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Posted 4/5/2017 12:48 AM (GMT 0)
I have been reading the different threads on low vitamin D levels. One article in particular that someone posted seemed to indicate that it was a false reading.

I just got my blood test result. Normal being 30-100, mine was 20. How much D should I be taking and has anyone succeeded in raising their D level?
Posted 4/5/2017 12:58 AM (GMT 0)
I did raise mine. I was in the insufficient range and retested and was in the sufficient range.

Make sure you're getting the right test done:

Ask your doctor for a vitamin D test. Be specific and ask for a 25(OH)D test. There is another type of blood test for vitamin D, called a 1,25(OH)₂D test, but the 25(OH)D test is the only one that will tell you whether you’re getting enough vitamin D.

/www.vitamindcouncil.org/about-vitamin-d/testing-for-vitamin-d/


Sufficient is 40-80 ng/ml (according to the Vitamin D council)

or 30-100 (according to the Endocrine Society)
Posted 4/5/2017 1:02 AM (GMT 0)
I took a few thousand per day to raise mine. I take a dissolving sublingual tablet.

I retested in about one month - but it can take longer.
Posted 4/5/2017 1:42 AM (GMT 0)
Nothing wrong with taking 5000IU once a day. Vitamin D is an essential piece of a healthy immune system and does so many other things. Here's an excerpt from an article I recently read on biofilms.

"The active form of vitamin D regulates cathelicidan, a gene that aids immunity in general, and more specifically takes action against biofilms. So sufficient vitamin D is vital if you would like your own immune system to be able to kill pathogens (and get off those darn antibiotics one day).

Vitamin D is complex and has hundreds of receptors. Low levels may be a sign of Lyme’s presence while increasing cancer risk and the risk of thin bones. Higher levels of vitamin D may calm inflammations."
Posted 4/5/2017 3:35 AM (GMT 0)
I've read it's best to take D with K2. I've been taking 2,000IU + 1200mcg of K2 daily and bumping it up 4000 IU D
Posted 4/5/2017 1:29 PM (GMT 0)
I would suggest taking D3 and then getting the best source of Vit D which is sunlight.

I try and get 15-20 minutes of sunlight in a pair of shorts at least 3X a week, also take 2000Iu's of D3 every other day.

Read an article where medical science was so happy that they discovered that men with high calcium blood levels had the most fatal type of prostate cancer. They had a drug which would lower the calcium level in the blood, so would save lives...however the last paragraph mentioned that only two things caused high calcium levels in men's blood.
1. Kidney Failure
2. Low Vit D which caused a problem with the para-thyroid hormones. So instead of telling someone go out and get a little sunshine, it was take two of these pills and we can help you!

For fun GOOGLE Doctors go on strike and death rate drops!
Posted 4/5/2017 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
When I was first checked my level was 19 ng/ml. After taking 5000IU of vitamin D3 a day for 3 months my level was 72 ng/ml. Best to get vitamin D from the sun but the sun has to be at the right angle in the sky. People close to the equator have a better chance of getting vitamin D from the sun. If you want to know if you can get it from the sun check out your shadow. If your shadow is shorter than you then you can get it from the sun. Here is an article which explains the vitamin D situation.

http://www.naturalnews.com/027345_Vitamin_D_exposure_sun.html
Posted 4/5/2017 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you eat2bwell! That was really informative and encouraging. I do appreciate everyone's comments. But I appreciated being encouraged that I can actually raise this level.
Posted 4/7/2017 1:26 AM (GMT 0)
Girlie,

I went to my LLDO today and discovered that the test I took was the 25-hydroxy test. He is now requesting the 1,25(OH)₂D test. He had a different take on the two tests. Why do you say the 25 hydroxyl test is the only one that truly measures D levels?

I am a 20. on that test. I am not remembering all he said, but he said it would be good to do the other test to. Any thoughts on this?
Posted 4/7/2017 2:43 AM (GMT 0)

Purple Tulip said...
Girlie,

I went to my LLDO today and discovered that the test I took was the 25-hydroxy test. He is now requesting the 1,25(OH)₂D test. He had a different take on the two tests. Why do you say the 25 hydroxyl test is the only one that truly measures D levels?

I am a 20. on that test. I am not remembering all he said, but he said it would be good to do the other test to. Any thoughts on this?

I don't know if the other one is useful. I got my information from the Vitamin D Council website...but it doesn't explain why (or I just haven't found it on the website yet).

Mercola says:
"The correct test is 25(OH)D, also called 25-hydroxyvitamin D. This is the better marker of overall D status, and is most strongly associated with overall health."

articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/02/23/vitamin-d-deficiency-part-one.aspx
Posted 4/7/2017 2:48 AM (GMT 0)
I found this:

"25-hydroxyvitamin D
When calcium is low and/or a person has symptoms of vitamin D deficiency, such as bone malformation in children (rickets) and bone weakness, softness, or fracture in adults (osteomalacia), 25-hydroxyvitamin D usually is ordered to identify a possible deficiency in vitamin D.

The test may be requested when an individual is known to be at risk of vitamin D deficiency. Older adults, people who are institutionalized or homebound and/or have limited sun exposure, those who are obese, who have undergone gastric bypass surgery, and/or who have fat malabsorption are at an increased risk of a vitamin D deficiency. Also included in this group are people with darker skin and breastfed infants.

25-hydroxyvitamin D is often requested before an individual begins drug therapy for osteoporosis.

1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D
This testing may be ordered when kidney disease or abnormalities of the enzyme that converts 25-hydroxyvitamin D to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D is suspected. Rarely, this test may be done when calcium is high or a person has a disease that might produce excess amounts of vitamin D, such as sarcoidosis or some forms of lymphoma (because immune cells may make 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D).

When vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus, or magnesium supplementation is necessary, vitamin D levels are sometimes measured to monitor treatment effectiveness."

/labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/vitamin-d/tab/test/

So the test that your Dr is suggesting you get may show if you have an abnormality of the enzyme converting 25(OH)D to 1,25(OH)2D
Posted 4/7/2017 3:06 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you that was helpful. I think he wants to see if I have a real deficiency (from food, sun and so on) or if my body is not dealing with it properly. So this makes sense. He said today, "Lyme does a lot of things you you" in context of my high cholesterol. He knows I don't eat junky. So maybe he is curious to see what is going on with the Vitamin D.

Thank you again.
Posted 4/7/2017 3:11 AM (GMT 0)
I guess he is checking to see if you actually have enough vitamin D entering your body...but your body isn't converting it properly...
But, if your second test comes back normal...then it confirms that you need to take more in because your body IS doing the conversion properly.


IDK lol
Posted 4/7/2017 3:50 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, I think this is what he is trying to determine. Thanks for your help. Btw, I found my old labs. My cholesterol is actually better (by a few points) than it was in 2014. That is a mystery too. I am almost underweight and I eat very healthily. Maybe lyme just does a number on your body and messes with the labs (no plaque what so ever in the arteries).
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