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Author Re: Low vitamin D levels: a greater risk of nursing home admission
Larry

2006-10-01, 2:30 am

Still ... to have your serum vitamin D measured and to titer up your
dosage to the point where you are certain that you are in the normal
range is the lowest risk and safest way to proceed.

Larry E.

Matti Narkia wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:33:00 -0400, Larry <larry@nospam.net> wrote:
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> If you only supplement in the winter and don't exceed 4000 IU/d (or
> actually 10000 IU/d), the chances for overdosing are practically
> nonexistent. But there could be enormous costs for not supplementing
> due to increased risks of osteoporosis, cancer, multiple sclerosis,
> type 1 and 2 diabetes, arthritis, congestive heart failure, etc.
> If in doubt limit your daily dose to 2000 IU/d, which is regarded
> absolutely safe by both American and European authorities.
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