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The point wasn't the dose, I just picked a number out of my ass. The point is that from that N IU the 100 people will absorb anything from 0-N, it's very individual and varied. The only way to be sure is to test your levels, which costs money every time. There really should be a simple and cheap home test kit for it. You'd sell millions every year just in the Nordics and Canada =)
Maybe this comes across snide, but have you been to the Nordics? I can get tested at my GP for free practically as often as I'd like, I doubt you'd sell too much in the way of home test kits.
I've been offered a (free) Vitamin D checkup exactly zero times. We should be getting them though, dunno why we don't.
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"Winnipeg, Manitoba" ... "only need 15 minutes of sunshine per day to get your recommended dose of Vitamin D" That doesn't apply to you most of the time, unfortunately. Vitamin D is the result of UVB exposure. For significant portions of the year, you don't get very much [1], compare with, say, [2] Orlando Florida in the US. 10-15 minutes is for a UV index of 7 [3], so that's only 4-6 months out of the year for you.…
I grew up on the Canadian praries. -10C is basically shorts weather. edit: seriously though, anything warmer than -10C you'll definitely see kids in shorts. I go skiing in shorts every year.
Now tell me everyone is doing that, all the time. I also live fairly north, which is part of why I've learned this about Vitamin D in my own research, and I can't help but notice that stores selling winter coats and gloves and other assorted cold gear don't go out of business ever year because nobody is buying them. Nor do I walk through a crowd of people in the middle of winter and have people point and laugh at me because I'm the only one in a coat.
Come on. You're just arguing to argue and swagger a bit, not because you actually think people are getting enough sun exposure in the middle of winter to get enough Vitamin D and there's nothing to worry about.
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Dark skinned people do not produce enough vitamin D in northern latitudes because of melanin. If you’re black and in Minnesota you probably need supplementation.
Minnesota? Minnesota isn't particularly dark. Minneapolis is apparently on the same latitude as Venice, Italy, and I don't think of Venice as particularly dark or gloomy (to be fair, they probably have better weather). But yeah. Low vitamin D levels are common even with lily white people in Northern Europe, and at least here in Norway everyone with dark skin knows that they need vitamin D supplements. Traditionally,…
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Amusing how thanks to the war on cholesterol the UK unravelled a lot of egg eating habits - a natural source of vitamin D. The UK also consumed a lot more liver than it does today I imagine...
Vitamin D supplementation in the UK - now there is a fascinating topic. With the industrial revolution there was a problem of kids in cities getting rickets. This was due to a lack of vitamin C and that was due to a lack of daylight due to the smog. The solution was to take the kids out of the city so they could spend time in the countryside. However, along with the industrial revolution came steam trains, and, with…
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I don't agree. As with everything, it requires care. Taking a multivitamin and thinking you're good to go is delusional.
For most people just eating a good balanced diet and they are good to go. There are a few with genetic/biological issues and they need more - ask your doctor. Vitamin D is one that modern lifestyles likely don't get enough of and so probably worth it - again talk to your doctor.
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I don't agree. As with everything, it requires care. Taking a multivitamin and thinking you're good to go is delusional.
For most people just eating a good balanced diet and they are good to go. There are a few with genetic/biological issues and they need more - ask your doctor. Vitamin D is one that modern lifestyles likely don't get enough of and so probably worth it - again talk to your doctor.
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For most people just eating a good balanced diet and they are good to go. There are a few with genetic/biological issues and they need more - ask your doctor. Vitamin D is one that modern lifestyles likely don't get enough of and so probably worth it - again talk to your doctor.
If eating a "good balanced diet" were easy/normal, we'd have close to zero disease. Supplements are definitely a way to get as close as possible to balance when day to day food intake is chaotic.