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Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by ecmascript »

pibechorro wrote: post #22

Wake up at sunrise, go to bed at sunset. Anything else is going to cause problems.. or you are simply a night owl, which is ok. The key is to go outside, get some natural light and sun on your skin. Most of us reading this are vitamin D deficient year after year. Covid has had an advantage on anyone lacking proper vitamin levels.

Kinda hard to follow if you live in the nordic regions of the world like moi.

At winter time it get really dark really fast and usually there is only sunlight for a couple of hours per day.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by konart »

pibechorro wrote: post #22

Wake up at sunrise, go to bed at sunset. Anything else is going to cause problems.. or you are simply a night owl, which is ok. The key is to go outside, get some natural light and sun on your skin. Most of us reading this are vitamin D deficient year after year. Covid has had an advantage on anyone lacking proper vitamin levels.

>Wake up at sunrise, go to bed at sunset.

So 9am and 5pm respectfully for me I guess.

That being said the key to it all for a relatively healthy person is mental and physical fatigue and lack of stress.

On the other hand... my wife used to live near loading-unloading train station and worked at 2 jobs for some time. Takes her 10 minutes to fall asleep regardless.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by tylerwhipple »

If anyone is struggling with sleep, I highly recommend episode 1-3 of the Huberman Lab podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XfCl-HpRM), it has literally changed my life. Dr. Huberman is a Neurobiologist at Stanford and explains the science of sleep vs just telling you to not look at bright screens at night.

I struggled with sleeping for 20+ years, now I easily wake up early.

The biggest game changer: Sunlight in your eyes within 30 minutes of waking up. Try morning walks for 1 week (without sunglasses) and your life will be changed.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by matsemann »

1_player wrote: post #18
rich_sasha wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I keep reading about these “IU”s on HN, what on earth are they? Here in the uk you just buy “Vitamin D” and take one pill per day. No fine-tuning, unless you need specialised therapy perhaps.

Here in UK, like everywhere else, Vitamin D dosage is measured in IU. You probably never noticed it, or your pills have low-strength dosages (400 IU), which are quite common to find in pharmacies, and personally I don't even bother with those.

On my bottle it just says "Vitamin D: 15 μg" on the bottle.

Apparently 1 μg = 40 IU for vitamin D, but different per vitamin.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by nisegami »

tylerwhipple wrote: post #33

If anyone is struggling with sleep, I highly recommend episode 1-3 of the Huberman Lab podcast ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XfCl-HpRM ), it has literally changed my life. Dr. Huberman is a Neurobiologist at Stanford and explains the science of sleep vs just telling you to not look at bright screens at night. I struggled with sleeping for 20+ years, now I easily wake up early. The biggest game changer: Sunlight…

>The biggest game changer: Sunlight in your eyes within 30 minutes of waking up.

I don't think the sun rises for another hour after I wake up for work.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by rapsey »

stooliepidgin wrote: post #3

My vitamin D level is only optimal when taking an average of 11000 IU / day (D3 + K2). It hasn't improved my sleep quality. As an example, I woke up at 3:30 am this morning and feel like I haven't slept at all.

My insomnia was fixed using vitamin d and magnesium. Magnesium has by far the bigger impact.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by paulintrognon »

nisegami wrote: post #36
tylerwhipple wrote: post #33

If anyone is struggling with sleep, I highly recommend episode 1-3 of the Huberman Lab podcast ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XfCl-HpRM ), it has literally changed my life. Dr. Huberman is a Neurobiologist at Stanford and explains the science of sleep vs just telling you to not look at bright screens at night. I struggled with sleeping for 20+ years, now I easily wake up early. The biggest game changer: Sunlight…

>The biggest game changer: Sunlight in your eyes within 30 minutes of waking up. I don't think the sun rises for another hour after I wake up for work.

You can emulate this effect via Dawn Simulators

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by m0zg »

Another one of these "eggs are good"/"eggs are bad" flip flops that happens every few years. Before this the "science" was that too much vitamin D disrupts sleep. In fact it seems to have disrupted mine. It's 4AM, and I can't sleep even after taking a MJ brownie. I take 2000IUs daily and my values are "normal" now. And yet I've been suffering from insomnia shortly after I started taking this supplement. Who do I believe now, my own body or someone at the NIH?

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by mucholove »

tylerwhipple wrote: post #33

If anyone is struggling with sleep, I highly recommend episode 1-3 of the Huberman Lab podcast ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XfCl-HpRM ), it has literally changed my life. Dr. Huberman is a Neurobiologist at Stanford and explains the science of sleep vs just telling you to not look at bright screens at night. I struggled with sleeping for 20+ years, now I easily wake up early. The biggest game changer: Sunlight…

Sun. One of requirements for rent—must have east/south-east facing window.
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