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Plan: Dr Dahlqvist's
Stats: 205/152/160
BF:
Progress: 118%
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Originally Posted by mellifera
In "The No Grain Diet" Dr. Mercola advises taking a teaspoon of cod liver oil per 100 pounds of body weight if you're not having vitamin D levels tested, and a teaspoon per 50 pounds of body weight if you are having D levels tested. He writes that you can overdo vitamin D if you get enough sunlight and supplement with cod liver oil.
Isn't it amazing how the lemon oil masks the fish taste? It's so much better than burping fish for hours.
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Cod Liver Oil is not the best source of Vitamin D because CLO also contains high amounts of Vitamin A and you can more easily overdose on Vitamin A than vit d.
It is preferable, for those whose skin sensitivity doesn't permit sufficient regular sun exposure (UK readers can find the UV INDEX here) to use a separate effective strength source of D3 such as Carlsons 2000IU or Biotech 5000iu
I've been told Vitalady are cheaper for Biotech stuff but haven't used them myself yet.
~~~~~~ saves you $5 off your first Iherb order.
The state of 25(OH)D insufficiency is such that generally speaking women living around or above latitude 42 will require 4000-5000iu daily and men 5000-6000iu daily and these amounts are simply not achievable safely from CLO.
Breast milk flows naturally with optimal amounts of Vitamin D3 when 25(OH)D status is kept between 50-60ng/ml 125-150nmol/l. We should not accept as normal 25(OH)D levels lower than those our bodies would naturally attain and maintain given regular non-burning full body sun exposure.
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