You are correct! All potential for toxicity lies in how much Vitamin D3 (VD3) is in the blood (not the daily dose) and not until you reach or surpass 200 ng/ml. As long as you have your blood level checked 1 or 2x a year and stay under that you're good. There are exceptions, for people with hypercalcemia or underlying conditions where increasing VD3 can expose other nutritional deficiencies - but that's not vitamin D toxicity. Most people in a northern latitude, after winter but before they've gotten enough sun in the summer, would be lucky to have a level of 20 to 25ng. Whatsmore an international panel of 48 vitamin D scientists/doctors, working on behalf of a non-profit health organization, discovered an error in the IOM's calculations that reveal daily dosages should be about 10x higher than recommended.
@@Faith-cx5rf FWIW, I'm a few years older than you. I weigh ~180# and have been taking 6,000 to 8,000 IU per day since Feb 2020. I started taking it for immune support, but was pleasantly surprised when I woke up a few months later and realized my arthritic hip and (injured) ankle had not played up in some time. Thinking back, the only lifestyle or diet change was the addition of the D pills. Now, after almost a year of D supplementation, the joints are VASTLY improved, to the point that they no longer impair my activity to any meaningful degree. From what I've read, any healthy adult can take up to 10,000, maybe 20,000, per day without ANY fear of developing any level of toxicity. A lot of Dr. suggest ~5,000 of D3 so per day. For what it's worth, I'd suggest 3 pills of 200IU each, once a day. Try this for a few months and see if you feel any younger! :)
More mainstream media trash spewing out. Big pharma doesn't want doctors to push Vitamin D because it would cut into their profits that they are making from all of the Vitamin D deficient sickly people. Don't fall for the BS.
4,000 IU is probably too much - for a 1 year old kid! For a normal adult, it's probably 'about right.' Hell, you'll make up to 20,000 IU or more just laying on the beach for a half an hour. People sun bathe all the time and you never hear about them keeling over sick from D toxicity.
You can overdose on Vitamin D supplements. We see it all the time in our Hospital. Over 30 months, a man had taken eight to 12 drops of vitamin D -- a total of 8,000 to 12,000 International Units (IUs) -- per day. Ended up losing his Kidney
@@televisionarchivestudios1130 Obviously that is excessive, and yes you can over do it! I took 800,000 IU in 6 weeks just to get to a healthy level. People should be taking blood tests to know their levels and dosing.
People that don't know basic biology should really refrain from making comments like this. What your body produces, you can't overdose on. It will only use what is needed. When taken as a supplement, the body has no choice but to absorb it and that's how you get toxicity. Sigh...I wish people would read a basic biology textbook before making asanine statements.
Been taking this supplement for years along with many others. I’ve had a couple minor cold like symptoms during the winter months but my body alway bounces back after 24 hours. Since it’s so effective in today’s fight against you know what, of course they’re going to say it might be harming you.
This was made in 2017 though bro.. I've been trying to understand D3 supplementation and I think we been fooled, it's used as rat poison and it's a fat soluble that builds up in the liver...
*Let me translate for the people in the back*: take such a low dose that it won't improve your health and you can fuel hospitals and big pharma with your hard earned bucks.
Only toxic if not D3, get enough K2 and good magnesium which pushes calcium from soft tissue, to the bones and there is no toxicity. The only toxicity if lack of knowledge.
@@televisionarchivestudios1130 you do know that there are many companies that sell vitamin D. And they sell cheap, so the Big pharma owned companies have to bring their prices down to compete, which doesnt bring in as much money as if people didnt know about vitamin D and kept taking their drugs
@@televisionarchivestudios1130 for me and millions it does. My assumption about you is correct. You didnt benefit from them so now you are sore and jealous that others are benefiting so you want to stop them.
Thank you, love uneducated nutritionist. Shortage K2 and magnesium deficiencies cause problems with calcium when you take D3. The benefits are amazing!!!
