Posted by Chris O on February 12, 2013, at 23:44:48
In reply to Re: Vitamin D supplementation benefit anyone?, posted by PrettyLady on February 12, 2013, at 18:42:06
Pretty Lady:
Interesting that you should follow up at this time. A couple of months ago, I tested my vitamin D again. After a brief uptick about a year ago (tested in the high 50s), I'm back down to 20 again. I really have no idea why. I'm outside a lot, live in southern California, exercise regularly. My one theory has been a massive consumption of Honest Tea Moroccan Mint (probably 4 to 8 bottles a day) for over a decade. I've heard that tea leaves have high fluoride levels, and that caffeine depletes vitamin D, but the doctors I've seen don't think this is an issue. I've also been a bit paranoid to take the vitamin D supplement that raised my levels last year (Carlson's fish oil), due to fears that radiation from the Fukashima radiation leak could be in these supplements now. I've been taking a Carlson's drop, the lanolin kind, but I don't think it works as well as my vitamin D levels recently tested low. And I don't know if it really affects my mood much anyway. Hard to tell as I'm such an anxiety disordered freak most of the time. Good luck to you.
Chris
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