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So 5000 IU is the recommended amount?
5000 IU is very high, might be beneficial during the winter for folks with very fair skin. but most probably shouldn't take that much every day
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That would be 5g. At this point everyone should notice that something is off. :-D 5000 mg of vitamin D3 = 200,000,000 IU (200 million IU)
More often written as 200,000 IU as 5000mg of D3 is not written as 5,000,000mcg The author simply (and terrible mistaking) typed [mg] instead of [UI] in the first paragraph: if readed entirely, the author correct this typo in every other sentence
Chia seed and flaxseed high in omega3
Your body makes Vitamin D when in sunlight. Could it be that sunlight - and the whole being outdoors situation - is the thing that helps rather than vitamin d levels?
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So 5000 IU is the recommended amount?
According to what I read in a newspaper article, the recommended dose is much lower, at 800.
Edit because the comment might be to shallow for HN: I sympathize with the struggle against depression and, after first-hand experience, share the skepticism against the widespread prescription of antidepressants and the methods of evidence presented for it.
Very serious and important topic.
Regarding Vitamin D, I am also supplementing in the Winter, but I have not read the article, which says it has an estimated reading time > 10min. I use one 1000IE (0.025mg according to the package) tablet a day max.
I'll bookmark this discussion page to read TFA later maybe.
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5000 IU is very high, might be beneficial during the winter for folks with very fair skin. but most probably shouldn't take that much every day
That's equivalent to about 10 minutes of sun exposure. Not very much when you look at it that way.
> A 2014 systematic review concluded that vitamin D supplementation does not reduce depressive symptoms overall but may have a moderate benefit for patients with clinically significant depression, though more high-quality studies were determined to be needed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D#Depression
> Some of the available reviews, owing to the limited number of trials and methodological biases, were of low quality (Anglin et al., 2013; Cheng et al., 2020; Li et al., 2014; Shaffer et al., 2014).
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Only recently again I read in the newspaper, that most products are overdosed. There is a typical number that the vitamin D products usually show, and in the article it said, that only up to 800 IU is safe, and everything above is an overdose. There are many products out there with 2000 UI or maybe even more. Beware. EDIT: Wow, the HN-local doctors at it again. Imagine getting downvoted for sharing information from n…
Misinformation. Do more research.
Please do not take 5000mg/day of Vitamin D. The author confuses IU and mg which is very dangerous.
Only recently again I read in the newspaper, that most products are overdosed. There is a typical number that the vitamin D products usually show, and in the article it said, that only up to 800 IU is safe, and everything above is an overdose. There are many products out there with 2000 UI or maybe even more. Beware. EDIT: Wow, the HN-local doctors at it again. Imagine getting downvoted for sharing information from n…
See: Vitamin D and health: evolution, biologic functions, and recommended dietary intakes for vitamin D (293 citations)