She never said that. But the fact is Vitamin D can be very toxic. Just go get your D levels checked and go from that. Don't be using D if you don't need it.
Only lack of knowledge is toxic, yes D can be toxic. That is the wrong form of D. Take D 3, with K2 and a good magnesium and then there is no change of hypercalcimia. The calcium then moves into the bones out of the soft tissue and arteries.
I live in New England and have been vitamin D deficient (below 30) every time I’ve been tested. I started taking supplements for Lung health support with Covid concerns in the spring of 2020 after reading lots of positive reviews from medical professionals. I have been taking 15,000 iu per day for the last 6 months and my vitamin D level is now 78 and I feel great.
@@Jorge-125 your timing is impeccable 😉😉my blood work came back a few weeks ago.. 111ml😲😲😲When I told my Dr I was taking 20,000 IUs her response was "A WEEK??!!" I so I stopped taking it for a few days and now I'm only taking 10,000 IUs a day, along with K2
@@leshardley4248 that sounds like a good idea. I was debating on taking 2000 IU but I think I'll pass. I'll just take the recommended intake because I definitely don't want kidney stones.
Gotta love fear-mongering docs with an authoritative tone of voice and hard body language - they taught (paid) her well...unfortunately it shows how easy it is to convey false truths and make people believe anything by way of a 2.30-minute clip on national TV.
@@DenaStrawberry well, it is true that you can get too much if you overdo it and don't take it with K2 - then calcium level may indeed rise. But instead of highlighting the positive benefits of taking it for a strong immune function they just talk low level numbers and scare people into taking too much - what was your take away from this? That it's controversial above 4000 IU and that research is ongoing. Well this is 2021 and the study she mentions is from 2013-14...halloooo...overall this was a totally redundant highligt of vitamin D that did most likely nothing but making sure people don't supplement or at least stay on low levels which most likely is fine for most. But its all so fake, thats just my opinion of american talkshow/tv...
No toxicity up to 30,000 iu !! This lady should look at the studies from Doctors that spent a lifetime researching and prescribing to patients. 400iu is a prescription for pain and suffering. I take 20,000 iu myself and it relieved arthritis pain. No side effects !!
this report fails to address that 70 - 75 % of 'us' are vitamin D deficient already. So the levels she is speaking of are very likely irrelevant. It takes a very long time to raise vitamin-D levels in the blood, as there are a number of absorption barriers such as high blood pressure, elevated body mass index, digestive imbalances, etc. So it is possible to take vitamin-D at 2,000iu per day and not even raise your blood vitamin-D levels at all. The best advice is to have your vitamin-D levels checked to see which dose is a good supplement for you as an individual. It could range as high as 30,000iu per day in some people, and even at that dosage could take 3 to 6 weeks to start correcting a deficiency. Again; You have to know where you are starting from, so the best thing is to have your vitamin-D levels checked to know for certain which dose is for you.
Currently have covid. In 48 hours. I went from hell on bed to just a stuffy nose. I was taking 60,000IU daily w Vitamin K2. I beat the pandemic in 48 hours? Yeah the government doesn’t want us too healthy
There's a reason to give miss information. Keeps pharmaceutical companies in business. Taking a simple vitamin hormone couldn't be so simple and yet a huge threat to profits.
Now people will take to heart the doctor’s words on nutrition, when doctors hardly get any hours of nutrition in school... and eat all the things that have high cholesterol and can contribute to heart disease and cancer. Trade one problem for another!
Yeah, she's full of crap. All potential for toxicity lies in how much Vitamin D3 (VD3) is in the blood (not the daily dose) and not until you reach or surpass 200 ng/ml. As long as you have your blood level checked 1 or 2x a year and stay under that you're good. There are exceptions, for people with hypercalcemia or underlying conditions where increasing VD3 can expose other nutritional deficiencies - but that's not vitamin D toxicity. Most people in a northern latitude, after winter but before they've gotten enough sun in the summer, would be lucky to have a level of 20 to 25ng. Whatsmore an international panel of 48 vitamin D scientists/doctors, working on behalf of a non-profit health org, discovered an error in the IOM's calculations that reveal daily dosages should be about 10x higher than recommended.
