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Usefulness of Vitamin D supplements for bone health
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 13 7:49am | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
I'm still taking D3 but not for bone health although I did think it helped until I read the study. There's more to taking Vitamin D than bone health.
" Also, laboratory studies show that vitamin D can reduce cancer cell growth, help control infections and reduce inflammation. Many of the body’s organs and tissues have receptors for vitamin D, which suggest important roles beyond bone health, and scientists are actively investigating other possible functions."
-- Vitamin D: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamin-d/
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@johnbishop I am also taking D3 50,000 units every two weeks. I started it years ago because my parathyroid (PTH) was high and Vit D very low. As my Vit D was increasing to normal levels, so was my PTH coming back down to normal.
Several years ago I attended a seminar on Vit D. A interesting fact I learned was Vit D is best absorbed from the sun through our abdomen when exposed while outdoors. You are right there is more than just bone health. I am put on Vit D by my Endo Doc. to correct my imbalance and always be on it.
P.S. How is the view out your back window? I hope better than mine—lots of heat and no rain. Everything is dying and has turned brown. Not worth taking a picture of to share. Hope all is well with you. KLH
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John wrote, "There's more to taking Vitamin D than bone health."
Exactly. I'm taking vitamin D3 in reasonable amounts because it is actually a hormone and not a vitamin and, as with hormones in general, including estrogen, has multiple roles. I've lived through the trends of people taking way too much vitamins A and E and tryptophan and other stuff that go in, and out, of media hoopla and just read the science and go with what seems to make sense. It's harder to correct over-doing this stuff (yet alone getting a correct diagnosis if you do), than starting cautiously and adding more if merited.