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Old Thu, May-24-12, 12:08
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I've been taking 5,000 iu a day for a while now. My D3 levels fell 30 points on that amount. Granted, I forget it for days at a time. Still, I would have thought my levels would be higher than that.

This is why I furrow my brow at people that only take 1,000 iu. That's not nearly enough to raise it.
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Old Thu, May-24-12, 12:18
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Again....My usual advice is 5,000 IU/day summer to fall and 10,000 IU/day late fall thru spring. But that's for a healthy person. A person with deficiency and especially with evident deficiency symptoms needs more. I believe that first you have to "fill the hole".

You should never lower your vitamin D going into, out of, or during winter.

I don't believe 5,000/day constantly is enough for most people to maintain healthy vitamin D levels unless they make a point of and are able to produce an amount that allows excess vitamin D to be produced and stored during summer.

Even living in San Diego, CA there is less vitamin D making sun available during winter. And the situation becomes even worse if you tend to stay indoors.

Remember, your body builds up and stores vitamin D during the summer to carry you through winter. Low vitamin D=no stores=deficiency.

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Old Thu, May-24-12, 12:48
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I'm not outside much, and when I am I am wearing lots of clothes.
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Old Sun, May-27-12, 18:03
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Are you guys taking the liquid or pill form?
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Old Sun, May-27-12, 22:13
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I'm taking liquid gels right now. I've used the dry kind from Bio-Tech. That worked really well, but I got the 50,000 iu dose and took it once a week.
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Old Mon, May-28-12, 09:28
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I'm taking liquid gels right now. I've used the dry kind from Bio-Tech. That worked really well, but I got the 50,000 iu dose and took it once a week.
I take the 50,000 dose once a week during the winter months. In the warm, sunny months, I let the sun do it's thing on my skin.
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