What makes you have low vitamin d
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Too much sun protection. Not enough exposure to sun to enough bare flesh for enough time
Some reasons
Must be more as I used to be outside alot .perhaps too many clothes?? As it dropped very low.
Not being out in the sun enough, especially if you live in a northern state.
Here in the UK we are advised to take Vitamin D supplements throughout fall and winter - and all the time during lockdown.
I’m back taking iron pills and vitamin d second time
Vitamin D to be absorbed by body, you will need to have fat along with Vitamin D rich food. Fat is very important for Absorption of Vitamin D, through gut.
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Interestingly a small study has suggested that too much fat eaten while taking vit D supplement can inhibit its absorption. I personally don’t take my vit D with a meal since you will absorb around 70% of it without fat in any case and I don’t want the faff of controlling the fat in my meal.
Hi Honey - whilst lack of sun is a huge factor in low vitamin D production I have also read that your body's ability to convert the sun's rays into vitamin D diminishes as you age so a supplement is a good idea *especially* in the winter months. I hear that D3 combined with K2 (MK7) is the best form of Vitamin D to take.
I only take vitamin d
You mention a thyroid problem. Do you have Hashimotos ? If so that can affect the uptake of nutrients from food- B12 - Folate - Ferritin - VitD. How much levo/T4 are you taking ? I notice in another post you have acid reflux which can also be connected to low thyroid. There is a Thyroid Forum here on HU - maybe take a look for more info. Happy to help.
They say I have overactive thyroid so they never diagnosed me with hashimotos are nth
If you are taking Levo/T4 you are HypOthyroid not HypER. In the early stages of Hashimotos you can have results that suggest both. Do you obtain copies of your test results ? You can then monitor your own progress and check what has been missed.
How do you take your Levo/T4 ? Iron ? VitD ? What are you taking and how much ? Taking Iron too close to thyroid hormones can block uptake/absorption.
Levo I take at 7am iron I take 2:00
How much VitD are you taking ? Docs often prescribe too little ! What was your last result ? Do you obtain your results from GP ?
Vitamin d 50,000
So is that once a week or once a month ? How long have you been on this dose ? Have you been re-tested ?
Yes been retested once a week
Not heard of weekly testing before. So what was your last result ?
No I take vitamin d every week lol but my last test vitamin d was 18 so I guess it has to be 30
I’m just taking levo no t4
Levo is T4 🙃 I suggest you go to the Thyroid website below and start reading. It may help you understand the complexities of the the thyroid !
What Marx is saying is good. If you have thyroid problems, low or high, u must learn about it. It’s a very complex organ and can affect a lot of other things.
I had Hashimoto, now have no thyroid at all, not since 1986.
It’s almost better to have none than Hashimoto which goes up and down like a yo-yo.
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The Adrenal Glands are the gear box and the Thyroid Gland is the accelerator!!
