Although of course daily intake of high calcium foodsources such as fish, greens, nuts/seeds, cheese and yoghurt will provide ongoing support for your bone structure, we must not forget that it is during your early years, from conception through to adulthood, that the foundations are laid.
Only when your 25(OH)D status is above 30ng/mL ~80nmol/l can you be sure your body is absorbing, from diet or supplements the full amount of calcium. Grassrootshealth D Action are a charity promoting Vitamin D3 awareness and as part of a trial to identify the Vitamin D3 level associated with least illness they are offering regular 25(OH)D testing to enable you to monitor your level to ensure it stays around the 55ng/mL 135nmol/l currently associated with least chronic illness. It's a very simple $40 postal test and a link to the result is emailed to you in a few days.
Most people will find that 20~30minutes full body non-burning midday sun exposure keeps levels about right but those who cannot manage this will probably do well with 1000iu/daily for each 25lbs they weight.
Grassrootshealth have an excellent documentation library will many scientific papers to support their recommendations.
Anyone concerned about the amounts I have suggested should read the paper "Vitamin D and Cancer Mini-Symposium: The Risk of Additional Vitamin D"
by Reinhold Vieth that can be dowloaded from the menu following the "Symposium in Print 2009" tab.
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Although of course daily intake of high calcium foodsources such as fish, greens, nuts/seeds, cheese and yoghurt will provide ongoing support for your bone structure, we must not forget that it is during your early years, from conception through to adulthood, that the foundations are laid.
August 26, 2009 - 2:07amOnly when your 25(OH)D status is above 30ng/mL ~80nmol/l can you be sure your body is absorbing, from diet or supplements the full amount of calcium.
Grassrootshealth D Action are a charity promoting Vitamin D3 awareness and as part of a trial to identify the Vitamin D3 level associated with least illness they are offering regular 25(OH)D testing to enable you to monitor your level to ensure it stays around the 55ng/mL 135nmol/l currently associated with least chronic illness. It's a very simple $40 postal test and a link to the result is emailed to you in a few days.
Most people will find that 20~30minutes full body non-burning midday sun exposure keeps levels about right but those who cannot manage this will probably do well with 1000iu/daily for each 25lbs they weight.
Grassrootshealth have an excellent documentation library will many scientific papers to support their recommendations.
Anyone concerned about the amounts I have suggested should read the paper
"Vitamin D and Cancer Mini-Symposium: The Risk of Additional Vitamin D"
by Reinhold Vieth that can be dowloaded from the menu following the "Symposium in Print 2009" tab.
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