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by ekianjo 1508 days ago
the 600 IU RDA is clearly a mistake in an earlier publication. it should be 10x that.
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dragonwriter 1508 days ago
No, 600 IU (15mcg) is the actual RDA. There's a lot of belief that it's an error, but it's not a typographical error.
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ekianjo 1507 days ago
The actual RDA is not correct.
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TameAntelope 1507 days ago
It is more correct than the research that shows otherwise.
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ekianjo 1507 days ago
If you skin produces dozens of thousands of IU while staying 20 minutes in the sun, and the RDA is not even a tenth of that, I'd rather wage the RDA is completely wrong and misplaced.
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LinuxBender 1507 days ago
Type 1 skin is 2000 IU's per hour if completely exposed to the sun though someone may call the cops. Type 5 skin is 500 IU's per hour but all of this is moot if one does not have sufficient precursor elements for the D3 process to occur. This involves vitamin D2, C, collagen and a few other elements. I don't remember the whole chain off the top of my head. I'm lazy and just take pills.
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TameAntelope 1507 days ago
Your skin doesn't do that.
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dralley 1508 days ago
The dose they claim to be taking is 100x that, not 10x.
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