In my early 20s, after moving to the Northwest from Arizona, I was having strange neurological problems. Fatigue, dizziness, vertigo. Dr did a full labs and my Vit D level was "severely deficient". I don't recall the exact number but I believe it was below 10 ng/ml.
I was prescribed 100,000 IUs of Vit D a day for a month, got my levels back up to a better (but not great, 20-30 ng/ml) range. Fast forward 5 years and after being sick as a dog every winter with colds & sinus infections I decided I should get tested again. 23 ng/ml. I took 10,000 IUs a day for 6 months, tested again, 26 ng/ml. Not good.
I did a bunch of research and settled upon an expensive UVB vitamin D light. Did it for 5 mins a day, almost every day, from a period of time between November and February, tested again, 59!!! ng/ml.
Now I rarely get sick, and when I do, I feel fine, I just get some congestion, ect.
I also am not vaxxed and haven't gotten covid yet....
Now it's part of my daily routine. Drink my morning coffee after a shower while using my light.
Next door neighbor is a cardiologist who treats Covid patients. Two things he’s told me: (1) if you walked through the ICU, you would not be surprised by anyone you saw; and (2) take vitamin D.
Too much work just let me be a fat useless narcissistic hypochondriac sending the plebs out to fetch my Grubhub and face the dEaDLy viRuS for me. Also I get a sticker with the vaccine!! And a donut!
Every day I take a supplement. Last lab test 54 ng/ml ! Why on earth aren't doing free vit D tests in the community? Talk about an issue that disproportionately affects people of darker skin pigmentation who also happen to be the least likely to go out and get tested in the first place.. Astounding. The first words out of every public health officials mouth: Exercise, if you're obese do something about it and make sure you have good Vit D levels. And what do we hear? Vax and masks.
When this mess blew up in early 2020 I went on the reddit COVID19 board and they had a lot of studies posted about the current knowledge of the pandemic and viral infections in general.
There was a very strong signal even then that "adequate" vitamin D levels was associated with better out comes from the rona. At that point, in March, we started eating vitamin D like Pezz candies. We test near 100 which some say is nearly toxic, but if you dose it with Vitamin K your toxicity which is usually expressed by hypercalcemia will be muted tremendously. D should be supplemented with K2 and magnesium to keep things in balance.
The upside for us is allergies are lessened and we have not had any cold symptoms at all. Also, we've been contact traced several times but came up with goose eggs.
One other point. Low vitamin D levels is heavily correlated with age, obesity, diabetes and oddly enough High Fructose Corn syrup consumption. The liver processes HFCS as well as the precursors for VD3. But the liver will favorably process the HFCS and leave the D3 in the queue- hence lowering the blood levels of D3. Stay away from HFCS as well as vegetable and seed oils as they suck as well!
Just sharing my story bc I literally laughed at my doctor when she wanted to test me. I’m a mom of a competitive soccer and baseball player. Between the two I attended over 50 games OUTSIDE. I don’t tend to wear sunscreen except on my face or if it’s a double header. I do tend to sit in the shade. But just walking to/from the games and setting up tents & chairs etc should be an appropriate amount of time for vit D exposure. At the end of my son’s season this particular year we made it to their World Series in Florida. We were there for 10 days! The next week I had my annual and the dr said she wanted to test me. I laughed. But look at my tan I said! Well joke was on me. I was deficient. I supplemented 2000 units a day until March 2020. I then upped it to 5000 with vitamin K2 added (from amazon). I did get covid in February 2021. I didn’t realize my “allergies” were covid until the 4th day when I lost taste and smell totally. I waited a month and tested my antibodies which were positive. Something in our foods, in our environment, idk what, is prohibiting proper vit D synthesis naturally. It is the one thing I have preached since 2020. Take vit D!!
I love that this community is posting information that I can share, with links and studies, with documentation. Even if I can only talk to a few people in my circle, still, I can have some small impact, and you and these other authors are so important for me to be able to do that.
Your reach is bigger than you know. Even if only by my small community.
Last 6 months Vit D levels, 50 / 70 / 86, now backing off a little on supplement. I always see the minimum and maximum or reccomended / safe dosage, but I seldom see, have your Vit D level checked by your doctor, then have doctor suggest a daily doasge, then retest in 1 to 2 months, then have doctor adjust dose to keep you in his reccomended range. I have been on this regimen for three years, primarily for metabolic health, weight (lost 80 pounds) and mood management (kicked anti-depressants and benzos). If your general practioner is not comfortable advising on this, seek out an endocrinologist to assess your baseline metabolic and cardiac markers then formulate a plan to improve all your markers that might be out of range. You can take control of your own health.
