal level. I said I need to know the number, so she came > up with 25. > > I don't know yet how much it cost for the test, but last time I think I paid > about $47 for it....but it was discounted because of the Blue Cross/Blue > Shield agreement, I'm sure. It's not cheap! > > I hesitate to take much more vitamin D, preferring to get it through the > natural sun when I can. This article turns everything topsy-turvy and I > don't know if I should believe it. > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080125223302.htm > > Pat > > > > > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
