Comments by "Miriam Weller" (@miriamweller812) on "The truth about vitamin supplements | Professor JoAnn Manson and Dr Sarah Berry" video.

@eugeniebreida 5k to keep the level, maybe 10k when you want to improve it, but combine it with Vitamin K2, because it helps against the side effects that can stress your kidneys with calcium. Overall the body can produce up to 25k Vitamin D itself, if you would be out in the sun, but you need UVB for that, so any kind of sun protection will also reduce your Vitamin D production the same amount. The production of Vitamin D by the own body does not have the problem with the kidneys, because it's produced over your skin and does not have to be spread via your kidneys. Some people made the mistake and took 50k units - every day. 50k is more a weekly dosis given to people with deficencies. At this level it really stresses the kidneys hard and can lead to problems, so don't go that way. As said 5k-10k is fine.
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You also need to get it fresh from the farmer, else it will quickly lose even more every day. For many this is luxury up to impossible.
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@jenniferkilleen9642 Feels like there should never have been any hunger catastrophe in human history, if it is that easy and that was in times when were had a population of millions not billions. Just have a little garden, it will magically grow enough to feed you and your family every single day of the year.
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Save for sure. When you are not ill, 5k should be enough and combine it with K2, it helps to avoid side effects of Vitamin D on the kidneys (which have to spread it when you take it as supplements). By studies, 50k per day starts to be bad and lead to kidney stones and alike, so don't get that high, it's simply way too much. Body itself can produce 25k units Vitamin D per day, but you need good sun for that and UVB. Sunlight alone doesn't help, the UVB radiation is the fuel, so when you protect yourself against UVB, you also reduce up to eliminate your Vitamin D production.
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I only see hate against supplements with shady arguments. 1. You can just eat the right food. - Duh! Of course when you already get it elsewhere, you don't need it. That's like telling a thirsty person, they don't need that water if they would have drunk enough before. 2. Expensive. - Really? When I look at the supplements, they are all incredible cheap and could even be cheaper, because most of them are not really hard to produce. When I look at how much you have to pay for "eating right", that's a hell lot more. If they don't work, if the vitamins and minerals aren't really inside, well, then go directly at the producer of them for fraud. And sorry: "pro vitamin agenda"? That the body needs those vitamins and minerals to funktion is a scientific fact. Of course it is all about balance. But when you eat too much fruits, you got the same problem, plus likely even more, since you inhaled a hell lot of sugar with them.
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@sauces_official Also when the car is already damage, oiling it up comes a bit late. But if you oil it up before it breaks down, it will prevent damage. And of course in case of a human body, giving it what it needs will help with its regeneration. That's the main thing medicine does anyyway: help the body to repait itself. If it can't do that or can't do it well enough, there isn't much you can do with medicine either.
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