@ColleenV The vitamin has been hyped somewhat in the USA in the last decade

@ColleenV The Man Who Sold America On Vitamin D -- And Profited in the Process

The lower normal limit may turn out to be 20 ng/mL, not the current notch of 30 ng/mL

@ColleenV Not only that! Ideally, you need to check also your calcium, magnesium, ionized calcium, phosphorus, creatinine and PTH - just to exclude some rare interactions that may lead to suboptimal vitamin D metabolism.

I checked some, and have found that my magnesium is a bit below the normal range.

> Holick's role in drafting national vitamin D guidelines, and the embrace of his message by mainstream doctors and wellness gurus alike, have helped push supplement sales to USD936 million in 2017. That's a ninefold increase over the previous decade. Lab tests for vitamin D deficiency have spiked, too: Doctors ordered more than 10 million for Medicare patients in 2016, up 547 percent since 2007, at a cost of $365 million. About 1 in 4 adults 60 and older now take vitamin D supplements.

@CowperKettle You know, even if it's just a placebo, my parents have felt better and haven't gotten flus/colds as often, and it's not too expensive, so I am OK with it :)

I read something once that said Americans have the most vitamin-rich pee in the world because we over-fortify our foods

@ColleenV Russians are catching up fast.

My brother has a whole galaxy of vitamins.

And I now have a bunch too

)))

@CowperKettle The only supplement I take is water. I drink lots of water.

@JasperLoy How much?

I drink 3 to 4 liters a day if I don't control myself

Maybe you should check your vitamin D level too.

@CowperKettle Oh, that's a lot. Yeah I drink about 4 litres every day. The rest comes from the food itself. I notice you like to use American spelling. I like to use British spelling.

@JasperLoy I have a 1-liter glass pitcher and I control my self by only filling it twice a day

Hence, 2 liters each day

I've been reading a lot about vitamin D and how it might help in depression

Very intersting, on PubMed

Reviews and studies

I discovered that my magnesium is a little bit below the norm, so today I went into a pharmacy and bought a 50 mg Mg + 5 mg B6 supplement

I took the supplement at 14:00 and dropped dead asleep in half an hour time.

Only crawled out of bed 5 hours later

Still feeling weak

I heard that in the US you cannot just walk into a lab and order a blood test

This is so odd

Hard to believe

Word of the day: nose pads (they hold the glasses)

Link between neonatal vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia confirmed

I'm not reading all stuff related to vitamin D, )))

*now

@CowperKettle Why do you need to control yourself? Drinking water is fine.

OMG, the 2018 15-inch Macbook Pro with Touch Bar is sooooo expensive.

@JasperLoy Apple has very good refurbished equipment and it can save some money.

@CowperKettle Voldemort could use some

@ColleenV I heard some things about how dust would get trapped in the second generation butterfly keyboard and render the keyboard unusable. But I know the problem has been fixed in the newest models.