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BookShe
 Feb 13, 08 - 8:56 AM |
Vitamin D3
Hey guys! Hope you're having a good day. Happy Valentine's Day! Hey, lately I feel like God has been hitting me over the head with a brick, to start taking Vitamin D3. I'm just running into article after article about how Vitamin D deficiency could be causing many problems -- but included are autoimmune diseases. I'm just going to post a couple of links I have come across. I just started taking Jarrow's Vitamin D3. Seems like I'm reading more that it's the best one to take, as opposed to D2, but there is some conflicting info. Just curious -- how many of you take it, and what kind do you take? Thanks, Sheila http://www.virginiahopkinstestkits.com:80/vitamindresearch.html http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/researchAutoimmune.shtml |
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Bev D
Feb 13th, 2008 - 2:38 PM |
Re: Vitamin D3
Hi Sheila, How are you? I have been taking Vit D3 for a couple of years now. My Doc tested me and I am extremely low, he does the test on all of his patients. He said that most people in the northern hemisphere are low and some of us are critically low. I take approximatley 3000 IU. My levels have slowly creeped up from 11/150 I am now at 25/150 or so(over 2 1/2 years. I was recently tested and I am waiting for my results to be mailed from the Dr.'s office. One thing that I was also told when taking my Vit D3 was to take it with my Calcium and Mag supplement and with something that is fat soluble, I take it with my E's and my fish oil some at night/dinner and some in the AM. I do it that way because I spread my calcium out. When I first started taking the Vit D3 I was getting it from the compounding pharmacy, but my Dr. did not think I was increasing my levels fast enough so he switched me to one that he carries in the office it is made by - Pure Encapsulations in 1,000 IU capsules. My Dr.s says that it helps in the battle against all female cancers and colon health and on the bottle it says "supports bone health, cardiovascular, colon and cellular health." When I have done research on this I find conflicting results for optimum dosage, many reports say no more than 1,000 IU per day. However: I am taking the 3,000 based on my Dr.'s recommendation. I have not had any problems or side affets. I would not start taking that amount without a Dr. testing you. I get my Vit D levels tested every 6 months. I get my blood drawn at a Quest lab, my doctor says that he prefers the way they do the analysis better than the way our local hospital does it. I think everything Jarrow sells is very high quality - I am taking their Co-Q 10, Bone -Up,and Circumin (anti-inflamatory), I will know in a year if the Bone-up is helping with the osteopenia. For over 20 years I have been taking a high quality cal/mag supplement, did weight bearing excercise until the pain from endo and the pelvic congestion syndrome got too bad - so I was really surprised to find out that I had osteopenia. It all goes back to the low Vit D.  I hope that this is not too long and that I am not rambling. Because of my deficiency one of my brother's has been tested and was found to be very low as well. I also wanted to add that my Blue Cross has always paid for the Vit D test.
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BookShe
Feb 14th, 2008 - 7:24 AM |
Re: Vitamin D3
Hi there Bev, I'm feeling pretty good, thanks! Thanks for your post. That is SO interesting! How are you feeling since you've been on the D3? Can you tell any difference? I have had this muscle and joint pain since I took the Lupron 4 years ago now, and I've never thought about taking Vitamin D for it, but I'm reading more about how the deficiency could be the cause of that sort of pain. And one study showed it helped lower back pain, which I also have. And I find it so interesting that it is a "prohormone". I still haven't read that it could help endo, but I'm wondering if it's something that just hasn't been researched yet. If endo has an autoimmune component, and Vitamin D has been shown to be an immunosuppressant... makes me wonder. There is one study where they're giving it to MS patients, also an autoimmune disease. Very interesting! Take care, Sheila |
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Bev D
Feb 14th, 2008 - 11:20 AM |
Re: Vitamin D3