US public heath officials refuse to talk about lowering risk from getting infected with COVID and about early treatment if you get COVID. We all must worship at the altar of our GOD-- the vaccine. To them there is no other way.
Ron Paul was talking about the need for Vitamin D in March 2020. It provides good protection against most viral pulmonary infection. It also lowers risk for heart disease and several cancers. If nothing else good comes out of this insanity, at least a lot of people learned about the benefits of supporting health with supplements.
Funny how this works: "note that this is a FAR greater level of efficacy than that shown in societal data from vaccines." Of course, I saw articles about this more than a year ago. It shouldn't be a shock.
Walk around in the sunshine! It tackles Vitamin D AND obesity, and is absolutely free! This is what I have been doing this whole time, and it took 3 days for me to put covid completely in the rearview mirror.
Glad I live in a sunny locale- but I still take supplements (and love my "shrooms"!) Out on my mountain bike and hiking in the daylight hours (swim in the dark at 5 a.m. to save on sunscreen!) :-) Cats sure know best, don't they!
I didn’t realize how important vitamin D3 is until the CCP virus hit. Now I’m a regular user of vitamin D3. Another mineral that you should take is zinc. Both are available over the counter in Quercitin.
The public has been SCARED to DEATH to go out and get sun for decades. Hey kitten I hope you use raw milk and not that stuff with all the antibodies in it! LOTS of online testing you can do from our home. Pay for it yourself. Labs tell you should be 30 or more but if you listen to any of the Disinformation Dozen it should be above 50 at the very least! As an aside have you ever noticed that kids with autism are really, really, pale? HMM (google Dr. John Cannell he has work on that one!)
Personal vitamin D saga:
In my early 20s, after moving to the Northwest from Arizona, I was having strange neurological problems. Fatigue, dizziness, vertigo. Dr did a full labs and my Vit D level was "severely deficient". I don't recall the exact number but I believe it was below 10 ng/ml.
I was prescribed 100,000 IUs of Vit D a day for a month, got my levels back up to a better (but not great, 20-30 ng/ml) range. Fast forward 5 years and after being sick as a dog every winter with colds & sinus infections I decided I should get tested again. 23 ng/ml. I took 10,000 IUs a day for 6 months, tested again, 26 ng/ml. Not good.
I did a bunch of research and settled upon an expensive UVB vitamin D light. Did it for 5 mins a day, almost every day, from a period of time between November and February, tested again, 59!!! ng/ml.
Now I rarely get sick, and when I do, I feel fine, I just get some congestion, ect.
I also am not vaxxed and haven't gotten covid yet....
Now it's part of my daily routine. Drink my morning coffee after a shower while using my light.
Next door neighbor is a cardiologist who treats Covid patients. Two things he’s told me: (1) if you walked through the ICU, you would not be surprised by anyone you saw; and (2) take vitamin D.
Elderly / nursing home - not enough time outside/ reduced dietary intake.
Biggest casualty of COVID.
Obese - vit D is fat soluble/ low vit D levels associated with obesity.
2nd biggest cohort for COVID mortality/ morbidity.
Darker skinned people in low sunlight climes - disproportionately affected by COVID mortality/ morbidity.
Coincidence?
Too much work just let me be a fat useless narcissistic hypochondriac sending the plebs out to fetch my Grubhub and face the dEaDLy viRuS for me. Also I get a sticker with the vaccine!! And a donut!
Every day I take a supplement. Last lab test 54 ng/ml ! Why on earth aren't doing free vit D tests in the community? Talk about an issue that disproportionately affects people of darker skin pigmentation who also happen to be the least likely to go out and get tested in the first place.. Astounding. The first words out of every public health officials mouth: Exercise, if you're obese do something about it and make sure you have good Vit D levels. And what do we hear? Vax and masks.
When this mess blew up in early 2020 I went on the reddit COVID19 board and they had a lot of studies posted about the current knowledge of the pandemic and viral infections in general.
There was a very strong signal even then that "adequate" vitamin D levels was associated with better out comes from the rona. At that point, in March, we started eating vitamin D like Pezz candies. We test near 100 which some say is nearly toxic, but if you dose it with Vitamin K your toxicity which is usually expressed by hypercalcemia will be muted tremendously. D should be supplemented with K2 and magnesium to keep things in balance.
