That's very cheap, I buy Jamieson brand chocolate chewable vitamin D tablets and they cost around $30.
I too live in Canada, work inside in a windowless area even in the summer, shift work, get up when it's dark, work in the dark and go home when it's dark, when I am home I am in the dark.
Last year CBC news mentioned how vitamin D studies showed a massive benefit, so much so I think it was one of those "stop the study now!" studies because it was so good they had to get the news out.
I have noticed a massive difference in my health, I have not been sick since increasing my intake of vitamin D, which is amazing. Anecdotal? Sure but I know my body and any crazy vitamin or powder or even healthy diet I try to maintain, nothing has had such a dramatic impact on me as vitamin D has.
I only take 1,000 IU per day since there doesn't seem to be any agreement on what is right, it certainly would depend on body mass and other factors. I'm not a believer that one is good so 20 is better, I like to know what the right amount is.
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He actually does blood tests on his patients and measures if the vitamin D is actually absorbed (which is what made his recommend gelcaps to everybody instead of dry tablets). I think he himself takes 6,000 or 8,000 UI / day.
+1 anecdotal here as well. Got it recommended by a friend, and just stopped getting colds. I recently forgot taking them, and had my first cold in years.
I too live in Canada, work inside in a windowless area even in the summer, shift work, get up when it's dark, work in the dark and go home when it's dark, when I am home I am in the dark.
Last year CBC news mentioned how vitamin D studies showed a massive benefit, so much so I think it was one of those "stop the study now!" studies because it was so good they had to get the news out.
I have noticed a massive difference in my health, I have not been sick since increasing my intake of vitamin D, which is amazing. Anecdotal? Sure but I know my body and any crazy vitamin or powder or even healthy diet I try to maintain, nothing has had such a dramatic impact on me as vitamin D has.
I only take 1,000 IU per day since there doesn't seem to be any agreement on what is right, it certainly would depend on body mass and other factors. I'm not a believer that one is good so 20 is better, I like to know what the right amount is.