Hi Sheila, I have to say I have been feeling more - up. I don't know if it has helped with any pains specifically or not. I have not had any real endo pain since my hyst. two years ago. My biggest concern was the cancer risks involved with low levels of Vit. D and the calcium absorption issues that cause bone loss. My doctor told me my sense of well being would be better once I started to have my levels climb back up, and I have to say I do feel better, I really had not thought about it until you asked me. All those years of living with pain and then having it gone could also be a contributing factor in me feeling - up. Either way ~ I thank God all the time for getting me to the point that I am not in pain 24/7. I am so grateful to this Doctor for listening to me and blowing me off about my pelvic pain and doing the lap that finally gave me a diagnosis. He is an MD that also adds in some of the integrative medicine. I never heard of being tested for low D until he ran the first test. I recommend it to everyone I know. Did you get a lot of snow this winter down in Tennessee? The part of Michigan I live in has been slammed with more snow this year than usual, I think I heard it is at least double the amount we usually get. Can't wait for it all to thaw out and the flowers to start blooming!!!! Take care, Bev |
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Becky
Feb 20th, 2008 - 9:44 PM |
Re: Vitamin D3
Hi Ladies, My doctor put me on calcium and said to get one with vitamin D after taking lupron and getting osteopenia as a result. I haven't noticed it helping my pain at all but it seems like a good thing to be taking. Also you can get vitamin D from sunshine, I think 15 min a day. Easy for me to do in San Diego but probably not in other parts of the country where it's raining and snowing etc :) Becky |
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Becky
Feb 20th, 2008 - 9:49 PM |
Re: Vitamin D3
Okay so I just looked at my Calcium / Vitamin D bottle and it doesn't say if it's D2 or D3 or what. It says Calcium 600 + D USP. I've always bought an inexpensive vegetarian one does it make a difference to get an expensive one? Now I'm curious what I'm taking... |
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BookShe
Feb 21st, 2008 - 6:48 AM |
Re: Vitamin D3
Bev, We have only had a few snow flurries here this winter. Several bad ices, though, which was not good. I have daffodils and tulips coming up, and my pansies have been pretty all winter! I am so ready for spring, too!!! Becky, http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/89/11/5387 I hope this article will come up for you. It is good. Let me know if it doesn't. I'm outside quite a bit, even in the winter, but I always slather myself with sunscreen because of my rosacea, and I've done that for several years, plus I'm overweight, which I've read is another factor in being Vitamin D deficient. The name for D3 is "cholecalciferol" if you want to research it. I think Wikipedia actually had a pretty good article about Vitamin D, and the Vitamin D Council's website is good. Have a great day! -Sheila 
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Steph
Feb 21st, 2008 - 8:53 AM |
Re: Vitamin D3
The sunshine factor applies not only to weather but where you are in the world. For example closer to the equator = less time needed to get enough Vit D because you have a higher exposer to the sun (the sun's rays hit the equator more directly than in areas closer to the poles). Wearing sunscreen prevents absorbing the rays specifically needed for vit D production. It is theorized that vit D deficiencies have been on the rise because of the rise in the use of sunscreen as well as more and more people (kids especially) spending more time indoors. So basically you don't want to spend extended periods of time out in the sun without sunscreen but try to get "about 15 min" every other day or so without it. Keep in mind too that the higher your melanin the more time you will need, i.e., the darker your skin the more time in the sun you would need to get enough vit D. So for some people, supplementation is necessary while for some it is not. Lots of cool facts are out there too about the importance of Vit D. It's not just needed for strong bones but it could be helpful in preventing cancer. Ok, enough rambling. Thank goodness for one very good "women's bodies: health and disease" teacher and a study on vit D at my university last semester! God bless, Steph |
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Bev D
Feb 24th, 2008 - 5:09 PM |
Re: Vitamin D3
Ok Sheila, don't brag about the flowers coming up. I still have about 5 inches of snow that is frozen like ice. It will be awhile before anything can push through the frozen ground. Last night on the news they showed that we have had 72" of the white stuff. I think we get around 24" normally and we are supposed to get another 4-5 on Tuesday.  We are leaving for Mexico on the 6th for my Son's wedding ~ I know I will be soaking up the D and enjoying the sun!!! Can you believe it has been two years since we both had our big surgery? I feel so great now. Yeah!!!! Take Care, Bev |
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