Leos "boost your immune system now" blog

[andyjohnsonman]

Just to warn any of you who want to follow the advice Leo gives in this blog it is NOT safe to mega dose vitamin D as Leo states on this blog, "It is safe to mega-dose Vitamin C and Vitamin D3 for short periods of time. I would do so immediately if I felt sick. A mega-dose of Vitamin C might be 5,000mg to 10,000 per day and a mega-dose of Vitamin D3 might be 10,000 to 20,000 IU. I would only mega-dose a few days at a time if I was sure I was sick."

 

I have been taking 50mg of Vitamin D for the last week and have ended up getting vitamin toxicity which can be very serious which has lead to kidney pain, bones aching all over, nausea, constipation, fatigue and constant urination. I would recommend no more than 10mg of Vitamin D a day and refrain from Leo's advice of mega dosing this stuff.

[Average Investor]

@Michael569 I have a 5000IU vitamin D that I take every other day. Was super hard to find one that was fairly clean and plant based. Would it be worthwhile to just do 2000IU daily instead? 

[andyjohnsonman]

1 hour ago, Michael569 said:

You'd actually get these from lack of vitamin D not excess. 

2 hours ago, andyjohnsonman said:

Well it wasn't happening before I took Vitamin D and now it is. All those symptoms have suddenly come up since i've been taking 50mg of vitamin D a day. There was one day I took 70mg. The research shows that these are the symptoms of Vitamin toxicity.

[andyjohnsonman]

9 minutes ago, Average Investor said:

@Michael569 I have a 5000IU vitamin D that I take every other day. Was super hard to find one that was fairly clean and plant based. Would it be worthwhile to just do 2000IU daily instead? 

Thats way too much unless you have vitamin deficiency like Michael said. I would go down considerably as you don't wanna be bed bound for a few days with this like i have been.

[andyjohnsonman]

10 minutes ago, Michael569 said:

Andy are you sure there isn't something else going on for you mate? I'm not saying it is impossible but it is really hard to imagine toxicity from 50 mg (2000IU) especially only after a week. It takes months to develop toxicity even at 20,000 IU (500mcg)

I dont think its anything else although I have a cough which is unrelated to it. Ill keep you updated and im going to take a couple of months off supplements.

[Harikrishnan]

@Michael569 we have sun all year, do i need to take sup if i spend time in morning sun.

[Average Investor]

@Michael569 I was planning on trying to get a blood test soon. I will ask them to check the levels and see what they say. I live in Washington in the US, so sun is not out much this time of year. If It is though I am sitting in it lol. Thanks! By the way I am glad to see you offering services outside of this. You have my vouch for sure.  

[Leo Gura]

I've taken 10,000 IU of Vitamin D for years. And my level is healthy, in the 50-60 range.

Taking 10,000 IU for a few weeks while sick with covid will not hurt you.

[Preety_India]

57 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I've taken 10,000 IU of Vitamin D for years. And my level is healthy, in the 50-60 range.

Taking 10,000 IU for a few weeks while sick with covid will not hurt you.

Hey I have a huge Vitamin D deficiency and I have been having this deficiency for years now. 

So I take 1000 units of vit D on any day sometimes occasionally. 

Is it safe to take 10,000 IU in one shot. Like that number looks scary to me. So I never took those kinda doses. Just want to know if it's safe 

 

My mom took 60,000 IU once in 2 weeks but I told her not to. She still did. 

What do you recommend? 

Recently my blood test showed my level as below 20.

Edited November 13, 2020 by Preety_India

[Leo Gura]

6 hours ago, Preety_India said:

Hey I have a huge Vitamin D deficiency and I have been having this deficiency for years now. 

So I take 1000 units of vit D on any day sometimes occasionally. 

Is it safe to take 10,000 IU in one shot. Like that number looks scary to me. So I never took those kinda doses. Just want to know if it's safe

Not only is it safe, if you have a deficiency, it would be unsafe to take anything less than 10,000 IU.

I've taken 10,000 IU every day for months and even a year+ at a time.

1,000 IU is nothing. It's not even worth taking so little.

[Life]

I noticed that some of you mixed-up the units (mg vs. mcg) pretty harshly.
@andyjohnsonman if you really took 50mg Vit D that would be 2,000,000 IU.

Around Nov19-Feb20 I took 12,000 IU Vit D daily (+K2 and some other supplements). In February my D3 level in my blood has been 80.9 ng/ml - which is pretty high but still far away from a toxic level.

Edited November 13, 2020 by Life

[Life]

6 hours ago, Preety_India said:

Recently my blood test showed my level as below 20.

Also be mindful at the units of your blood test.
ng/ml is the most typical one but a unit using mol e.g. nmol/l isn't that unusual either.

some examples:

20ng/ml = 50nmol/l

20nmol/l = 8ng/ml

80.9 ng/ml = 202.25nmol/l

[Preety_India]

@Life

My current vit D blood level is 16 ng/ml. 

 

[Preety_India]

@Michael569 is that a daily dose? 

[Preety_India]

@Michael569  sounds good. Thanks a ton. 

 

[smurf88]

On 11/12/2020 at 7:16 AM, andyjohnsonman said:

Just to warn any of you who want to follow the advice Leo gives in this blog it is NOT safe to mega dose vitamin D as Leo states on this blog, "It is safe to mega-dose Vitamin C and Vitamin D3 for short periods of time. I would do so immediately if I felt sick. A mega-dose of Vitamin C might be 5,000mg to 10,000 per day and a mega-dose of Vitamin D3 might be 10,000 to 20,000 IU. I would only mega-dose a few days at a time if I was sure I was sick."

 

I have been taking 50mg of Vitamin D for the last week and have ended up getting vitamin toxicity which can be very serious which has lead to kidney pain, bones aching all over, nausea, constipation, fatigue and constant urination. I would recommend no more than 10mg of Vitamin D a day and refrain from Leo's advice of mega dosing this stuff.

It is not safe if you jump into megadosing vitamins without doing research. You HAVE to take Vitamin K2 in proper dosages when you're megadosing D3.

Edited November 13, 2020 by smurf88

[Life]

@andyjohnsonman  I am still curios, did your really take 50mg Vitamin D or just 50mcg? I wouldn't consider 50mcg a mega dose, but with 50mg we are surely approaching real dangerous territory.

[andyjohnsonman]

I meant to type 50mcg and i still believe it was this dosage that messed me up. I was fine prior to this dosage and after taking it I got all the symptoms of vitamin D toxicity, now i have come off it I am fine again, which makes it strange to hear you all reporting taking such massive amounts.

[andyjohnsonman]

.

Edited November 13, 2020 by andyjohnsonman
wrong place

[LfcCharlie4]

I’d recommend checking Doctor Rhonda Patrick’s stuff regarding Vitamin D & her podcast(s) with Joe Rogan, she covers it all there quite in depth