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Originally Posted by quietone
Oh, I forgot the most important part...DOH!
my levels are now at 48...with 50 being optimum according to my doctor.
That's why I'm going to continue what i'm already doing...
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Why does your doctor think 50 is optimum?
Does your doctor really believe that the NATURAL level your body NATURALLY attains and maintains if you live near naked in the sun isn't an optimum level?
Does your doctor really think that it's best to be below the level at which least incidence of cancer, heart disease and other chronic illness occurs?
If so why? What motive would your doctor possibly have to keeping your level below the level that has been shown to be associated with the least incidence of Breast and Prostate cancer?
Think about human breast milk. Does you doctor think that human babies evolved to have Vitamin D from a dropper or could it possibly be that if we lived naked in the sun and achieved a natural optimum vitamin d status we would find that human breast milk flowed naturally replete with D3?
If you want to go natural you have a choice, either spend every day naked in the sun or take and EQUIVALENT amount of vitamin d. For breastfeeding Vitamin D replete milk that requires over 6000iu/daily.
Perhaps your improved status reflects some input from sunshine that people in Virginia are blessed with, however at latitude 35 you are on the threshold of Winter sun UVB availability and I am certain a higher daily D3 input is best advised. I don't think your doctor is sufficiently aware of the evidence supporting higher levels for those with chronic conditions. I don't think 50 is optimum for anyone.
I doubt it is the natural level our DNA evolved to thrive best with nor do I think it provides an adequate reserve of stored D3 in muscle/fat tissue that we can draw on should swine flu or similar challenge come upon us.
If your house is on fire do you want the fire service to arrive with sufficient reserves of water to completely deal with the inflammation or will you be satisfied if the fire is only 50% extinguished?