Continuing the discussion from Garlicky Chicken with Lemon-Anchovy Sauce:
so I’m taking the vitamin D topic off my Garlcky Chicken recipe and moving it here, as I’ve just looked at my latest labs and (drum roll)
My Vitamin D is now just barely in range! I took the once a week super dose pills for 8 weeks and now I’m taking the 2000/day of the Costco D3. I don’t feel any different, but I guess it’s a good thing to have wiped out one “abnormal” HIGH or LOW mark on one line of lab results.
Yay! It’s nice to have one less thing a doctor can nag you about. 
Are you taking Vitamin K-2 along with your Vitamin D? I had heard that it was important when taking Vit D but sometimes it’s hard to find trusted advice for vitamins…
no I’m not. atm I’m not taking any other vitamins, although my PCP wants me to be taking a prescription one called FABB, it’s folic acid plus 2 B vitamins.
I do take a Vitamin D supplement. My levels are normally in range, but probably because I take the supplement 
It was actually one of the reasons my metabolic specialist doctor started to suspect I’m not Type 2… I don’t really have signs of metabolic syndrome, and I’m not insulin resistant to any significant degree (and apparently Vitamin D deficiency is one of the classic correlations with insulin resistance).
But, I still take it, since I live way up North and we don’t get enough sunlight (especially this time of year, with the sun up at 8:00am and down again by 3:30am*).
*PM. Thanks David
8:00 AM to 3:30 AM? 19½ hours is one LONG day.
Never mind, we know what you meant. 
LOL
Marie, you may not feel any different at the moment but having sufficient Vitamin D affects all kinds of things, metabolic and otherwise. Good job!
Good job, Marie! My Vitamin D has usually been tested in the winter, so it has almost always come up either low. I started taking 5000IE of D3 per day. When last tested - at the end of summer this year, it came up at 33 (just above the 32-50 optimal range). To me, that seems like I’ve been taking too little, since, as winter approaches, my access to sunlight will dramatically decrease where I live.
I found this article interesting.
The story seems to be about amounts of Vitamin D taken orally, not so much about actual levels as measured by lab tests. That said, I’d rather depend on what the lab measures. In my case substantial supplementation is needed to stay within the reference range, and the very bottom edge of the range at that.
As far as toxicity is concerned, it’s a truism that pretty much _anything i_s toxic in sufficient amounts. Another reason to measure one’s actual level. Otherwise any regime is just based on guesswork, not data.
I am amazed that so many people seem to have had vitamin D levels tested. I have never heard of anyone on this side of the pond having vitamin D levels tested as part of a routine medical screen
We are also pretty far North (latitude 56 degrees N) , so sunrise around 8.00 am and sunset around 4.00 pm. Of course in the middle of June dawn to dusk runs from 3.30 am until 11.15 pm. That should give us plenty of daylight - however I suspect that on there is continuous cloud cover or rain (or both) for an average of >20 hours per day even in June so we don’t get to see that big yellow thing in the sky too often.
Joel
Hmmm. “Big yellow thing.” Would that be a hot air balloon? We have those here, sometimes. I don’t see anything fitting that description right now . . . maybe it’s away with the fairies . . .
I’ve heard the opposite: that low Vitamin D is associated with autoimmune diseases. I haven’t heard of Vitamin D being associated with insulin resistance.
@jjm335: I’m in Canada, and it’s definitely not a routine test here. I had to ask about having my level tested and had to pay $65 for the test, since it’s not covered by the government. I’m glad I got it checked, since (no surprise) my level was significantly low, but I won’t be asking for a follow-up test for a while.
Vitamin D is tested along with everything else when I have a fasting blood test. I live in a really sunny place, but still need to take tablets to keep my levels right.
In the sense that Vitamin deficiency is not related to insulin resistance? I’ve understood that Vitamin D deficiency is one of the classic features of Metabolic Syndrome (or Syndrome X), which is often considered a precursor or primary indicator of being at risk in developing Type 2 diabetes. I assume that Vitamin D deficiency is associated with insulin resistance in Type 1 diabetics as well.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all that it is associated with other autoimmune disorders, although I haven’t seen that in the literature. It is one of the things that, although my levels test normal, I’ve been told by my doctors to keep an eye on and to continue supplementation of Vitamin D3. I double my dose (from 1,000 u to 2,000 u per day) in the winter.
There is also research to low vitamin d levels actually being a trigger to developing type 1 diabetes. See book “Diabetes Rising” (great book)
Congratulations, Marie!
Great job!
Best wishes,
marty1492
I read that a good percentage of people with DB also have pancreatic insufficiency which translates to low enzymes and hence inability to properly digest foods which leads to nutritional deficiencies. My functional Doctor tested me and my gastro confirmed. I am low in Vitamin D, B-12, Magnesium, zinc, iodine and iron. Taking supplements for all.
I recently felt very tired,cold and most of my body would be hurting.
Usually I am on the go but I found it ever so hard to get out of bed. I went to the doctor and she prescriped me vitamin d 800iu tablets. I have to take 1 a day and thank God I feel so much better.
Because I am originally from a hot country and also covered plus not getting much sun in London doctor said I should be taking them constantly.