Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins

Re:Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins by nabla9 on Friday April 06, 2018 @03:20AM (#16771534)

Vitamin D supplementation for vitamin D deficiency that is quite common is not controversial at all.

If you mean taking more D than is needed, your are correct.

You can measure the D vitamin levels from blood serum.

  <    30  nmol/L is vitamin D deficiency

  30 - 50  nmol/L is considered inadequate

  50 - 125 nmol/L is adequate

  >    150 nmol/L evidence of potential adverse effects

Adequate level has increased over the years.

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Re:Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins by cJ0th on Friday April 06, 2018 @03:43AM (#16771624)

but shouldn't you always complement vitamin d intake with vitamin k? If I recall correctly (I am not sure!) then vitamin d without vitamin k can be harmful.

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Re:Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins by astrange on Friday April 06, 2018 @04:10AM (#16771738)

Vitamin K is found in vegetables, so you don't need to supplement it. I think the worry is that too much Vitamin D contributes to buildup in arteries over the long term, and K helps to clean it.

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Re:Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins by Cthulhu_ on Friday April 06, 2018 @07:35AM (#16772421)

I'll bite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_K#Food_sources

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Re:Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins by literallycancer on Friday April 06, 2018 @07:31AM (#16772411)

>Vitamin K is found in vegetables

"Vegetables" is a category that's about as useful in this context as "food".

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Re:Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins by 52-6F-62 on Friday April 06, 2018 @09:00AM (#16772835)

Greens.

I think with vitamin D supplementation you also need to consider vitamin A intake.

Spinach and eggs every morning more than covers you there

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Re:Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins by astrange on Friday April 06, 2018 @08:03PM (#16778563)

Greens and broccoli are the only vegetables I believe in. Everything else is guinea pig food.

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