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Re:Vitamin D: The truth about an alleged Covid ‘cover-up’ by tcoff91 on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:43PM (#26705082)
I think you probably mean IU not mg
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Re:Vitamin D: The truth about an alleged Covid ‘cover-up’ by amelius on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:47PM (#26705107)
Yes. Can somebody explain why IU units are being used for vitamin D and why they are to be preferred over standard units like mg and mcg?
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Re:Vitamin D: The truth about an alleged Covid ‘cover-up’ by nojokes on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:53PM (#26705159)
You are right. I remembered that it was mg. I edited my post and did the conversion according to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_unit

Vitamin D: The biological activity of 40 IU is equal to 1 μg[9]

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Re:Vitamin D: The truth about an alleged Covid ‘cover-up’ by sokoloff on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:48PM (#26705122)
Or mcg (microgram, 40 IU) at the very outside.
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