i HAVE FIBROMYALGIA,AND A HOST OF OTHER AUTOIMUNE DISEASES. i HAVE SOME CHEROKEE INDIAN BLOOD IN ME SO MY SKIN IS DARK TO A DEGREE,LOVE TO BE IN THE SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. i HAVE LAYED OUT IN THE SUN QUITE A BIT THIS SUMMER.
WHEN I WENT TO SEE MY DOCTOR BECAUSE IFELT SO BAD,HE DID BLOOD WORK,AND CHECKED MY VITAMIN D LEVEL. THE NORMAL IS BETWEEN 37-100. MINE WAS 19.4. i AM ON HEAVEY DUTY VITAMIN D NOW,BUT WHAT ELSE WOULD CAUSE IT TO GET SO LOW. THE DOCTOR WAS SURPRISED ALSO.
ANY HELP ON THIS WOULD BE APPRECIATED......THANKS
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The form of vitamin D that is in milk is D2, which is pretty much useless physiologically, so milk is not a good source for vitamin D. If your doctor is giving you vitamin D supplementation it is probably D3.
December 18, 2009 - 10:12pmThis Comment
Hi jOBRI3 -
Thanks for writing to us and seeking information. Vitamin D deficiencies are fairly common, and it's good that your doctor has been able to diagnose and recognize your situation. There should be no harm in your drinking a gallon of milk every week, but just to be sure you can ask your doctor about this the next time you go in. I would also provide information on exactly which Vitamin D supplements you're taking as well.
Here's an article that has a lot of helpful information on Vitamin D deficiencies, which tend to increase in the winter months.
https://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/12/03/winter-comes-so-do-vitamin-d-deficiencies?page=0,5
People with dark skin, infants and almost anyone living north of about 40 degrees latitude – which is a significant portion of the U.S. population and most of Europe– are often severely deficient after months of inadequate winter sunshine.
Will you keep us posted on your progress, and whether you are able to increase your levels of Vitamin D? As you'll see in the article, Vitamin D is critical to good health in many ways.
December 15, 2009 - 7:05pmTake good care,
Pat
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tHANK YOU yULA FOR YOUR COMMENTS. i AM TAKING vITAMIN d 50.000 UNITS ONE PILL PER MONTH. ITHINK IT IS ERGOCALCIFERD NOT SURE ABOUT THE SPELLIN G IT WAS SO SMALL.. i ALSO DRINK A GALLON OF SKIM MILK A WEEK.i LOVE MILK AND THINK I AM A MILK A HOLIC....LOLmY MOM THINKS I AM DRINKING TOO MUCH MILK. WHAT DO YOU THINK.
December 15, 2009 - 3:18amTHANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
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I am absolutly not a doctor- I think a doctor most probably answer that.
In one of the previuous discussions regarding vitamin D there is a reccomendation to take D3 and not D2
https://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/12/10/are-you-vitamin-d-deficient#comments
do you know which one you take?
December 14, 2009 - 6:49amThis Comment