I have some articles on it given to me by my SIL who is a nurse. To treat SAD, or if a person has a deficiency, going well over the 200 IU, that is the basic level, is just fine. One source puts the max dose at 10,000 and one at 20,000. If you get little sunlight through the winter a large dose is ok. The supplement I take is little gel caps 2,000 IU each. I take 2, plus a multi vitamin and a Cal/Mag with more D. I will cut out the gel caps when winter is over.
The one article is from Dr. Cannell through web MD and is regarding SAD. He says 90% of patients are D deficient and he recommends 600-10,000IU a day to correct this and get off antidepressants. He says toxic levels start at 20,000IU.
The other article is from the newspaper about treating winter blues. It claims 2000IU as the upper limit and 10,0000IU as the toxic level.
I have definitely felt benefits from taking D this winter. Being indoors in a cold, dark state, I feel my dose is reasonable. For someone in a sunnier state, much less is needed.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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