Importance of Vitamin D

04ward
04ward Posts: 196 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm not a milk drinker and I take a multivitamin but it only has 200 mg Vitamin D3 in it. I was reading online that if you are Vitamin D deficient, you won't lose weight. After 40 days on MFP and the scales never moving (although I was losing some inches), I started taking 2000 mg of D3, 4x a day and now the scales is finally starting to move! Is there a connection or after 40 days was it the timing? Caution - YOU CAN OVER take Vitamin D and have to watch but I know from what I eat and not being outside that I had to be low. Once I can start getting outside in the sun more, I will cut back. I'm just curious if anyone else has experienced this?

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  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,304 Member
    Lack of vitamin D has issues for osteoporosis and in extreme deficiency in childhood for rickets - but have never heard of any link to weight loss.

    Can't see how it could possibly have this effect.
  • MaggieLoo79
    MaggieLoo79 Posts: 288 Member
    That's interesting! I need to check into this. Thanks! :happy:
  • 04ward
    04ward Posts: 196 Member
    Here are a couple interesting articles:

    http://www.menshealth.com/weight-loss/burn-fat-fast

    http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/GeneralEndocrinology/44793
  • carrieous
    carrieous Posts: 1,024 Member
    many women are deficient in vitamin D and it can also lead to depression. Women should get tested regularly to see if they are deficient. greek yogurt is a good source of D
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    This is not what I thought this thread was gonna be 'bout.
  • sweetnlow30
    sweetnlow30 Posts: 497 Member
    I can definitely attest to the importance of vitamin D! Last year I was sent to a thyroid specialist because I was losing my hair badly and I was always cold and tired even though I was eating healthy and losing weight at a healthy pace. My symptoms mimicked hypothyroidism but my blood work came back normal. The specialist was quick to diagnose my problem as a severe vitamin D deficiency. After three months on a high dose of vitamin D my hair loss stopped and I started feeling better. During that time I was still losing weight though so I am not sure on the weight loss correlation.
  • baba_helly
    baba_helly Posts: 810 Member
    I've been getting plenty of vitamin D
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    vitamin D deficiency can jack with your metabolism due to it causes hormonal imbalances. These imbalances can also lead to a number of other health issues. If you think you are deficient you should get some blood work done to be sure. A lot of people are deficient in vitamin D because they lack dietary fat in their diets...vitamin D is fat soluble and thus requires dietary fat to be absorbed. Also get some sunshine.

    I am vitamin D deficient despite getting plenty of sunshine and having plenty of dietary fat in my diet...I take 5,000 IU daily. You should get checked before supplementing though as it is possible to have vitamin D toxicity as well if you over do it.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I love getting the D everyday... :drinker: :smokin:
  • bellesouth18
    bellesouth18 Posts: 1,071 Member
    Thanks for posting this. I take a calcium supplement that has some Vitamin D in it, but don't know how much I'm truly getting. A deficiency may explain some of my symptoms that were mentioned by another poster (Sweetnlow)--as well as being stalled in my weight loss. I'm going to look into this further. :flowerforyou:
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I've been getting plenty of vitamin D

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  • darkguardian419
    darkguardian419 Posts: 1,302 Member
    There's a lot of people in search of the D here....
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    I've been getting plenty of vitamin D

    :laugh: :flowerforyou:
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I love getting the D everyday... :drinker: :smokin:

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  • thirteeninches
    thirteeninches Posts: 61 Member
    A lot of people are borderline Vit D deficient. If you are concerned, get your serum levels checked. Vit D helps absorption and regulates Calcium and Phosphorus in the body, among other things (Mg and Fe pretty sure), Most people know what Ca is good for, but P is essential for energy exchanges inside the cell body and for taking care of your body tissue. That might answer the weight loss question. People with normal levels of Vit D do tend to maintain their weight more easily (or are capable of losing properly).

    Vit D is also related to cholesterol levels. Vit D is metabolized into cholesterol, which is responsible for making hormones. So a too low cholesterol can also go along with a Vit D deficiency and a normal cholesterol level is really important for cell wall integrity and the ability of the cell to communicate with it's neighbors. (This is part of the reason the low fat diet fad was such a disaster.) So you don't have to take a supplement to get Vit D-just make sure you are getting enough cholesterol in your diet. Or, my doctor told me last year when my D levels were below 10 (the lowest they should be is 30 in blood serum) 15 minutes a day three times a week of direct sunlight on bare skin is a safe way to get Vit D.

    I encourage you, and others who think they might have the same problem, to go to your doctor and get your levels checked regularly.
  • iPlatano
    iPlatano Posts: 487 Member
    I love getting the D everyday...
    Good woman ;)
  • 04ward
    04ward Posts: 196 Member
    many women are deficient in vitamin D and it can also lead to depression. Women should get tested regularly to see if they are deficient. greek yogurt is a good source of D

    Not all greek yogurts have Vitamin D so you should check the label to see. :)

    http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/on-fitness/2009/04/16/which-yogurts-have-vitamin-d-these-17-yogurt-products-do

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