I took a vitamin D pill today. I think it has had adverse affects on my coldplaying topic starting abilities.

 

It is interesting, the pills are recommended for people in urban settings or bed ridden. hmmmm

 

Maybe I'll move out to the country and get some sunshine away from teh concrete shadows.

You seem to be a more intelligent version of Albie.

Compliment?

A backhanded one, maybe.

 

:P

YES!

^:lol:

 

Yeah, I take lots of them all the time. They keep me from getting achy and depressed in the winter. (Stupid SAD *grumble*)

Cool, yeah I think I'm going to take them regularly.

I don't think I clinically suffer from SAD, but I do hate winter with a burning passion. And life in general is just not as good when its dark and cold out.

Taking Melatonin is better :wink:

^Aches and pains in your bones and joints in the winter actually are the main symptom of vitamin D deficiency. I had a lightbox for years for the seratonin (melatonin helps you sleep) before I started taking vitamin D and it helped a lot. But nothing made as big a difference as just a little extra vit D every day. I couldn't believe how much better I felt.

 

This far north in winter between the low sun and bundling up for the cold if we ever dare go outside at all, we get next to no vit D naturally.

I take vitamin tablets but idk how much vitamin D specifically they have.

I rarely drink milk anymore, so as a woman (we're at more risk for osteoporosis later in life) I take Calcium + D (Vitamin D is needed for the absorption of calcium!) Very important to get enough calcium while our bones are still healthy, ladies. :nice:

I drink sunshine.

i dont take them, but i probably should. seeing as there's like, 3 hours of sunlight here in december.

15' a day of sunshine:sunny: works wonders (with no sunscreen on!) during summer, but in winter, that's only effective for people in the more tropical latitudes. Here, we need to get extra vitamin D, especially if you're indoors, and without a doubt during winter! Take plenty - it's better to get a bit more than you minimally need, than to worry about getting too much. Somewhere I had a reference for this (jogs memory..)..

Wintertime - for those of us not near the equator, the sun is too low on the horizon to be of any use in vitamin D production (because the UVB rays are blocked). We are essentially coasting on the Vit. D stored in our fat cells, and that reserve runs low over the wintertime. So I would recommend either taking extra D, getting a UVB lamp and shining it on your body, or eating the same diet as an Eskimo. :cool: (drinking or eating foods fortified with D is helpful as well..)

hmmm, I'll be on the hunt for an Inuit chef.

A good reference from a Canadian:Basic Nutrition: The Miracle of Vitamin D

(and no, cannibalism isn't allowed in Canada, although I am not quite sure about Canadian law or dietary practices..)

In my case, you just need a PE class under the sun.

 

God I hate the sun.

No, I do not take Vitamin D pills.

I dont, but it scares me that most people do. I'll start taking them I guess.

The best way to get your daily dose is by exposing yourself to sunlight as much as you can without getting sun burned. You should make it a habit to sit in the sun for around half an hour every day and ensure that you get enough of this vitamin.

 

No pills for me, sunlight is the best way to go :cool:

One of my doctors headed up a recent vitamin D study, and after the results, highly recommended that I take some (I just started this week). He said that even the most sun-loving sun lovers typically don't get enough vitamin D.

Mmm. Apparently I am Vitamin D deficient, but my doctor just told me to go sit outside in the sun everyday for 15 minutes. Which I don't do.

 

I don't want to have to bloody well take moar tablets tho, at one point I was given a prescription of 11 tablets a day - Cod Liver Oil, Iron and something else. I will not put up with having to take so many tablets as if I am a sick elderly person when I am young and fairly able.

 

Although, it would explain my retarded sleep habits/slight depression. Consider, consider.

I don't take Vitamin D pills....I drink milk instead

I take this vitamin D3 liquid. It taste good. I take this and a one a day vitamin. I hope I'm not overdosing.

 

Nope, my doctor said you have to take close to 50,000 IU to qualify as "overdosing". You're fine.