The upside for us is allergies are lessened and we have not had any cold symptoms at all. Also, we've been contact traced several times but came up with goose eggs.
One other point. Low vitamin D levels is heavily correlated with age, obesity, diabetes and oddly enough High Fructose Corn syrup consumption. The liver processes HFCS as well as the precursors for VD3. But the liver will favorably process the HFCS and leave the D3 in the queue- hence lowering the blood levels of D3. Stay away from HFCS as well as vegetable and seed oils as they suck as well!
Just sharing my story bc I literally laughed at my doctor when she wanted to test me. I’m a mom of a competitive soccer and baseball player. Between the two I attended over 50 games OUTSIDE. I don’t tend to wear sunscreen except on my face or if it’s a double header. I do tend to sit in the shade. But just walking to/from the games and setting up tents & chairs etc should be an appropriate amount of time for vit D exposure. At the end of my son’s season this particular year we made it to their World Series in Florida. We were there for 10 days! The next week I had my annual and the dr said she wanted to test me. I laughed. But look at my tan I said! Well joke was on me. I was deficient. I supplemented 2000 units a day until March 2020. I then upped it to 5000 with vitamin K2 added (from amazon). I did get covid in February 2021. I didn’t realize my “allergies” were covid until the 4th day when I lost taste and smell totally. I waited a month and tested my antibodies which were positive. Something in our foods, in our environment, idk what, is prohibiting proper vit D synthesis naturally. It is the one thing I have preached since 2020. Take vit D!!
Hey Bad Cat, thanks for this post and the data that you show.
I would also refer your readers to Heather Heying's post today (https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/vitamind) with dozens of links to studies that show excellent data on the importance of Vitamin D and Mathew Crawford's post (https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/heather-heying-on-vitamin-d-for-covid) which echoes her conclusions.
I love that this community is posting information that I can share, with links and studies, with documentation. Even if I can only talk to a few people in my circle, still, I can have some small impact, and you and these other authors are so important for me to be able to do that.
Your reach is bigger than you know. Even if only by my small community.
Bad cat.
Last 6 months Vit D levels, 50 / 70 / 86, now backing off a little on supplement. I always see the minimum and maximum or reccomended / safe dosage, but I seldom see, have your Vit D level checked by your doctor, then have doctor suggest a daily doasge, then retest in 1 to 2 months, then have doctor adjust dose to keep you in his reccomended range. I have been on this regimen for three years, primarily for metabolic health, weight (lost 80 pounds) and mood management (kicked anti-depressants and benzos). If your general practioner is not comfortable advising on this, seek out an endocrinologist to assess your baseline metabolic and cardiac markers then formulate a plan to improve all your markers that might be out of range. You can take control of your own health.
US public heath officials refuse to talk about lowering risk from getting infected with COVID and about early treatment if you get COVID. We all must worship at the altar of our GOD-- the vaccine. To them there is no other way.
Ron Paul was talking about the need for Vitamin D in March 2020. It provides good protection against most viral pulmonary infection. It also lowers risk for heart disease and several cancers. If nothing else good comes out of this insanity, at least a lot of people learned about the benefits of supporting health with supplements.
Funny how this works: "note that this is a FAR greater level of efficacy than that shown in societal data from vaccines." Of course, I saw articles about this more than a year ago. It shouldn't be a shock.
Walk around in the sunshine! It tackles Vitamin D AND obesity, and is absolutely free! This is what I have been doing this whole time, and it took 3 days for me to put covid completely in the rearview mirror.
Glad I live in a sunny locale- but I still take supplements (and love my "shrooms"!) Out on my mountain bike and hiking in the daylight hours (swim in the dark at 5 a.m. to save on sunscreen!) :-) Cats sure know best, don't they!
I didn’t realize how important vitamin D3 is until the CCP virus hit. Now I’m a regular user of vitamin D3. Another mineral that you should take is zinc. Both are available over the counter in Quercitin.
The public has been SCARED to DEATH to go out and get sun for decades. Hey kitten I hope you use raw milk and not that stuff with all the antibodies in it! LOTS of online testing you can do from our home. Pay for it yourself. Labs tell you should be 30 or more but if you listen to any of the Disinformation Dozen it should be above 50 at the very least! As an aside have you ever noticed that kids with autism are really, really, pale? HMM (google Dr. John Cannell he has work on that one!)