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Old 10-13-2009, 03:55 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by LisaS View Post
Mine was 13 when I had it tested thru grassroots.org - so I'm going with 6-8K IU a day and then retesting in 3 or 4 months and will adjust from there. Even if there was a large margin of error due to the way I was tested, I'm way below optimum levels.

Vit D is a hormone after all, and what level of supplement it takes to get you up to optimum levels varies as it would for thyroid or insulin or any other hormone. It isn't really good to think of it like Vit C with a more constant daily allowance.
Wow, that's crazy, considering where you live!

Do you wear a lot of sunscreen or avoid the sun? I'm just curious.

And why did grassroots.org test it? Isn't that a nonprofit support organization?
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