Vitamin D is the new black. Like oat bran and omega-3s, each once the answer to any nutrition question, the answer these days is vitamin D. It's hot.
The bone building fat soluble vitamin has racked up an impressive collection of studies recently linking adequate intake and/or blood levels to positive outcomes in a variety of serious conditions from osteoporosis to cancer to heart disease.
With all the media attention D is getting, physicians are getting more requests from their patients for testing, and are exploring D levels and supplementation for a variety of conditions. Makes perfect sense.
But the folks at Quest Diagnostic apparently couldn't keep up with our sudden collective need to know our serum D levels, and over the last couple years have released a number of results that not only missed the bullseye but were wide of the target of accurate values.
So if you've jumped on the D bandwagon and have a Quest Diagnositcs test to back up your supplement, give them a buzz. A recheck of your level may be in order.
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If you only had one test then you are missing the boat anyway. There is a way to check your D levels over a period of time so that you see how your body is metabolizing the dosage of vitamin D that you are taking. Also- Using the term vitamin D is potentially misleading. It is Vitamin D3 or calciferol specifically that has the therapeutic affects that you listed. The "vitamin D" in milk is not D3.
Thanks both of you for your comments. Annie
If you are interested in vitamin D you should take a look at www.vitaminD3world.com The site has good summaries of the data and offers a new formulation of vitamin D in a micro-pill formulation. The pills have been formulated with cellulose which absorbs water very quickly. This ensures that the pill breaks up very quickly to provide for maximum absorption. The micro pill is tiny and tasteless. Many vitamin D pills on the market have very poor dissolution properties resulting in poor absorption.
The site also offers to supply customers with a free supply of 400IU for their children and it also has a good newsletter.
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