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How an increasingly popular supplement landed a man in the hospital | CNN
A private nutritionist told a British man to take large doses of vitamin D along with other supplements. It didn't go well.
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Daily oral dosing of vitamin D3 using 5000 TO 50,000 international units a day in long-term hospitalized patients: Insights from a seven year experience - PubMed
Vitamin D3 is a secosteroid hormone produced in the skin in amounts estimated up to 25,000 international units (IUs) a day by the action of UVB radiation on 7-dehydrocholesterol. Vitamin D deficiency is common due to both lack of adequate sun exposure to the skin, and because vitamin D is...
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I take 5000u per day and recommend my patients do the same.
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