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| Mar 22, 2011 at 22:08 | comment | added | BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft | (cont.) Thus, if like myself you live someplace with very little sun during the winter, you should be taking vitamin D supplements during those periods, even if you take multivitamins. | |
| Mar 22, 2011 at 22:07 | comment | added | BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft | It's also worth mentioning that the amount of vitamin D in a multivitamin is nowhere near the amount of vitamin D you'd get from half-an-hour in the sun: 400 IU in a pill (or a gallon of vitamin-D enriched milk) vs. bringing your internal-levels up-to-but-not-exceeding around 10,000 IU for half-an-hour in the sun. Most scientists believe that 400 IU is not nearly enough for those not getting enough sun, but since it is much easier to overdose on vitamin D than other vitamins, the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine only recommends 400 IU for the general case. (cont.) | |
| S Mar 4, 2011 at 13:38 | history | suggested | Borror0 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 2, 2011 at 22:34 | vote | accept | Scott Mitchell | ||
| Mar 2, 2011 at 7:36 | history | answered | David Hedlund | CC BY-SA 2.5 |