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How bad of an idea would it be to continue taking 50,000 IU of Vit D3/week? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Why the hell would you do that?

Looks like ~4000IU a week is plenty, even with no sunlight exposure.

You're looking at like 13x the recommended intake; that's going to screw up your calcium levels eventually. And the stuff is cumulative, it's not like eg. vitamin C, which is gone from your system a day later.

My very strong advice would be don't.

If you've got a massive deficiency, follow medical advice.

If you haven't, then quit fucking with it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Why the hell would you do that?

I had to do exactly this after a blood test showed my vit D was so low they couldn't accurately test it. It was to bring it back up to level, and now I just take a normal amount every day to keep it that way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Oh yeah, Stoss therapy - german for 'hammer' :D

I just wonder why someone would continue to do it...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The German word for hammer is Hammer.

Stoß is push or shove

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That makes a lot more sense, come to think.

TIL my kid's paediatrician couldn't speak german either :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ah well they tried hahaha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We were more of a "schlepp(en)" family

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I dont get it :S

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