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poppy
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I just can't read anymore of this kind of thing. Too hard to figure out what to do. And they never seem to realize that chronic illness can change the rules.
Have also given up on the food police. They change their minds too often. And if you did everything that someone suggests, there would be practically nothing to eat.
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Thanks, Tutu. I think the article is saying everything in balance.
If you eat healthy foods you will get the balance you need of most supplements.
Notice I say most supplements. Obviously different states of disease may increase the need for some supplements, but they must be in balance.
I take vitamin D3 in the winter, but make sure I eat my healthy foods to get the vitamin K, A etc.
I do take some calcium supplements since I don't do dairy and I do take magnesium.
For me, fewer supplements is better, but everyone's disease(s) manifest in different ways.
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Marz
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I agree Poppy!
I'm gluten free and that's okay. I can live with that. But a nutritionist wanted me to do a test for gluten cross-reactive associated foods.
I said "No, I'm already underweight (we were on phone) and limit dairy and histamine foods and don't want to know about other foods I can't eat!"
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I knew I shouldn't be taking Vit D but after getting the flu at Christmas I started taking it again. I began to get really deficient in magnesium and I finally realized it was the Vit D.
I stopped it and already feel better. Someone told me that Mag blocks D and D blocks mag .. so if you take D, be sure to take it perhaps one day a week and take it 5-6 hours away from mag. Calcium further depletes mag.
I take Vit K2 to keep the calcium in my bones, not my arteries.
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Marz
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Did you get your vitamin D levels checked back then, Lymetoo? I'm not sure from the article whether testing should be done?
I have a PCP appt coming up and I'm thinking maybe I should get tested since I'm on a high dose since I was tested to be really low about 3 years ago.
I am working on taking more magnesium recently.
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Marz
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The article doesn't say whether because vitamin D is a steroid, that it can build up and be bad for that reason?
Or does it depend on the kind of steroid it is?
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I am a post-gastric bypass and need to take 50,000 units of vitamin D3, 5 days a week to just stay above normal. (I get checked about 1x a year. If I go lower than 5 days a week, I go low) Lack of Vitamin D has consequences as well.
Personally, have your D3 checked to see if you are low. And try and get natural sunlight to get as much natural Vitamin D on as much skin of your body as possible to produce n its own using the '100% organic' way.
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Supposedly, these are the tests we should have before supplementing (and, no, I have not done this):
"D" may be called a vitamin but is really a hormone (found in (pro)hormone (D3/D2) and active hormone forms)
The tests to get:
1. Magnesium RBC (Red Blood Cell): it’s the KEY catalyst for creating “Storage” and “Active” forms of this Hormone…
2. 25(OH)D blood test: it’s the measure of the “Storage” form, the precursor to “Active” form of this Hormone…
3. 1,25(OH)2 D3 blood test: it’s the measure of the “Active” form of this Hormone…
4. “Ionized” Serum Calcium blood test (NOT a standard serum test!): given that Calcitriol’s JOB in the body is to put MORE Calcium into the blood stream, it only makes sense to know exactly how much you have there already, right?…
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It is suggested that we receive all Vit D from cod liver oil or other natural sources. That should keep us out of trouble.
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