In regards to supplementing Vitamin D3, have you specifically noticed any changes (no matter how negligible) whatsoever?
I’ve been running on 10,000 IU’s/day for the past 2 months with no noticeable change - physically, mentally, or mood. It’s becoming irritating. I’m used to being spoiled by the shotgun approach with almost any supplement in general and I’ve never had a supplement I’ve purchased and not had a response (Vitamin D3 being the first).
I don’t necessarily know what to do now; purchase more and continue? Attempt another approach? Consume more?
I read on the Vitamin D3 article discussion that after 3 months of supplementation that Nate Green didn’t feel any noticeable response at all either.
I am very interested to see what other opinions are on this topic. I was strongly considering supplementing with Vitamin D but I think I may wait a little to see what the general concensus is.
I haven’t gotten sick in quite some time. I get colds quite easily, especially with a lack of sleep, and I attribute this to Vitamin D completely.
2thepain, don’t wait on taking vitamin D. It’s cheap as hell, and the benefits are great, regardless if you notice them or not.
OP, not feeling the effects of vitamin D is irritating… what the hell? I don’t know why you are expecting so much from it, it is a VITAMIN, they are important yes, but it is not going to make you feel like superman. If it is so irritating get a test to see where your levels are at.
I’m currently at around 6,400 or so. I take it spread throughout the day but the majority with my last meal (highest fat content) and I’ve noticed deeper sleeps actually.
Going very low-carb right now, so I’m taking 8,000/day. No real logic besides that I’m not eating as much fruit as normal so I’d like to keep the immune system chugging along best it can.
I gave some D3 to my friend and he says that he is generally in a better mood than previous fall/winters. I made sure to tell him to compare the effects of D3 to other fall/winters as opposed to his general demeanor in the spring and summer.
The spring and summer, he spends a lot more time outside running and playing sports and so he is probably getting enough vitamin D from the sun. The Fall and Winter in Iowa can be brutal and there has been a few days where I did not see the sun at all.
So to the OP, have you noticed any differences compared to previous falls and winters?
I’ve generally used many products not specialized to athletics and usually I feel an immediate difference over the course of 2-4 weeks:
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Superfood
Vitamin B
In regards to Vitamin D3 I have felt no response - and chose to shotgun it (raising from 4,000IU’s to 10,000 IU’s) to no effect.
I guess, I was waiting for any kind of response whatsoever to validate supplementing with it, as would anyone purchasing any product?
[quote]kcushijima wrote:
So to the OP, have you noticed any differences compared to previous falls and winters?[/quote]
Not at all unfortunately. I live in southern Texas, which really doesn’t have a ‘Winter’ season so to speak. Besides the basic stressors of academics and shopping, I’m usually in a great mood.
Get tested, you may be in an area where you get enough sun, even in the winter. I forget what Lattitude you have to be under in order to not get the winter shutoff of D Production, but Texas may well be below it. Generally speaking since D3 is fat soluble, you are not going to be low on D in the summer or even fall.
Now I’m speaking on northern lattitudes. I’m in NY for instance. I am definately not producing D. For one, the sun is at too low an angle, and it’s pretty cold, so maybe my face and hands are exposed for breif periods of walking from the car to whatever building i’m going into.
Where D3 supplementation is important is in the dead of winter. You have likley already been using your stores of it for some time and all of a sudden you start getting slow, depressed, tired. Pretty much everyone in the north gets it. D3 supplementation makes all that go away, I mean you can still be pissy if it’s -10 with a -30 windchill, but overall you are going to have good energy levels and have a better mood.
That is the only thing you are ever going to feel from D3, or rather, prevents you from feeling. HOWEVER it is a very important compound which acts like a vitamin in some instances and like a hormone in others.
My guess for you specifically OP is that you are making a good amount anyways, but you probably could still supplement with like 2-4K iu per day to keep yourself in the high range. It’s certainly cheap enough and simple enough to take. I even watched a video presentation and the doctor giving it said he takes one 50,000iu pill every month. That seems pretty simple to do also.
I myself do 4,000 iu per day NOW, but from Jan 1 to April 1 I’ll be jumping it to 8,000 iu per day.
I’m taking 2000 IUs a day when i remember and this is the first fall in a while that I’ve not gotten sick with the weather change. I’m a guy who never gets sick and the 2x yearly I do it’s always because of the weather change in fall to winter and winter to spring. This year I was taking the d3 for about 2 weeks prior to the weather change and nothing.
Yes. What noticeable effect were you looking for? Not trying to mock you or anything. Serious question.
For me, I take 10,000 iu’s a day. I attribute this along with 10 grams/day of fish oil to not being sick for the past year.
At my next dr appt I’m going to ask for my ‘d’ level to be checked. That’s the only way to know whether you need to take more, less, or sticking with your current dosage.
I’ve been taking 6,000 IU steadily over the past 3 months and haven’t gotten legitimately sick yet. So even though theirs no noticeable effects Vitamin D is defiantly playing a huge part in my immune system.
[quote]JN7844 wrote:
Yes. What noticeable effect were you looking for? Not trying to mock you or anything. Serious question.[/quote]
Almost any response would help me validate whether I should continue taking it or not, but I guess an explanation of previous supplements would help get the ball rolling - keep in mind, that I shotgun (mega-dose) almost every supplement I use now.
Superfood - clean energy, improved mood.
Vitamin A - clearest skin I have ever seen in 4-5 years. Afterwards, I was informed that Vitamin A is in almost toxic levels combined with Vitamin E in that proclaimed miracle medicine ‘Accutane’?..Possible explanation?
Vitamin B Complex - my skin, sleep, and 2-a-day’s worked out very well in comparison to when I was not supplementing with a B complex.
Vitamin C - I supplemented with this product for 6 months for a guinea pig experiment in a 2-semester Nutritional Science class with a lot of amazing results. Some instant (1-3 weeks), some prolonged (1-2 months).
I am rarely sick, possibly once a year…Usually during summer due to heat, so I couldn’t tell you if it helped me in that regard.
Setting up an appointment to be tested.
It seems everyone is receiving an immune boosting response - that’s interesting.
[quote]DarrylLicke wrote:
I’m taking 2000 IUs a day when i remember and this is the first fall in a while that I’ve not gotten sick with the weather change. I’m a guy who never gets sick and the 2x yearly I do it’s always because of the weather change in fall to winter and winter to spring. This year I was taking the d3 for about 2 weeks prior to the weather change and nothing. [/quote]
x2 I’ve only been taking 400, and like you I did not get sick this year, or the initial winter drop in aggressiveness in the gym.
OP having no noticeable effects between summer and winter can be a good thing in some situations. Other things to consider is if your younger, or get less variation in sunlight year round it might not be the supplement for you.
I’m not sure about it’s effects if your not deficient and you just might not be deficient enough, but if you have somebody who works in an office all day and only sunlight is walking between buildings and going to the gym taking D3 will have a much greater effect, when I get off work now it’s arleady dark and when I go in it’s dark.
The supposed standard is 15-20 minutes a day of sunlight for vitamin D effects so 10000IU’s for you might be overkill.
