02-11-2019, 08:38 AM
(02-10-2019, 12:20 AM)thepianist Wrote: Whoever wrote about inconclusive evidence about the efficacy of vit d3 supplementation...you’re wrong. I’m not ‘bashing’ you, but having researched this SPECIFIC vitamin, dosing, duration, different populations for about a decade now, there is 1 consistency...
If you’re Caucasian and don’t bathe in the sun a couple of times a week, year-long all, there’s ~90% chance your vit D deficient. It usually takes about 3-6 months of daily supplementation of 10,000 iu’s of vit d3 to even get to ‘normal’ if one is defecient. If you’re white and don’t say hello to the sun 10-15 min per day, you should get your vitD levels checked, you’ll be shocked. FYI.
It is a good idea to get checked, I agree. I am prescribed Keppra (levetiracetam) which is known to deplete D3 levels so get a panel done twice yearly. I have been told that white people in winter tend to get vitamin d deficient- especially if they are heavy drinkers as alcohol also depletes vit d levels.