Re: Vitamin D and absorption

[Guest guest]

You sound very healthy. It's great that you got tested & found out what

is working for you. This was very interesting & thanks for sharing.

wrote:

> I agree that age, race, location etc: may be contributing factors in a

> person not being able to absorb enough vitamin D. Here are some other

> possibilites: S.J.

>

> 1) my sister (62) lives in the South and gardens in the sun but has

> too much clothing on to expose herself to enough sunshine. Hence, her

> doctor says she is vitamin D deficient and has to supplement with

> vitamin D. Her husband (68) rows on the lake with his shirt off and

> has plenty of vitamin D in his system. He does not supplement.

> 2) Adelle in her 1955 book: " Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit " said

> the amount of oil on ones skin determines the amount of vitamin D that

> will be made and absorbed into the body. She warned against bathing

> before or after one sunbathes and says it will wash off the good oils

> before the body has a chance to absorb the vitamin D.

> 3) I am in my 60's and test well for vitamin D and don't take an extra

> vitamin D supplement except what is in my multivitamin (400 IU). I

> live in the South and try to sun everyday even if it is only for 5

> minutes. However, if possible I try not to bathe before sunning and

> will not bathe for several hours after sunning. I like to nap after

> sunbathing. Sometimes I might go a whole day without bathing. I see a

> lot of women that bathe as soon as they come in from the sun. Just a

> thought.

> 4) Dr. Weil said on T.V. he recommends supplementing 1,000 IU

> of Vit.D everyday. And said probably by next year he will recommend

> supplementing with 2,000 IU.

>