Anyone with Vitamin D deficiency?

I'm on Humira/6mp and got back my bloodwork, everything is good (knock on wood), hemoglobin is 13.3 and doctors are happy with that but was told I was deficient in Vitamin D. I found this very interesting because for the last 6 months I cant lose weight, I've made improvements in my diet and exercise. I read online that other people have reported inability to lose weight while being Vitamin D deficient.

I'm a 36 year old male.

I would be absolutely amazed if I wasn't. Have just emerged from a British winter where I saw the sun for about 5 minutes, but even in the summer I'm not out in the sun loads. I get up too late and I just don't go out that much. I'm not trying to lose weight at the moment, but I wouldn't say the weight exactly falls off me. It never has done though, so I'm not sure how significant that is.

The NHS doesn't do vitamin D tests, so I'm wondering whether it's worth paying £28 to have it tested privately. I could just start supplementation but I would like a baseline first.

My vitamin D was down to 11 a couple months ago! I started taking 2,000 emulsified vitamin D drops daily that I got from my chiropractor. I have also been sitting in the sun for 20 min every day. I got rechecked Monday and got my results today. It went up to 75!

Mine was negative 4 last year. The lowest my GI had ever seen. It's no wonder I'm a step before osteoporosis, between that and the steroids. Rechecked it last month at it was at 22, which is still too low. I'm now taking 5000 IU a day, hoping it gets to normal levels soon.

NiceCupOfTea said...
I would be absolutely amazed if I wasn't. Have just emerged from a British winter where I saw the sun for about 5 minutes, but even in the summer I'm not out in the sun loads. I get up too late and I just don't go out that much. I'm not trying to lose weight at the moment, but I wouldn't say the weight exactly falls off me. It never has done though, so I'm not sure how significant that is.

The NHS doesn't do vitamin D tests, so I'm wondering whether it's worth paying £28 to have it tested privately. I could just start supplementation but I would like a baseline first.

D is important for so many things, think it would be worth it if you can afford it!

After taking 5000 units a day for two years I was finally in the "normal" range last month. If you're taking supplements be sure your doc checks levels regularly. As one of the oil-soluble vitamins, D can be stored in your body and you can be poisoned by it.