Re: For Celiac/Vit D/results from blood tests

[Guest guest]

...I just found out I am deficient in Vit D also – 21 (20-100). I gets lots of sun living here in CA and I take calcium with vit D so I don’t know why I am so low. My bone density declined this year also even with all the calcium and BIHRT.

I was prescribed Vit D 50,000 units softgel (generic for Drisdol) to be taken as 1 tablet 2x month and retested after 3 months. I also did a 24 hour urine and my calcium levels were 87 (50-275) but were quite high in volume 2900 (800-1800). I filled the entire container in 24 hours and my dr. said I drank a lot of fluid and was well-hydrated. She was not concerned and thought it was a good thing, but I was a bit puzzled because I didn’t think I drank that much water. I do know – what goes in comes out rather fast.

I am also suspected to be gluten-intolerant (depending which test I believe) and just recently numbers are pointing to Hashi since I came in with thyroid peroxidase antibodies at 36 (<35) which were 15.2 last November. All kinds of numbers are shifting all of a sudden. Reason for my HL? – the drs. don’t think so. I am still trying to connect the dots since none of the drs can spend enough time with me in discovery. Besides, they all specialize and can only tell me about one area. I have to do all work and I can see that all you ladies do too. Thanks for being there.

Cora

[Guest guest]

I also had a low reading of Vit D even after being out in the sun this summer

quite a lot.

I think as you get older you don't make as much and there may be some that don't

make

as much from the sun. I am taking Drisdol 1x a week for now. That is D2 which

equals

about 2,000 IU D3 per day. Starting next week I take it 2x per week. I also take

Premcal

and which is 1000IU D3 and 500mg calcium and some magnesium. She also wants me

to

take a small amount of Vit K.

I think that having Celiac does predispose you to certain autoimmune problems

and also

fertility issues.

If you want to give my Dr a call I will get you the number but I am not sure she

would treat

someone without seeing them first.

The other thing in this equation is the kidneys they might excrete too much

calcium and I

am taking 2 additional 24 hr urine tests to determine this. If this is the case

she said there

is a simple solution (I think she said a small amount of diaozide or thiaozide

can't

remember). If you want to speak further you can also contact me on my regular e

mail

sdavis4341@...

Thanks Karin

>

> ...I just found out I am deficient in Vit D also ­ 21 (20-100). I gets

> lots of sun living here in CA and I take calcium with vit D so I don¹t know

> why I am so low. My bone density declined this year also even with all the

> calcium and BIHRT.

>

> I was prescribed Vit D 50,000 units softgel (generic for Drisdol) to be

> taken as 1 tablet 2x month and retested after 3 months. I also did a 24

> hour urine and my calcium levels were 87 (50-275) but were quite high in

> volume 2900 (800-1800). I filled the entire container in 24 hours and my

> dr. said I drank a lot of fluid and was well-hydrated. She was not

> concerned and thought it was a good thing, but I was a bit puzzled because I

> didn¹t think I drank that much water. I do know ­ what goes in comes out

> rather fast.

>

> I am also suspected to be gluten-intolerant (depending which test I believe)

> and just recently numbers are pointing to Hashi since I came in with thyroid

> peroxidase antibodies at 36 (<35) which were 15.2 last November. All kinds

> of numbers are shifting all of a sudden. Reason for my HL? ­ the drs. don¹t

> think so. I am still trying to connect the dots since none of the drs can

> spend enough time with me in discovery. Besides, they all specialize and

> can only tell me about one area. I have to do all work and I can see that

> all you ladies do too. Thanks for being there.

>

> Cora

>

[Guest guest]

Karin,

A really good way to bring up those D levels and also get your essential

fatty acids is from Cod Liver oil. I believe Mercola has this in capsule

form. = ) I was having trouble with my D levels and was not even absorbing

any sun that I wasn't getting any color, and I'm olive skin toned and do not

ever have a problem getting color but had been having issues for quite a few

summers but this summer I got my good color back, the only thing different

is that I used the Cod Liver Oil through the winter months, stopped in the

spring and started regular fish oil caps daily and will resume the Cod in

the fall. It's worth a try. = )

Luv

LuLu

Re: For Celiac/Vit D/results from blood

tests

I also had a low reading of Vit D even after being out in the sun this

summer quite a lot.

I think as you get older you don't make as much and there may be some that

don't make

as much from the sun. I am taking Drisdol 1x a week for now. That is D2

which equals

about 2,000 IU D3 per day. Starting next week I take it 2x per week. I also

take Premcal

and which is 1000IU D3 and 500mg calcium and some magnesium. She also wants

me to

take a small amount of Vit K.

sdavis4341@...