I’ve been takin 10,,0000 IUs for 2 months and feel great. Also b-complex, zinc, garlic and ginger, in addition to my multivitamins. Make sure your vitamins are natural, not synthetic.
@@TrishTruitt Very well said....I take 10,000 iu per day with a K2. But you shouldn't forget the K2, that vitamin protects the soft tissues. If you have no gallbladder, are obese, or, are much older, the more you need to take. Also, get blood levels checked every 3 months...about.
Actually, vitamin D is not toxic at all. The problems people experience with high doses of vitamin D are actually magnesium deficiency symptoms with cause lots of health problems, but they are usually not lethal. Vitamin D works with magnesium, so the more vitamin D you take, the more magnesium you burn up, and that's the real problem, magnesium defiency, not vitamin D toxicity. It's estimated that 80 percent of people are magnesium deficient, so if they take massive doses of vitamin D, it the toxicity causes magnesium based health problems.
@@nokhchi1079 it depends if you are magnesium deficient or not, or if you have calcium problems, at least that is what I hear doctors say... take their advice. I don't give advice because I'm not qualified, it's just my opinion. I believe calcium is not necessary thought.
@@ClassicJukeboxBand the more i go on researching vitamin d the more additions i hear. First it was K2, then also magnesium, then copper then boron lol. Thanks for the response 👍
Three years fast forward in time: upper limit is 10.000 IU/day every day (toxicity is demonstrated at > 40.000 IU/day). A good target dose is 40 times your bodyweight (in kg) in IU. For example: weight =75 kg then target dose is 75x40 = 3.000 IU/day. So you better weigh less than 250 kg...
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Many sources say 4000IU is the top of the recommended supplemental dosage with exceptions. Two biggest exceptions are to catch up quickly when deficient because it takes a while. And obesity. Apparently being a fat-soluble vitamin, it can get drawn into fat tissue, leaving serum levels low. While 4000 is the normal max, they don't talk about toxicity much until 10,000IU. Rather than bouncing around the rumors, best approach is to have serum levels checked and do what the Doctor says to do if you're below optimum levels. Guessing what you need may not get it done.
10,000 IU is not toxic! 40,000 of vitamin d is equal to 1 mg! People don't let the high IU's scare you. That's what it's meant to do, Scare you! Two to four thousand IU is a drop in the bucket. The more you weigh, the more vitamin d you need. A good rule of thumb is to take 1,000 IU per 25 lbs of body weight. You also need to take vitamin K2 and a quality magnesium supplement, not citrate or oxide. Those are more of a laxative. You want mag malate, glycinate, taurate, or threonate. They are better absorbed. When you supplement vitamin d you need magnesium to activate it. You end up burning thru your mag stores at a higher rate. There is a Dr in Brazil who is famous for treating autoimmune patients with high dose vitamin d with great success. His minimum dose is 40,000 IU and he ramps it up from there until his patients start seeing improvement, then he backs it down to a maintenance dose. I've read that he goes as high as 200,000 IU's for brief periods. I know he regularly tests for parathyroid hormone to make sure it is in the very bottom of the reference range, and if it isn't he raises the vitamin d to bring the PTH down.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "obesity being an exception?" Because I am chronically deficient in vitamin d and was given high dose vitamin d2 to take 50,000. I understand high doses can make people sick, and d2 doesnt work as well as d3, so I started priming with vitamin d3 2000iu 2x a day when I eat. Then I plan to take the high dose in a week or 2 and see if it helps better. But I am currently obese & been having a hard time burning fat as fast as I should for my weight despite HUGE calorie deficits, weighing all my food, & increased physical activity 1hr a day or 10k steps. Doctors don't believe me. But I had to request tests to get some answers smh. My vitamin D was low, anemic, and high estrogen due to endometriosis. Been trying to balance hormones ever since & eat a more balanced diet with in my calorie budget, instead of focusing on just low calories.
