Vitamin D question

[Guest guest]

I have a horrible time taking Vitamin D; it always makes my chronic GERD

worse. For awhile I was taking those calcium chews until I found out that I

also needed to have Magnisium with those chews and the combo resulted in the

chronic GERD. So I have been doing without -- and I can't afford to do

that.

I am thinking of starting the whole Cod Liver Oil route (ugh). Does anyone

know:

Will I need to take Magnesium with the Cod Liver Oil?

Can Cod Liver Oil cause GERD?

Anyone else taking the Cod Liver Oil to manage the muscle pain?

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Ross Hauser, M.D.

VITAMIN D AND MUSCLE PAIN

Ross A. Hauser, M.D.

In a study just released (Mayo Clinic Proceedings December 2003; 78:

1463-1470, 140 out of 150 people with muscle pain seen at a university

healthcare center had vitamin D deficiences (less than 20 ng/ml). The

people came to the center with non-specific musculoskeletal pain. The

authors believe that there is so much vitamin D deficiency because so little

exists in the diet including fortified milk, and most people intentionally

or unintentionally avoid sun exposure. This includes those who work long

hours, eat lunch indoors and wear sun screen. However even with sun

exposure, the capacity to generate adequate vitamin D is reduced by obesity,

age, smoking status, clothing worn, latitude, winter season and amount of

skin pigmentation. The darker one's skin, the more birthdays one has, and

the further north one lives, the higher the risk for hypovitaminosis D.

The take home point folks is to chug that cod liver oil. There are few

products as healthy as cod liver oil. Here let me go to my refrigerator.

Ah, yes the cod liver oil I drink (available at www.benuts.com). One

tablespoon of benuts cod liver oil has 430 iu's or 108% of the RDA. Plus

once a week or so I take a 5,000 iu capsule of vitamin D. So those with

muscle pain and who don't want to get osteoporosis considering taking some

extra vitamin D. For those of you who take the full dose of Benuts

Supervits you still need some extra vitamin D, so consider taking some cod

liver oil, it comes in a tasty orange flavor. Cheers!

Bob Filice,

M.D.

n Hauser, M.S.,R.D.

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