Thanks Karin

[Guest guest]

Hi LuLu,

I think that's brilliant! I'll try that if my numbers don't come up

satisfactorily end of this month. I've had great support from taking

Pregnenolone and DHEA in addition to a tiny bit of E, and had good numbers

showing both for E and E, and even though I hadn't asked his okay for these

supplements, my doctor was impressed. Presently I seem to do well with just

Maca and Saw Palmetto cycling like you mention below for 3 weeks. I'm glad

about your thinking and creativity.

Cheereo,

Charlotte

---------------------------------------

Re: For Celiac/Vit D/results from blood

> tests

>

>

> I also had a low reading of Vit D even after being out in the sun this

> summer quite a lot.

> I think as you get older you don't make as much and there may be some that

> don't make

> as much from the sun. I am taking Drisdol 1x a week for now. That is D2

> which equals

> about 2,000 IU D3 per day. Starting next week I take it 2x per week. I

> also

> take Premcal

> and which is 1000IU D3 and 500mg calcium and some magnesium. She also

> wants

> me to

> take a small amount of Vit K.

> sdavis4341@...

> Thanks Karin

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> click here for our webpage http://rhythmicliving.com/

>

> **The group conversation is informational in nature and is not intended as

> medical advice.**

>

[Guest guest]

> A really good way to bring up those D levels and also get your

essential

> fatty acids is from Cod Liver oil. I believe Mercola has this in

capsule

> form. = )

-----> I'm running across people in my weston price group that have

taken tons of high vitamin cod liver oil for years, then test for vit

D and they're LOW!!!!!

I think the gut damage has got to be at the base of this. Although one

person has been off gluten and most dairy for years and she still was

extremely low. Her diet is one of the most strict nutrient dense of

anyone I know. (however she didn't use a blood test to test for this

only bio-meridian...would be interesting to see if blood testing agreed)

The explanation she got was that her gut damage was due to

parasites...or at least I think that was it. I'll ask again to clarify.

Lynn

[Guest guest]

-> I think that's brilliant! I'll try that if my numbers don't come up

> satisfactorily end of this month. I've had great support from taking

> Pregnenolone and DHEA in addition to a tiny bit of E, and had good

numbers

> showing both for E and E, and even though I hadn't asked his okay

for these

> supplements, my doctor was impressed.

--------> Hmmmm could low E be interfering with vit D absorbtion? Both

the women I know who supplement with cod liver oil and had low vit D

levels I suspect of low E.

Lynn

[Guest guest]

When you are looking at Cod Liver Oil it has very high amounts of Vit A which

interferes w/

the Vit D. In your daily multi vitamin the Vit A should not be above 5000. You

can read

some more on this at the VitaminDcouncil website Laurel provided.

My daughter was on Accutane (super high artificial A) for 1 month and I think

this greatly

contributed to an already low Vit D level. I think that it is best to find a Dr

that

understands how this steriod works if you are having serious problems. Carlson's

makes a

Vit D gel tab at 2000 iu for about $8.

As far as the malabsorbtion issues who knows if they ever get back to completely

normal,

but if you have Celiac and stay on strict wheat free diet the antibodies

disappear. Does this

mean the intestines are healed? I don't know. For those of us that have symptoms

when

eating anything w/wheat that also completly goes away on the strict diet.

Karin

>

> > A really good way to bring up those D levels and also get your

> essential

> > fatty acids is from Cod Liver oil. I believe Mercola has this in

> capsule

> > form. = )

>

> -----> I'm running across people in my weston price group that have

> taken tons of high vitamin cod liver oil for years, then test for vit

> D and they're LOW!!!!!

>

> I think the gut damage has got to be at the base of this. Although one

> person has been off gluten and most dairy for years and she still was

> extremely low. Her diet is one of the most strict nutrient dense of

> anyone I know. (however she didn't use a blood test to test for this

> only bio-meridian...would be interesting to see if blood testing agreed)

>

> The explanation she got was that her gut damage was due to

> parasites...or at least I think that was it. I'll ask again to clarify.

>

> Lynn

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynn,

The cod liver oil I take has 250IU of A in it so it's not a large dose but

I have certainly seen some that have four times that amount in them, that

would worry me too. I would think a good supplement should balance itself

out as many foods in their whole forms have what appears to be contradictory

nutrition but in the end use it works well in the body. I agree, it is

always good to be cautious with D as well as A because they can both be

toxic, working with a doctor is a great idea for certain. = )

Luv

LuLu

Re: For Celiac/Vit D/results from blood

tests

When you are looking at Cod Liver Oil it has very high amounts of Vit A

which interferes w/

the Vit D. In your daily multi vitamin the Vit A should not be above 5000.

You can read

some more on this at the VitaminDcouncil website Laurel provided.

My daughter was on Accutane (super high artificial A) for 1 month and I

think this greatly

contributed to an already low Vit D level. I think that it is best to find a

Dr that

understands how this steriod works if you are having serious problems.

Carlson's makes a

Vit D gel tab at 2000 iu for about $8.