It is no secret that Vitamin D deficiency is pandemic.?? Even the New England Journal of Medicine agrees in their headline, “Vitamin D Deficiency is Pandemic“.
As Vitamin D is getting more attention with recent studies showing its effectiveness in a myriad of conditions from one of Mother Nature’s best anti-inflammation remedies to improving heart disease and cancers.?? Basically, your body needs Vitamin D to maintain good health.?? When you don’t have enough Vitamin D, your body falls apart and becomes susceptible to just about everything bad.
I just saw a study that showed no ill effects from taking a DAILY dose of 50,000 IU per day.?? We used to recommend 50,000 per week.?? That same study now recommends safely taking 10,000 IU per day.
If you thought that just getting a few minutes of sunshine exposure every day was sufficient for your daily Vitamin D needs, think again.?? Even in sun drenched Saudi Arabia, one study showed 83% of people were Vitaimin D deficient.
What is interesting is that the recommendations for daily minimum supplementation continues to increase.?? Only a couple of years ago, we all believed 400 IU was sufficient.?? Then the recommendation changed to 1000 IU.?? Later it became 2000 IU.?? Last year it got bumped up to 5000 IU.
I still see people who have taken Vitamin D supplements in the 400 IU range for several years who are profoundly deficient. We load those folks up with daily 50,000 IU doses and then back off to 5000 IU per day.?? Although, now seeing the 10,000 IU daily recommendation, we will be moving towards doubling our recos.
By the way, Vitamin D is one of my recommendations for people with migraine headaches. There are several more recommendations on my list, of course, with Vitamin D being just one.?? A good vitamin D product is Vitamin D5000 by Natural Living.?? You can get order it at www.VitaminD5000.com .
Andrew Jones, M.D.
Medical Director, Women’s Health Institute of Texas