Public service announcement

[backtobaseball]

I'm reading the book, which is more interesting than this column:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/64101/title/Comment__Vitamin_D_is_essential_to_the_modern__indoor_lifestyle

Comments

[joemstar]

I have Vitamin D supplements all set to take in addition to my daily multi-vitamin. I don't take them in the summer because I'm outside so much.

[backtobaseball]

Yes, that's the best way to do it. In his book, Dr. Holick reports finding at least 5 and signs of perhaps 10 phytoproducts (that is, substances created by exposure to sunlight) in the human body. If you're just taking vitamin D, you're probably not getting the health benefit of these other things.

[brec]

I'm taking 1,000 IU 3x/day.

[brec]

Correction: 2,000 IU 3x/day

[backtobaseball]

That's a lot. You need to make sure you're ingesting enough calcium. Another detail from the book: if you have too much vitamin D and not enough calcium, your body starts removing calcium from your bones.