Vitamin D 5000iu

Product Description

There are many compelling reasons to choose our Vitamin D 5000iu supplement.

Only small amounts of vitamin D are obtained from eating animal products, such as oily fish, although some foods are now fortified with vitamin D during manufacture.

Most human vitamin D comes from exposure to sunlight.

In some parts of the planet, however, this can be a challenge, especially in winter, when modern indoor work and leisure activities complicate matters.

Half an hour of sunshine in the middle of the day for light-skinned people will produce around 50,000 IU (International Units) of vitamin D3 (Yu et al., 2009), but what if you cannot get that sunshine?

Vitamin D supplements

Vitamin D supplements hold a simple and cheap solution to maintaining the body’s vitamin D levels.

Intake of vitamin D supplements seems to be associated with decreased mortality rates (Autier and Gandini, 2007).

Supplementation should only be necessary if you cannot get into the sun for a few days.

One problem is that there is disagreement as to what the correct daily requirements for vitamin D should be to gain the most benefit.

The answer will differ for different people because of climate, diet and sun exposure.

However, there is agreement that women over 70 and pregnant women require more than children and younger adults.

5000iu vitamin D daily

If you suspect you have low vitamin D, have not seen the sun for weeks, and haven’t been taking vitamin D supplements, then taking 5000 IU daily for a week should help to bring your levels up.

If you are unable to get sun exposure during the day, a dose of 5000 IU (125 µg) every two days should be more than enough after that.

Supplementation, particularly during the three darkest winter months where you live, would appear wise.

For those living north of Birmingham in the UK, be aware that even the winter sun of late November to early February cannot assist in vitamin D production.

People who live in cloudy countries such as Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Western England, and Norway may benefit from using 5000 IU every two days, even outside of winter, if the weather has been particularly uncooperative for vitamin D natural production for several days.