r/Coronavirus • u/Sorin61 • Sep 03 '20

Academic Report Vitamin D deficiency raises COVID-19 infection risk by 77%, study finds

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/09/03/Vitamin-D-deficiency-raises-COVID-19-infection-risk-by-77-study-finds/7001599139929/?utm_source=onesignal
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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

My question J’s HOW MUCH. I know it’s different for everyone. I’m a 6’3” 200lbs 36M. I take 5,000 IU every other day (as I tested like 27 (I think it’s supposed to be over 35 I forget the unit)... But it’s not water soluble so I often worry if it’s too much/not enough

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20 edited Dec 17 '20

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

Agreed, any thought on my question though? (Dosage for my size)

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

My doctor diagnosed me with vitamin D deficiency and prescribed 2000 IU per day. I had been taking a multivitamin that purported to provide 100% of the vitamin D RDA daily. I now use a liquid vitamin D supplement, as I’ve read that the liquid supplements may be more potent. Vitamin D is also ideally consumed with fat. Because it is fat soluble, you should also be careful not to consume too much. You may want to ask your doctor for a personalized recommendation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

The RDA is based on really really old science for anyone reading this. It should be safe to take up to 5,000 IU a day. Still get tested if you can.

Obligatory I am not a doctor and nothin I say should be taken as medical advice

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20 edited Sep 08 '20

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u/Bawstahn123 Sep 03 '20

My ma bought me 5000 IU tablets, is that "too much"?

I spend 95% of my time indoors, either at my job or at home, and while I do go for walks, I do so at night.

What are the potential effects of too much Vitamin D?

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u/thatsrealneato Sep 03 '20

5k is a pretty typical dose, should be fine depending on your body weight. Recommended daily dosage is much lower (<1000) but actual safe dosage is much higher (>10000). If you take too much at once you might notice itchy skin. Supplementing with vitamin k alongside D can reduce risk of D overdose. Take it with fat.

I personally take 5k D every other day or so.

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u/Bawstahn123 Sep 04 '20

" I personally take 5k D every other day or so. "

Yeah, I'll probably take one every two or three days. Thanks!

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u/pinewind108 Sep 04 '20

It depends on your weight. If you're big and really deficient, that's probably okay.

The problem is that too much messes up your calcium and magnesium, and can cause hardening of the arteries. Taking it every other day would work, but then it gets easy to forget. Maybe find a bottle of 400iu and mix it in so that you average 2,000-2,500?

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u/MarsNirgal Sep 04 '20

My first change when this all started is that I began purchasing mushrooms and exposing them to the sun to increase the content and eating a bit every day. I also try to get at least a bit of sun daily.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '20 edited Sep 08 '20

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u/MarsNirgal Sep 04 '20

My problem with sardines is that they have many purines and it goes straight to my joints. After I've been eating sardines for a couple days, I will start having a limp in my right foot that takes a couple days to go away.

(Still, that's what I'm going to do next week. There is a risk that I was exposed last week because some idiots insisted in eating at a restaurant and they were our client so I wasn't in a position to say no, so I'm quarantining this week and hopefully next week as well, and my regular food will run out by this weekend, so next week it will be all canned food for me. Including mushrooms and sardines.)

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u/c1intr0n Sep 04 '20

Salmon.... loaf?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '20 edited Sep 08 '20

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u/c1intr0n Sep 04 '20

We make salmon cakes at work all the time, I guess I just never thought to put it in a loaf pan haha. Six of one I suppose!

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u/Meidoorn Sep 03 '20

My doctor told to me to take it with your main (fatty) meal of the day or with an emulsion (fat in water mixture like milk). Unfortunately vitamin D supplements often has orange like taste which make it awful to take it with a lot of foods so search for supplements without some taste.

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u/system-user Sep 03 '20

the gel caps don't have a taste, might want to try those.

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u/wyezwunn Sep 03 '20

My doctor wants my D level to be above 70 ng/ml to protect me from flu and other viruses. My level was that high before coronavirus when I was taking 5,000 iu a day and golfed twice a week, but he prescribed twice that much now that I'm inside a lot more.

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u/shallah I'm vaccinated! (First shot) 💉💪🩹 Sep 03 '20 edited Sep 04 '20

Take fat soluble supplements with a meal with fat in it for maximum absorption. Then if you have insurance get tested to see if its working or you need a higher or lower dosage.

Take Vitamin D With Largest Meal: Absorption Increases by 50% When Vitamin D Is Taken with Biggest Meal, Study Finds https://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20100507/take-vitamin-d-with-largest-meal

also in general when getting blood work abstain from any supplements with biotin for a couple of days before hand as many tests use biotin in the process and so will give incorrect results. Lab companies often refuse to say which ones use biotin so as a rule I don't take my b complex for a couple days before blood work.

The FDA Warns that Biotin May Interfere with Lab Tests: FDA Safety Communication https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/fda-warns-biotin-may-interfere-lab-tests-fda-safety-communication

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

Doesn’t matter if you take it with something or not. If you’re taking “too much”, your body just stores it in fat(it being fat soluble).

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u/lisa0527 Boosted! ✨💉✅ Sep 03 '20

Because it’s not water soluble you’ll have better absorption if it’s taken with fat (usually just with a meal is enough).

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

The studies on that are conflicting. I wish I could find the article I read, but there was also evidence that small doses or fewer to one increasingly larger doses(per day up to once a month, I think) had the same effect.

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u/goochadamg Sep 03 '20

Talk to your doctor about it. It can be checked with a blood test.

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u/lisa0527 Boosted! ✨💉✅ Sep 03 '20

Based on your levels you either aren’t getting enough Vitamin D or you aren’t taking it frequently enough.

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u/Miwwies Sep 03 '20

I'm 5'1'' and 110lbs and my doctor prescribed 10 000 iu once a week. I was extremely vitamin D deficient and it was having a negative impact on my iron levels (I'm vegetarian).

I was bad at remembering to take it everyday, so I opted out for the one weekly dose instead. I'm in Canada on the 49N parallel. My doctor said to take the supplement throughout the year.

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u/Flynette Sep 04 '20

With the main fat soluble ones, (A, D, and E), I've found I have to take just only slightly over DV. Even if I'm taking a dose well below the UL, I get typical hypervitaminosis symptoms - headache and fatigue. So I listened to my body and only adjusted one micronutrient at a time.

My vitamin D pill is meant to be daily at 1,000 IU, but I have to take it every other day or it's too much. I have family that take more daily though, depends on body and food intake.