[raverbashing]

Oh yes, if only people ate a perfectly balanced diet and had time and resources to know how to get the exact quantity of every ingredient.

Saying "you don't need supplements" is naive idealism.

And here's the catch, "healthy people don't need supplements" but how many people are taking multivitamins and hence supplementing a dietary deficiency?

"Don't take vitamin D" until you have an issue and then have to go to the doctor?

> Think Roman gladiator - they were vegetarians. No supplements needed.

Suuuuure. Did you do a blood test on them? I'm not so sure the lion's diet was balanced in the end though.

[saalweachter]

Yes, do not take vitamin D unless under the direction of a doctor. As a fat-soluble vitamin, it's not super difficult to poison yourself with it.

[raverbashing]

Max recommended dosage for adults: 100ug per day (4kUI) with some places suggesting 250ug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervitaminosis_D#Suggested_t...

Typical supplement dosages: from 5ug to 25ug

So no, unless you eat Vit D supplement like candy you won't have a problem

[saalweachter]

Without knowing your deficiency, you're either taking a comically meaningless dose (why even bother to take a 5ug dose if you're at a 250ug deficiency?) or risking overdose by swamping your system with the 250ug over the counter pills while not actually being deficient.

[WalterSear]

This isn't the case.

Your fear of overdose is misfounded. You have to try really hard. Deficiency, on the other hand, is endemic.

"Vitamin D deficiency is a major public health problem worldwide in all age groups, even in those residing in countries with low latitude, where it was generally assumed that UV radiation was adequate enough to prevent this deficiency, and in industrialized countries, where vitamin D fortification has been implemented now for years."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4018438/

[x2f10]

The problem is: Doctors will only test for _suspected_ deficiencies. I'd love to know my vitamin levels, but I don't believe my doctor would be as enthusiastic about multiple blood tests to satisfy my curiosity.

[YinglingLight]

Lol. Guess this means I live life on the edge.