@@HoneeyBee3 The exception to the 10,000 IU is exactly what you're dealing with. A one time kick start to get started and then lesser daily doses. Reason is Vitamin D is fat soluble, so much of the initial dose is absorbed by fatty tissue. Hence the oversize kick start to account for that.
@@wam7484 ah ok thank you. I guess I was reading or comprehending it wrong. I was taking it as, obese people shouldn't take it in high doses because it can be stored or locked up in fat tissue and cause low serum readings, so obese people were the exception. So I was doing it backwards then. I'll just take my high dose and stop being scared 😅. My vitamin D level was 6.7 🤧 but I am chronically overweight too, so that's why I was worried & double checking. Thank you for clarifying.
Give me a break , I was talking 5000 a day of D with K during the winter and now I’m getting about 30 minutes of sun a day with my shirt off. ( so I don’t take 5000 a day only what’s in my multi vitamin. ) I’m 60 years old and I keep very active, eat well , and take multi vitamin and additional vitamin C . To make a long story short big pharmaceutical and mass media don’t want people to be sufficient with vitamin D or eat well and be in shape. I had covid, got my antibodies checked and was positive, had my vitamin D checked my level was 56ng/ml which is in the lower optimal range 50 to 90 , marginal sufficient is 40 to 50, insufficiency is 20 to 40, and deficiency is less than 20. My doctor said it’s good between 20 to 50
@@astrologytalk8984 I was at 16, been supplementing going to see if it’s gone up. How much are you taking to correct deficiency and have you been tested to see if it works yet?
So I work night shift in Iraq and I've been taking 1,800 IU's of D3. I feel good. Being that Im on nights I don't get near as much sun as I should so I think 1,800 is my sweet spot.
Hmmmm.... Firstly, it's incredibly difficult to get enough vitamin D from just food. Almost impossible for most people, so either sunlight or supplementation is essential for much of the population, especially in winter months. Makes you wonder why 42% of Americans are vitamin D deficient during the COVID19 outbreak? That rises to 69% in the Hispanic population and 82% in the black population. Note the groups mentioned at 1:40 Dark skinned people. Obese. The elderly. Low sun exposure (like people in care homes). Now, where have you heard those groups mentioned lately? Remind me exactly what groups are most negatively affected by COVID19 again?
I had 2000 IUs for a year now and it was toxic. Vit D overdose is real. I got heart arrhythmia and then attacks of anxiety which I never had in my life. When I reduced Vid D both the anxiety and the arrhythmia disappeared. So folks, be careful. More is seldom better.
@@CrystalM1917 I recently found out that Magnesium is important - and it does make a big difference. Vit K is in green plants. What is your view on that? Thanks.
It's not the amount of units you take. It's the amount that your body allows you to absorb. In other words, you can take 10,000 units a day. But, it won't matter if it's not being absorbed properly. Only then will Vitamin D work for you. BECAUSE, Vitamin D is a Fat Soluble Vitamin. If you don't take it with fat, it won't get absorbed properly. Also, make sure it is healthy fats. Vitamin D has many roles. But some main ones are Calcium absorption and Immune System assistance. Make sure that your stomach, Liver, Bile content, Pancreatic Enzymes, and (Vitamin K2 - also Fat soluble Vit) are all working effectively. This will help ensure that Vitamin D absorbs calcium into the bloodstream better(approx 20x), and that K2 will transport the calcium properly in order to help strengthen your bones. If you are deficient in calcium for some reason in the bloodstream, the body will compensate. This causes the parathyroid to take calcium from your bones causing Osteoporosis. I'm not a Doctor. I just play one on T.V. --Also, Please do your own research as well. I'm just providing some areas of the body to look at when seeing how Vit D works. Good Luck!!
