05/17/2026
What your doctor is telling you about the recommended dose of vitamin D may be wrong…
YOU SHOULD BE TAKING 5000IU TO 10,000IU OF VITAMIN D DAILY. AND HAVE YOUR VITAMIN D LEVELS MONITORED, along with your total calcium AND ionized calcium levels. By the way, I have NEVER seen a true case of vitamin D toxicity in my entire medical career! But I HAVE seen vitamin A toxicity, so you have to be careful with self-dosing vitamins and supplements.
The laboratory vitamin D reference range for “normal” is too low…
I have to constantly remind medical students that the laboratory reference range is simply based on the population, if you have an unhealthy population, then the reference range will be off!!!
There is so much medical misinformation that doctors spout off to patients on various topics, primarily following 25 year old science that is incorporated into our various “guidelines”, and not current information, that it is mind-boggling.
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