Vitamin D deficiency currently 16

yes, 1000 iu twice a day, until further notice......was low when checked....caused by gluten issues that just became apparent....although I have had symptoms for a long time....

maybe I will increase the vit D3....by looking at other responses....I guess maybe 1000 iu twice a day may not be enough...I am still very fatigued...just thought it was the gluten...still eating this way cause of the tests that still need to be done....when tested, after finding out I had a gluten issue, I was low in ALL fat sol vits, high in Calcium, low thyroid, (before the tests my DR didn't even want me taking vits at all...LOL) low in B vits, even tho my multi was 500% of min daily levels...LOL

thanks for all your ideas...

gluten does not do that to you. I am on a gluten free diet because I am allergic to wheat. When I eat anything with wheat in it I get terrible stomach problems. I was actually tested for Celiac Disease. Which they have to do genetic testing for and it was neg. Gluten does not make you tired.

If anyone has Gluten issues there are many products that are Gluten free which are great especially Schar. Go on their website they have many receipts that are good. It is a whole way of living. If your hair and makeup products can effect you if you are gluten sensitive.

Yes I am Vitamin D deficient I have been on 2000 i.u.D3 for 6 years now. I get blood work done every 4 months. I am learning that a lot of people have this. For some reason the doctors never explain why. I eat food with D in it, get plenty of sun but I still am Vitamin D deficient. SO go figure.

because our foods - even the ones with D in them - don't have as much as they used to due to all the processing that has gone on over the last 50 years.

and we don't live in a good area of the world to get D from the sun

This is one of best explanations I have heard so far.

I'm having trouble understanding how "processing" has eliminated the vit D in the foods we eat, but I'm not necessarily arguing with the conclusion that our foods are lower in vit D. I just don't see how the explanation is the ever-popular "processing". Food choices, yes, I can see that...or perhaps growing practices or selective breeding...

I have an alternative concept. I also don't know about the food processing-vitamin D connection.

BUT

Magnesium is a necessary co-factor for proper vitamin D absorption- it helps convert vit-D to it's usable form. Our diets, due to a variety of factors including improper soil-nutrient rejuvenation has made our diets lower and lower in natural magnesium. Magnesium deficiency is often overlooked, and there's evidence that even supplementing HYOOGE doses of vit-D is ineffective in people with magnesium deficiency. People are generally recommended by apt practitioners to take D and magnesium together. So, I can see where the decline of magnesium in our diets could lead to increasing vit-D deficiency.

I'm 2000 IU/day but I'm REALLY bad at taking them. I have to make myself remember. I feel so much better when I take them!

Same here. Exposing your arms for about 10-15 mins in the Sun should result in like 10000 IU of VitD. And its not like I live in a cave or only come out at night, lol. My doc said over half the people she sees are deficient, its that common. Becoming problematic in infants and children too. It can affect a number of things in the body so its definitely worth the bloodwork to get checked out!

I live in southern Wisconsin at almost 43 degrees north. This time of year I could lay outside butt nekked from sunup to sundown on a cloudless day and not make any vitamin D. (But I might make Google Maps if I did that.)

This winter I sat in a tanning bed for 3 minutes, on two separate occasions. It "felt like summer" and was quite energizing for the rest of the day.

2000 iu daily. I live in Oregon lots of clouds and rain. I do good until March then I start getting really bothered by the lack of sun.:sad:

I was low when they did blood work. I take 10000iu daily.
I am a MS patient and research has shown that a lack in Vit D is directly related to MS - its symptoms and side effects.
I can tell a difference in myself since I have been taking it and it has helped reduce the side effects that I have the day after my MS injection. I have to get my blood work every 6months to check my liver functions from my MS injection - the last time my levels were normal so it has helped.

I'm on 50,000 ius until March (was tested last April and was extremely low).

whether doctors agree or not, our levels SHOULD be anywhere from 60 to 80.

most of us are in the teens or 20s.

it's a WORLD of difference when you get those levels to where they should be.

^^ Yep! ^^ Although my D came back in the "normal range" at 30, since I've been supplementing with 5000 IU a day I've felt soooo much better (energy, mood, etc)! I can see why the optimal range really is at least 60.

And Naomi - I also agree with you! I live in sunny Florida and try to avoid the sun. I don't want to risk melanoma... and wrinkles!!

I am in the UK and was diagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency back in June last year. I was getting reccurrent shingles in my face and no one could work out why.

He prescribed a Vitamin D spray, 3000iu, per spray under the tongue, for immediate absorption into the bloodstream. This apparently is much more efficient than ingested Vitamin D supplements.

By November, my levels had gone from 6 to 78 ( the lower end of normal). It took a while to get up to an effective level, but I am pleased to say that the shingles has stopped, and I am feeling back to normal. I had been suffering from Roseacea/ Shingles for 6 years before starting this therapy.

They say that every cell in the body has Vitamin D receptors, so deficiency can have far reaching effects.
This is the spray I am using : BetterYou DLux 3000 - Daily 3000iu Vitamin D Oral Spray - 15ml

Amazon sell it.

I have to carry on using this until the spring when my levels will be checked again.

I hope you find this information interesting!