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Vitamin D supplements cut heart attack risk by 52%. Why?

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Aurornis wrote: post #27
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #5

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I would be very surprised if most people get vitamin d levels measured annually.

I’ve had 5 different primary care doctors across multiple practices in different locations due to moving, changing jobs, and doctors retiring Every single one of them included Vitamin D testing in the annual checkup. Two of my jobs in the past few years have had wellness programs that offered free Vitamin D testing along with a couple other things (A1c, lipids) It’s very common in the United States at least. I know t…

I would say it's probably less "US healthcare bad" and more "US healthcare is bimodal".

Re: Vitamin D supplements cut heart attack risk by 52%. Why?

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seba_dos1 wrote: post #46
Aurornis wrote: post #30

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50K IU in a single dose is probably a bad idea. You’d also want D3 generally.

It's not, in many studies there was no observed difference between higher dose weekly or lower one daily when it summed up to the same amount. Sometimes even higher monthly doses are used. It's just easier to overdose by mistake this way.

The problem isn’t about reaching target levels.

High singular dose of Vitamin D taken at once could have some negative effects. Some formulations are administered with Vitamin K to try to offset this risk but it’s better to just spread the dosages out rather than expose your body to unnaturally high spikes of Vitamin D.

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