The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Covid-19

Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by IAmNotBatman_ on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:09PM (#24368298)

Yeah we wear too much sunscreen, a significant number of people are vitamin D deficient. From the UltraMind Solution book, you need the active form cholecalciferol in your supplements. You can safely take 5000-10000 IU a day for 3 months to get up to the optimal levels, then 2000 IU a day for maintenance. The Ideal range is 50 to 80 ng/ml in your blood tests. Also just minimal outdoor sun exposure is the best way to get it, no sunscreen. 15 minutes if you're light skinned, 35 if you're really dark.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by liability on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:15PM (#24368375)

If you search "sunburn [location]" on wolfram alpha, you can get sun exposure guidance for that particular date and location, factoring in weather and your skin tone.

Since I began using this a few months ago I have not been burnt.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by amai on Friday September 04, 2020 @06:09AM (#24373531)

Dai (2018): Magnesium status and supplementation influence vitamin D status and metabolism: results from a randomized trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30541089/

"Our findings suggest that optimal magnesium status may be important for optimizing 25(OH)D status. "

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by kardos on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:12PM (#24368335)

> Also just minimal outdoor sun exposure is the best way to get it, no sunscreen. 15 minutes if you're light skinned, 35 if you're really dark.

These prescriptions seem to always lack the amount of exposed skin. Is exposed hands enough or should one be naked?

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by IAmNotBatman_ on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:17PM (#24368394)

Yeah the time is dependent, I just try to think of like our evolutionary history, pre clothes and where your ancestors are from. So I try to sunbathe by the pool during the summer. But if you work indoors, cholecalciferol is useful and you can get the blood tests for your levels.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by pscsbs on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:13PM (#24368357)

The guidance is usually given for exposed arms and legs.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by beebmam on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:11PM (#24368326)

Please note that latitude, season, and cloud cover makes a big difference in the amount of time you need outdoors without sunscreen

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