you can eat all the vitamins in the world it still wont matter if your diet prevents them from being absorbed by your body.

in other words get of the junk food and start eating healthy

Originally posted by Rossa
MDV2,
This is Bull ****, I am a nutrition educator one of my principle jobs is to educate children on how to get their vitamins, and where. Human beings make their own vitamin D when exposed to the sun. 15 minutes of sun exposure in a short sleeve shirt gives human ALL of the vitamin D we need for the day, its is created as we absorb the sun into our skin. Vitamin D is added to our milk products mainly for children, and started in the 1950's when scientists and doctors realized kids spent more time inside because of school, and thus were not exposed to enough sunlight, especially during the winter months. Vitamin D helps us absorb calcium thats all, and there are alot of other places we get it also.
This new study is just another way to add something extra to our foods, and raise the price- and are we sure its gonna be vitamin D and not something else more insidious?
Take it with a grain of salt and look it up- the info is out there.

As a kid I never drank packaged milk from the store, ours came straight out of the cow, and it wasn't pasturized either. Im healthy, have no deficiencies, no current diseases, and my bones are strong,. Its a load of BUNK.

I have never, in my entire life, seen a post so blatantly ignorant. Are you honestly going to attempt to say that Vit. D has nothing to do with bone strength? Did you ever happen to read about a condition called Rickets while you were educating people?

Honestly, with "educators" like you it's no wonder why people are clueless

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my local grocery store has every vitamin and supplement you can wish for. the problem is not market availability, it's a question whether you need it! there are blood tests that one needs to take and check for vitamin/mineral deficiencies. and most of these tests are supported by insurance as part of the yearly physical.

so instead of starting to take random pills (which mostly become expensive pee) first get tested. once you know what's missing, work with your doctor and set up a diet and combination of supplements. i usually see my doc twice a year and we talk about anything that may need change in my habits.

honestly i have no idea what kinds of doctors most of you visit but my GP is very open to talking about internet stuff and recommending over the counter supplements. if your doctor dismisses everything about a good natural diet and natural supplements then just get a different doctor! it's YOUR own fault if you go to a doctor that just tells you "yeah you're just fine see you next year!" because it means that doctor only milks you for the money and doesn't give a crap about you as a patient/person.

so remember... don't self-medicate, work with your doctor. and if your doctor sucks, get a different one! it's your health and your money.

This is not exactly news to me, minus the staggering statistic part. I`ve read more than one article saying that taking a multi vitimin isn`t necessary but that most people should just take vitamin D suppliments. So eventually after hearing it "all over the place", I got some from the store. But all they had was D3 so I guess it turns out thats the right one. I also drink a lot of milk (a gallon every 3-5 days, just to myself) but don`t get a lot of sun these days like I used to. I don`t remember to take it every day but I usually do. That would be really cool if this was something that could make a difference.

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I totally agree that there is totally a vitamin D problem going on. I for one was told last May i have a severe deficiency, but i must also add that i own a greenhouse, do a huge amount of outdoor activity, such as gardening, bird watching, fishing and playing outside with my huge mastiff. I see no reason why i would have this "sun" deficiency unless something i have been breathing, eating or drinking has caused this. My Doctor is aware of this and everyone who knows me is very perplexed. Go Figure.

I spent a few years working as a pharmacy technician. I would pull a bottle of 50,000 IU Vit D and leave it out for the day. No need to ever put it back on the shelf because so many people have Rx's for it. So i can attest first hand that Vit D deficiency is extremely common.

Personally, i avoid pharmaceuticals as much as possible. There are a lot of people out there that are over medicated. Eventually it gets to the point where someone ends up on 3 or 4 different drugs just to combat the side effects of other 5 to 10 drugs they "need" to take. But this is a whole topic in and of itself.

Originally posted by Random_Hero10
To be honest I stopped wearing sunscreen a while ago. I used to suffer from prickly heat when I was younger and found out that the sunscreen was blocking my pores preventing me from sweating. My father never wore sunscreen in his life, and he worked a job that constantly took him abroad and to hot climates. He never suffered any ill effects as a result of not wearing sunscreen. So this is now the route I adopt. Our body produces natural sun protection in the form of menalin (which also makes a tan!) so I prefer to trust nature instead of the money-grabbing pharma companies According to scientists my decision to do this has probably doubled my risk of skin cancer, but at least I won't be vitamin D deficient!

I don't blame you for preferring to trust nature so as not to be vitamin D deficient. I will continue taking supplements in the winter and get my D in the summer from being outdoors.

My brother is in hospital very sick, it took them about a week to test his Vitamin D.
They said he had amost no Vit. D at all in his body, they started giving him massive doses of Vit. D.
Now they are saying his Calcium is low.

Vitamin D is all the fad nowdays, maybe for good reason.

I think I might try some, they have been giving my brother 50,000 Vit. D at H.P.

And the stupid super brain scientist, have been talking of ways to block the suns light, maybe they could just install a dimmer switch.

Oh and having gone back and reread that stupid article it doesn't mention ANYWHERE WHY there is so much vitamin D. And I don't like how articles push supplements. You don't need vitamin D in pill form. Just eat correctly and get outside. Nuff said! Everyone has an agenda nowadays, especially NATURAL NEWS

Excellent post and thread...very informative.

thank you.

It's not just the sun screen. It's also windows. The glass blocks the UVB rays which help the body produce vitamin D, but it also let's the UVA rays through which actually work to deplete vitamin D. So don't get your sunlight through a window.

Now, the biggest problem, I think, is "hygiene". Sure you might get your 15 minutes of sunshine every day without sunscreen and with no glass barrier. But are you bathing every day like we're TOLD we should? Exposure to UVB rays cause the body to produce vitamin D on THE SKIN. Over a period of about 48 hours, your body works on absorbing that vitamin D. But if you bathe every day, your 15 minutes of daily sunshine aren't doing you any good.

We don't need to bathe/shower every day, folks. We're so clean these days, that we foul up our good and natural system. We're destroying our immune systems in this way as well.

You want to boost your vitamin D? Then get your natural 15 minutes of sunshine and stop washing it off!