Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Vitamin D + You: Not a Vitamin, and Not One Size Fits All

For years, vitamin D was the Rodney Dangerfield of the nutrition world: It got no respect.   Vitamin D was viewed as a nutrient necessary in children to prevent rickets, a small quantity necessary to prevent osteopenia (bone-thinning) in adults. Mothers forced foul-tasting cod liver oil on the...
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Frederick N. Dyer
8/24/08 1:55pm

Dear Dr.

 

Have you noted any improvements in your patients who have cognitive impairment when you raise their vitamin D levels? Dr. John Cannell's web site mentions two informal supplement attemtps that apparently reduced dementia

 

 

4/ 6/11 2:38pm

I am 47 and my doctor just told me that my vitamin D is low 19.I already take a prenatel vitamin every other night.I am not pregnant but I am on them for about 8 years now since we were trying invitro.The vitamin I wasw first taking was changed to OB complete with DHA.The reason I take them every other night with dinner instead of every night is I was afraid it had too much vitamins.I was wondoring if I should take them every night instead of taking the vitamin D that my doctor wants to give me witch is 50000 units once a week.He said I could take them both but I'm afaid of too much vitamin D. 

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