I started a thread nearly 2 years ago about being diagnosed severely deficient in vitamin D.
http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/103364-i-am-severely-vitamin-d-deficient.html
I started off taking 2 pills (2000IU) a day which probably wasn't enough to come out of a severe deficiency, but for the past year I've been taking 4 a day. Quite amazingly, I haven't had so much as a cold or flu in the past 11 months while every one of my closest friends has copped it hard. None of them will listen to me about taking vitamin D, their loss. It could be because they're imaginary but whatever. I used to get really bad sore throats since high school that would last for weeks at a time, at least every 4 months.
Another big change is I used to constantly have a sore neck and shoulders, I always felt like I needed a massage. My muscles feel perfectly fine now and I never feel the need for a massage.
I had my level checked again recently (oh universal healthcare how I love thee), and it's still slightly below normal. It's at 65 nmol\L, where 75 is the optimum level, and that's with me taking 4 pills a day (4000IU!). I started off with a level below 20. The recommended daily dose is only 400IU which would have very little effect if any.
Some key things I have learned since the last thread
- Don't let the name fool you, Vitamin D is actually a prehormone that is eventually converted into a steroid hormone called calcitriol, which is in fact the most potent steroid hormone in your body. A couple of other steroid hormones are testosterone and cortisol.
- UV light doesn't pass through glass, so your skin isn't making vitamin D when you're driving or catching rays through a window. Someone recommended installing a skylight in your house, it wouldn't help.
- Certain times of the year, the UV rays aren't the right wavelength for triggering vitamin D production.
- People living further from the equator have higher rates of multiple sclerosis, this has been directly linked to reduced vitamin D levels due to less sun exposure.
- The darker your skin is, the less vitamin D it produces from the same sun exposure as a pale person. Therefore darker people need much more sunlight. I'm pale as fuck though.
- Your immune system's T cells require sufficient vitamin D in the bloodstream to activate, if there isn't enough they just lie dormant and then infections take over. Explains why most people get sick in winter and why I used to get sick all the time.
I'll add some more shit if I think of it.
http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/103364-i-am-severely-vitamin-d-deficient.html
I started off taking 2 pills (2000IU) a day which probably wasn't enough to come out of a severe deficiency, but for the past year I've been taking 4 a day. Quite amazingly, I haven't had so much as a cold or flu in the past 11 months while every one of my closest friends has copped it hard. None of them will listen to me about taking vitamin D, their loss. It could be because they're imaginary but whatever. I used to get really bad sore throats since high school that would last for weeks at a time, at least every 4 months.
Another big change is I used to constantly have a sore neck and shoulders, I always felt like I needed a massage. My muscles feel perfectly fine now and I never feel the need for a massage.
I had my level checked again recently (oh universal healthcare how I love thee), and it's still slightly below normal. It's at 65 nmol\L, where 75 is the optimum level, and that's with me taking 4 pills a day (4000IU!). I started off with a level below 20. The recommended daily dose is only 400IU which would have very little effect if any.
Some key things I have learned since the last thread
- Don't let the name fool you, Vitamin D is actually a prehormone that is eventually converted into a steroid hormone called calcitriol, which is in fact the most potent steroid hormone in your body. A couple of other steroid hormones are testosterone and cortisol.
- UV light doesn't pass through glass, so your skin isn't making vitamin D when you're driving or catching rays through a window. Someone recommended installing a skylight in your house, it wouldn't help.
- Certain times of the year, the UV rays aren't the right wavelength for triggering vitamin D production.
- People living further from the equator have higher rates of multiple sclerosis, this has been directly linked to reduced vitamin D levels due to less sun exposure.
- The darker your skin is, the less vitamin D it produces from the same sun exposure as a pale person. Therefore darker people need much more sunlight. I'm pale as fuck though.
- Your immune system's T cells require sufficient vitamin D in the bloodstream to activate, if there isn't enough they just lie dormant and then infections take over. Explains why most people get sick in winter and why I used to get sick all the time.
I'll add some more shit if I think of it.
