They are all scientific articles, sensible and backed up, not arbitrary claims.
The third link, at bacteriality.com, seems very convincing.
This is a long read, and I do not feel qualified to make a sume up, but among many things said,
they discovered that this steroid is immunosuppressive, and that low Vitamin D levels in ill patients can be a consequence of the disease and not the cause.
What do you think of these articles ? (the last link seems a good sume up)
They are all scientific articles, sensible and backed up, not arbitrary claims.
The third link, at bacteriality.com, seems very convincing.
This is a long read, and I do not feel qualified to make a sume up, but among many things said,
they discovered that this steroid is immunosuppressive, and that low Vitamin D levels in ill patients can be a consequence of the disease and not the cause.
What do you think of these articles ? (the last link seems a good sume up)
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Trevor Marshall is considered a quack by most vitamin D experts. I’ll keep taking my D.
I realize this thread is really old, but thanks for the heads up. I just ordered some today as we are now heading into winter. I live in Japan and was about to order from another site, but Dr Bowden’s prices are about half of “the other place”. Sweet.
I’m now taking LEF liquid vitamin D, 6000IU/day, with calcium and magnesium in addition, and I feel perfectly fine. Also my skin is much better (usually some acnea).
I realize this thread is really old, but thanks for the heads up. I just ordered some today as we are now heading into winter. I live in Japan and was about to order from another site, but Dr Bowden’s prices are about half of “the other place”. Sweet.
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I realize this thread is really old, but thanks for the heads up. I just ordered some today as we are now heading into winter. I live in Japan and was about to order from another site, but Dr Bowden’s prices are about half of “the other place”. Sweet.
I think amazon’s prices are better.
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Unfortunately, there is a restriction on supplements shipped to Japan from Amazon.
Actually, Jonny Bowden’s place couldn’t ship here either, but I found another (very cheap) source. Supplement prices are insanely expensive here.
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I noticed Vit D has gone up in the drugstores![/quote]
I keep at least one year’s supply on hand. If the flu actually starts turning deadly I think we’re going to see the media “discover” things like the benefits of antimicrobial peptides, the existing supply of vitamin D supplements will sell out within 24 hours.
wow, good (long) vid. Let me steal a bit from the conclusion.
While individual variability is large, Inputs from all sources should be around 4,000 IU a day in healthy adults to reach a preferred level. Supplementation of 2,000 IU a day usually results in this level (for 85% of the population).
Also he pegged a safe upper limit as 10,000 IU/day (maintaining a healthy safety margin).
Bump and also I’m ordering another bottle and as always, do a google search under products for D3 Softgels and then calculate out which is the best price per IU of the stuff. Also I don’t want to be popping a ton of pills so I only look for the 2500IU per pill or higher. Right now I found healthy origins D3 5000 IU softgels 360 of them for 16.95. It works out to under $.05 per day if you were to take 1 per day. Dirt cheap if you ask me.
I agree with Vegita.
Healthy Origins are great. I’ve been taking them since fall and haven’t been sick all winter so far. The price is good and the 5,000iu ea. soft gels are easy to swallow. One a day keeps me feeling well and cold and flu free.
Two interesting (long) blog posts on Vitamin D. The short version is: Don’t cycle or frequently change the Vitamin D dosage and meat eaters may need less Vitamin D to prevent deficiencies:
I’d like to get some proof on the alleged superiority of gelcaps over tablets. Can’t find those damn gelcaps anywhere near me, only tablets. Does this mean that the 25µg (thats 1000 IU) tablets I bought instead are as good as nothing? If so, someone wiser please explain.
Is there a suggested ratio between the amount of Vitamin D and Calcium that should be taken? I take 2000 IU’s of Vit D in the morning with 150mg’s (35% RDA) of Calcium, 1000 IU’s Vit D with 150mg’s of Calcium in the afternoon, and didn’t know if I should be taking more or less Calcium, and if there were any positives/negatives that I was missing out on.
I’m not an an expert, but since Vit D supplementation is fairly timing-insensitive (hence the occasional huge megadose), then I would think you’d just take the calcium on whatever schedule works on calcium. (I don’t knwo what that would be). Although note that magnesium and calcium block each other’s absorption, so not those at the same time.