Shit man. My doctor recently prescribed Vitamin D2 1.25MG (50,000 UNIT) 1 capsule per week for weeks. The problem is I can't swallow pills since birth. I always chew then swallow. I need to know if I can chew and swallow this capsule?
Shit man. My doctor recently prescribed Vitamin D2 1.25MG (50,000 UNIT) 1 capsule per week for weeks. The problem is I can't swallow pills since birth. I always chew then swallow. I need to know if I can chew and swallow this capsule?
If you can't get into your doctor if you have your vitamin D level checked you can go online and order a kit to check your own vitamin D level Go to RU-vid and asked for the information on kits display them on there to give the information what to do
This news channel is horrible if you only recommend people getting 600-800 ius a day theres no wonder so many people end up with serious illness or die . Some people need 10,000 iu's a day as a maintenance dose others need 5,000 ius a day and some will call it a high dose, once you reach optimal levels 50-70 ng/dl then you can probably back down to maybe 2,000 ius or 4,000 iu's a day to maintain. Zero toxicity was found in people who took 4,000 iu's a day with vitamin K2. So thos ABC needs to update their info
You easily make 10,000 IU a day in good, sunny weather (if much of your body is exposed). No way any amount less than that can be toxic. Traditional tribal cultures around the world like the Maasai in East Africa have 100-125 nmol/l which is the ideal amount in humans. Officially in many countries a "deficiency" is less than 25 and insufficiency between 25-50. These figures are only for bone health for not for respiratory health and general immune function and energy/metabolism within your body. You need much higher amounts for that.
Sunshine vitamin or steroid hormone was the most powerful medicine on every living things on earth given by our CREATOR. SUN EXPOSURE The best way to get vitamin D3 is through sun exposure. Go outside and get some sun, especially in the mid-day when it’s the strongest. However, many of us use sun block, which is good for our skin but not so helpful when it comes to the production of vitamin D3. By blocking out the UVA and UVB rays, sun block can interfere the skin’s ability to synthesize vitamin D3. GOD BLESS.
My dr has me taking 2000 daily with in 3 months I star6to for kidney stones. I have had over 18 of the stones.i have asked all my Drs could the D3 be causing them . They either tell me , no or they don't know or some ppl are just prone to kidney stones.
I have low Vitamin D, my level is 17, from the lab work...i have been taking vitamin D over the counter for years, lost over 300 lbs, eat healthy, but my body not absorbing the vitamin D over the counter n now on prescription, see how it goes...docs cant answer why...
Rx D2 is NOT nearly as good as Vitamin D 3 over the counter. If you cannot retain vitamin D3 you probably just need magnesium. Id advise you to not take D2, it's got a lot of problems.
Orange does not contain Vitamin D, but it is one of the best source of Vitamin C. Orange juice may be fortified with Vitamin D but you will have to read the label carefully.
Sauerkraut is a much, much better source of vitamin C. Bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, kiwi and many other foods have more vitamin C than oranges.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BLOOD LEVEL - NOT THE DAILY DOSE Yes, general. All potential for toxicity lies in how much Vitamin D3 (VD3) is in the blood (not the daily dose) and not until you reach or surpass 200 ng/ml. As long as you have your blood level checked 1 or 2x a year and stay under that you're good. There are exceptions, for people with hypercalcemia or underlying conditions where increasing VD3 can expose other nutritional deficiencies - but that's not vitamin D toxicity. Most people in a northern latitude, after winter but before they've gotten enough sun in the summer, would be lucky to have a level of 20 to 25ng.
It's on the high end of what I'd personally suggest, but is also perfectly safe for the vast majority of people. If you are overweight, 10,000 to 20,000 is probably about right. If not, 4000~8000 is enough to help your system while avoiding all sensible danger. (All IMO!)
