Vitamin D UV lamp??
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tcunbeliever wrote: »Vitamin D is produced from exposure to UVB light - the same light you will find in bulbs designed for reptiles, which sell for around $10...pair it with a cheap chick clamp lamp for another $10 and you can clip it anywhere you want so that it shines on you...if you want to try a lamp for Vit D therapy, why not start with a cheaper option?
Hmm. Cancer, itch, hermaphrodism?
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In Calgary (Western Canada), they won't even test vitamin D anymore at labs, even when ordered by doctors because EVERYONE is low or low normal. LOL I think even in early July we would have to sunbath a couple of hours (naked) to get enough D.
We're the sunniest city in Canada. Sunny about 333 days of the year which is even more than Arizona BUT we get about half of the hours of sunlight and what light we get is weaker from the low angle of the sun. Vitamin D deficiency is a given.
I read that the Natives from around here naturally ate certain animals that were higher in D though.... I wonder if they got enough D from that? And the Inuit too?
Yes. I was involved in a clinical study looking at Vit D, stress markers, and a couple other things, and EVERYONE was very low. The study coordinator mentioned that this is common at our latitude (this was in Vancouver, BC) and you would have to have arms and legs bare and exposed to the sun for hours per day in the summer to get the recommended amount (this was also before they increased the RDA) and that even in the summer, the vast majority of the population is low on Vit D. This was more than 5 years ago though. Didn't realize they won't test for it now. Maybe I should start up a side business...
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When I was having severe energy and pain issues, my doctor suspected fibro and also low Vitamin D. He said that people with fibro or depression almost always test low on D, but said the jury was out on which was the cause and which was the effect. The lab test showed <0.4 (My guess is that's as sensitive as the lab equipment could detect. Probably should have gone in before I felt at death's door.) My doctor immediately started me on prescription D. 50,000 units once a week for a couple of months and to spend as much time as possible outside. Within about a month my energy levels were getting close to normal.
I'm not sure that a lamp would help much though. I take 5,000 D daily in addition to my lifestyle; I live in San Diego, CA, am outside gardening almost everyday year round and have a very low level of stress, and yet I don't have high levels of D. My last test put me in the lower end of normal range.
I suspect that there is an underlying reason that some people burn through D that hasn't been addressed or studied. I think there might be some merit in studies that look into the causes of low vitamin D and how to retain it as opposed to what to sell people to increase it.3 -
AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »I think it acts as a sun-block!
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Honestly, I'm not sure, but if you're going to dry them, it's best to leave them 'au naturel' I would imagine....
I preserve mushrooms by doing the above, then lacto-fermenting them....
Lacto-fermenting? 0
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