what is the deal with hn and vitamin d
It's hacking the body!
Biohacking!
Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Cognitive Function: 12-month RCT
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#172Funny -- I was just digesting a competing study released recently[0] which showed little-to-no benefit from vitamin D, Omega 3 fatty acids, and exercise (either alone or in combinations). That study used 5X the daily vitamin D as this one. So I guess the jury's still out and I may choose to continue to err on the side of supplementing vitamin D. [0] https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/11/10/Study-Little-bene...
One important factor in vitamin studies is the prevalence of vitamin deficiency in a particular population. E.g. vitamin D in the US might not be as effective because it is already added into many food products, e.g. milk, which is not the case for other countries.
In Germany (probably in most european countries) it's not allowed to add vitamin D to food. So it's really important to know about it.
Still, almost no one knows about it...
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#173Re: Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Cognitive Function: 12-month RCT
#174Funny -- I was just digesting a competing study released recently[0] which showed little-to-no benefit from vitamin D, Omega 3 fatty acids, and exercise (either alone or in combinations). That study used 5X the daily vitamin D as this one. So I guess the jury's still out and I may choose to continue to err on the side of supplementing vitamin D. [0] https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/11/10/Study-Little-bene...
> 40.7% of participants had 25(OH)D levels of less than 20 ng/mL at baseline, and according to current guidelines, all were allowed to take 800 IU/d of supplemental vitamin D outside the study medication. So, even the controls were given D3 supplements if they were deficient. That kind of throws the whole study into question.
I'm not so sure it does, as something like 800 IU of Vitamin D is the daily minimum.
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I know different people have different risk tolerances, but there’s no way I would get on a plane during a pandemic if I don’t have to.
An airplane is probably a safer place to be than your local grocery store right now.
I don't know if this is mind blowing or not because people don't seem to use it but...
If you live in a suburb or further out, basically every major grocery chain does pickup orders.
I order online, drive to the store, and an employee puts the groceries in my trunk. I never go inside.
It's also... free. So anyone with a car(most of us in the USA/CA) can do it.
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Roughly the same in the UK, at least in my experience. In Romania, getting blood work is very common, even for trivial things. A few years back it was also very cheap, about 20-30 euros for the basics.
To be fair, that's not cheap for Romania. Most people can afford it, yes, but that doesn't mean it's cheap.
Agreed, it's not very cheap for Romania, but the ratio between salaries and blood test prices is better than in other Western countries, assuming prices have not changed significantly in the past few years.
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Is music helping Alzheimer's patients considered implausible?
Yeah. Naively i would be more surprised if it didn't (why wouldn't stimulating the brain help with a degenerative brain disease?)
Well it depends on how you define "help". Dementia or Alzheimers is a neural disease that seems correlated with brain plaque - the underlying issue of plaque/neural self cleaning mechanism failures wouldn't be countered even if it makes them feel better and possibly slightly improve function it is still a downward slope of progressive brain damage.
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For reference: The level of toxicity listed in your link is 60,000IU per day. Fauci said he takes 10,000IU per day. The bottle I purchased recommends 2,000IU per day. Get your blood work done people.
I always see Americans (apologies for making assumptions if you're not) throw around blood testing like it's something trivial and casually done. Here in the Netherlands, it takes a real medical indication and some pushing of a doctor to get any testing done. Alternatively, you use a private testing company that costs 200 to 400 euros for a comprehensive screening. Question to the public in various countries - how ea…
When I was in the US they did a full test on me as a matter of routine. Here in Sweden they stare at me like I'm crazy when I ask if I could maybe get something tested.
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There's an expert that specializes in vitamin D toxicity cases and regularly posts here. She sees cases at less than the 10000IU daily dose Fauci takes. I would be hesitant to go above 4000IU daily without monitoring blood levels every six months or so. Its winter here in Canada, I'm taking 3000IU per day. I drop that to 1000IU in the summer. I'm not a doctor, not recommending you do the same. Just sharing.
The problem is TIME. Taking 10,000 IU for a medium amount of time will very very likely be fine. But due to fat solubility and therefore slow build up in the body, you are increasingly growing towards toxic levels over a long time. The body can only regulate vitamin D before synthesis, after sunlight exposure. But if you take already-synthesized vitamin D, that regulation won't kick in and you're free to get hypervit…
On the one hand yes you could take it for a short time, but on the other why take excessive doses at all and risk falling into a bad habit? When there are lower doses that are both effective and safe?
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#180Earlier quoted context omitted.
One important factor in vitamin studies is the prevalence of vitamin deficiency in a particular population. E.g. vitamin D in the US might not be as effective because it is already added into many food products, e.g. milk, which is not the case for other countries.
In Germany (probably in most european countries) it's not allowed to add vitamin D to food. So it's really important to know about it. Still, almost no one knows about it...
Vitamin D is added to milk and butter in Sweden, even obligatory for some kinds! But that's because of our sad lack of sunshine for many months on end of course, so I expect the other nordic countries does something similar.