Vitamin D

bednobs | 19:35 Mon 05th Oct 2020 | Body & Soul

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I keep seeing things saying extra vit D is good to take this time of year. What dose?

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/////BOTTOM LINE: Vitamin D intake is recommended at 400–800 IU/day, or 10–20 micrograms. However, some studies suggest that a higher daily intake of 1000–4000 IU (25–100 micrograms) is needed to maintain optimal blood levels.////

13:31 Tue 06th Oct 2020

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LadyCG

Providing you are not in the deficient range, 800iu daily should be sufficient to keep your levels nicely topped up.

Sqad

4000IU daily

LadyCG

Bednobs, I am so sorry to ask and please forgive me if I have got this horribly wrong, but did little Francesca pass away? xx

Theland

We . are taking it now. Makes sense does no harm.

LadyCG

Au contraire, Vitamin D is highly toxic in a high enough quantity. Technically 21mg is a lethal dose, but seeing as 800iu equates to 20mcg (one thousandth of a mg) it is highly unlikely you'd ever get to ingest a lethal dose.

198kHz

"How much vitamin D should you take? Public Health England and the NHS recommend everyone takes a daily 10mcg supplement (this is sometimes labelled on supplements as 400 IU – International Units). But with many retailers selling different variations of ‘high-strength’ vitamin D, from 25mcg to 100mcg, it can be tempting to reach for the highest number. The NHS advises children aged 11 to 17 and adults not to take more than 100mcg of vitamin D a day as it could be harmful. Children between one and 10 should not take more than 50mcg a day. Bear in mind high-dose vitamin D will be more expensive too. Unless you think you’re likely to be severely deficient, there’s no need to go to these upper limits."
Source: https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/09/vitamin-d-how-much-should-you-take-and-whos-most-at-risk/

pastafreak

Unless you live in the sun all summer long, you're likely to be deficient in the UK.
I've always upped my dose in winter...I never get much sun.
Vitamin D may be even more important for us with covid. Not a cure, but as a form of protection according to some research.

LadyCG

There is encouraging evidence that those with higher levels of vitamin D are less susceptible to the ravaging effects of Covid (although it won't stop you getting Covid in the first place).

As Pasta says, those of use who lives in the Northern hemisphere have a degree of hypovitaminosis D at this time of the year so a daily supplement is not a bad idea, as long as you don't over-supplement.

Barsel

I take one of these a day.If you buy from Tesco 3 for 2 you get about 9 months for £10.

Barsel

Sorry, I forgot the link.
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/266458362

Purist

I bought a supermarket multivitamin which gives 200ui a day of vit D, it works for me as my previous blood test showed I was deficient and subsequent blood tests since taking the multivitamins for the past few months have shown me now in the normal range. I got covid in march and still have symptoms now, I have "long covid" which could have been made worse by my low levels of vit d at the time.

gingejbee

You may find vitamin supplements a bit hard to find in supermarkets at the moment....I noticed yesterday (in Waitrose) lots of empty spaces and "temporarily unavailable" notices on the vitamin shelves.