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Old Wed, Oct-21-09, 03:25
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Oh Since the 4000 D3 is in my Vitamin is it ok to get 2000 and that be safe and effective Plus sun?
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I have been taking 400 D3,

I suspect that like I did in my previous you added an extra 0 but in fact you are actually taking just 400iu in a multivitamin/mineral.
Even so the SAFE UPPER LIMIT is 10,000iu/daily and this leaves such a huge margin of safety that even people getting regular sun exposure will be absolutely safe.

Therefore you can safely increase the amount you are taking.
With the conditions you have it would be advisable to have a higher vitamin D status than 55ng/ml.
You have a lot of pro inflammatory stuff going on so making sure you have more than ample anti inflammatory available is simply common sense. So the sooner you increase your vitamin D3 to 5000iu/daily the better and only reduce the amount next summer if your next 25(OH)D test is over 80ng, if you can get plenty of sun then do so to try to stay in the 60~70 range.


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Also I take one Fish oil a day its, Omega 3 Fish Oil, 300 Active EPA/DHA, should I continue this or add more of it?


Although you may find this takes a little getting into this calculator enables you to see how much you need to adjust your omega 3<>omega 6 ratio to bring it down to a safer level. Most USA diets leave people with about 10times more omega 6 than is safe or reasonable.
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But it takes months to change tissue omega 6 levels by eliminating industrial vegetable oils such as corn, soybean, safflower and sunflower oil, and everything that contains them from your diet. While you work on reducing the cause of excess inflammation you can safely take a lot more omega 3 than you do now. Your plasma levels of omega 3 change within hours and 5 days after taking effective amounts of omega 3 your chance of having better outcomes from surgery, stroke, accident is significantly improved. sessions listen to this session Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Surgical, Respiratory and Intensive Care Issues Robert G. Martindale

Now Foods, Ultra Omega-3, 500 EPA/250 DHA, 180 SoftgelsThese are what I use. I take 3 daily total 2.25g omega 3 daily. If you find you get fishy burps (these are enteric coated so this shouldn't be a problem) you could also put them in the freezer and take them frozen this also ensures they get past the burp point before they dissolve.


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Will increasing my D level help any of these? I know there mostly autoimmune, so just wondering?
Yes that is why I'm moving the goal posts higher as with that list of conditions your body will use Vitamin D3 faster than most people.

Although Nancy is right to say omega 3 doesn't raise 25(OH)D it's possible some of the fish oil used to make fish oil may contain some vitamin d as does Cod Liver Oil and so it's possible that there are low amounts of vitamin D in some fish oils. but too low to be counted or declared as present. But omega 3 like vitamin D3 and magnesium, has anti inflammatory actions and improving your natural anti inflammatory status will help improve the range of conditions you have at the moment.

Dr Art Ayers has a good blog on Cooling Inflammation he gets a bit technical at times but if you stick with it you gradually begin to understand what he's talking about. Start with the diet page, then explore his other blogs.

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Thank you from the botton of my heart for all the great info
I'm pleased to be able to help.

Last edited by Hutchinson : Wed, Oct-21-09 at 03:39.
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