If you have kidney or other issues that affect calcium metabolism, 4000 *might* increase your Ca uptake enough to cause problems. Of course, she never mentions that...
@Alc73 I've been taking about 1500iu per day since the start of the pandemic and I've been struggling with tightness in my legs which has become progressively worse over that period. After a little research I cut out my supplements about 10 days ago and my walking was improved significantly since then. Clearly that amount of Vitamin D3 is toxic FOR ME.
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Bro same thing that’s why I quit taking it 2 days ago i use to wake up every day to take a piss and go back to sleep even when I’m awake i feel that my bladder is always full. and also had irregular heart beat and stomach pain.
@@ablair33556 I know this response is late. But you should take vitamin K2 with your Vitamin D or D 3. This is because vitamin K2 helps send calcium to your bones where it is needed. If you just take vitamin nD or D3 on its own calcium can accumulate in the arteries causing problems.
Like with most vitamins it's best to get a doctors opinion and do your research. Personally, I feel if you're taking supplements it's best to take the 1,000 IU amount. It's not under the recommended daily amount and it's far from being over... so that gives you a good headspace in case you eat some Vitamin D rich foods or are in the sun that day. No one should be "poppin'" 5,000 IU's of Vitamin D3 unless you have a severe deficiency... and even then, that seems to be much.
With Fat Soluble vitamins there is a threshold of diminishing returns. Your liver can get stressed storing so much because unlike B vitamins you cannot excrete through urine. Brain fog, fatigue, calcium deposits, high Blood pressure just a few side effects.
Sorry you're wring and most Drs don't know much about nutrition and our own IOM has misled them on both blood levels and dosage. Do your own research and start here: www.grassrootshealth.net/blog/no-toxicity-seen-5000-50000-iu-vitamin-d-per-day/
@@TrishTruitt This isn't a debate please understand everyone's chemistry is different. To provide a link for 5000IU is a generalization. Everyone's circumstances/conditions dictate a need or not of VitD To give context I'm outside 4+hrs/day for 5months. my last test in November I had a 25hydroxy for D3@58. The rest of winter with little to no sun I tested again at 54 all this Without Supplement. These levels also showed my liver was functioning very well. Both of these represent being in the optimal range. Now if another individual was in office and not exposed to Sun 6mo/year they likely would be low...if your PCP can't distinguish between 25hydroxy1,2 then I'd get a second opinion... Be good, ☀💪🚶
@@Ezio214 i just started taking a daily pill of d3 1000 IU and k2 120 mg. i also take a statin because even though i eat healthy and exercise my choloestrol levels are elevated which must be from hereditary. i also just took a CAC store and it was 12 so that's too high. i'm hoping these things i'm taking along with garlic and green tea will improve my numbers
Those guidelines are way off they need to go back in school and restudy vitamin D score goals from 30 to 100 in fear of around 50-60 -70 you're in good shape to another word he got to do lab work If you are below 30 minute words your vitamin D deficiency he'll get every German virus There is
I took a D3 pill that came with CALCIUM in it this morning -made me sleepy in the afternoon. All I needed was a B12 supplement to counter it. May have been low blood pressure from too much Natto as well, though.
This is ridiculous to say the least. Who did this study? Under 600IU a day? I get that from sticking my hand out of the balcony for 5 minutes. Seriously why they want us all to be dangerously deficient in D3?
I take 10000 iu a day and some k2 I never felt better been taking it for years I'm never sick I live in Ireland shit weather 8 months of the year no sunshine cold wind damp and rain and it's not a vitamin it's a hormone
The body Has More than Enough of what it Needs Naturally which is a Good thing to stay Away from over the Counter or on the shelf pharmaceutical or toxins designed to Harm kill or reach specific Goal in particular ppl . . . If Many blacks are bn killed off How much sense does it Make for what seem for ppl Used to verbalize concern & or advertise or Advise of killing such ppl off to be concerned or be believed. . . doesn’t Make sense . . .