--- On Mon, 9/7/09, Kirk Kleinschmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


And don't be lulled into the "taking more than 1,000 to 2,000 IU/day is bad for you" BS. The doctors and scientists who specialize in vitamin D research say that's not enough even for a toddler! You can't create toxicity with vitamin D unless you eat three months' worth a day for several weeks (unless you have a rare genetic disorder that causes you to already overproduce vitamin D internally, which you'd likely already know). Just make sure you get the "25 hydroxy" blood test and NOT THE OTHER ONE.

I take vitamin D3, 1000 iu about three days a week.  Texas has lots of sunshine.  Modern man must be eating or drinking something that flushes D out of the body if so many are low in this nutrient OR blocks the assimilation.  Maybe calcium.....?   Nutrients work in concert.  If one is too high doesn't this tip the scale and affect the others?  I have read that this is true of the B's.  I think I'll have some blood work done.