Health Boards
Wed-13-03-2024, 22:17 PM
At a glance I found this: Taking 60,000 international units (IU) a day of vitamin D for several months has been shown to cause toxicity.
That's a lot. I know for a bit my doc had me on 5000 IU a day and it worried me a bit. I now take (when I remember) 1000 IU a day. I guess 600 is the recommended dosage for most. However, in the summertime I do try to be outside more as I think the reason we are (most) deficient is that people do not spend time outside as much these days. Due to lifestyle and also worries about skin cancer and such. And although the 60000 a day is a lot, I would think that just abusing it over time at even a lesser amount could possibly cause some health issues. I'm sure that would depend on how much, how long and person to person.
That's a lot. I know for a bit my doc had me on 5000 IU a day and it worried me a bit. I now take (when I remember) 1000 IU a day. I guess 600 is the recommended dosage for most. However, in the summertime I do try to be outside more as I think the reason we are (most) deficient is that people do not spend time outside as much these days. Due to lifestyle and also worries about skin cancer and such. And although the 60000 a day is a lot, I would think that just abusing it over time at even a lesser amount could possibly cause some health issues. I'm sure that would depend on how much, how long and person to person.
