Debby
Well-known Member
- Location
- East coast of Canada
Don't you just love the continual evolution of health knowledge? Keeps us busy, adding things to our dietary lists, eliminating others, upping this nutrient, reducing that one.....almost hard to keep up isn't it?
Well one more change folks and it looks like our Vitamin D levels have to be adjusted too! Currently the RDA is apparently between 600 and 800 IU per day, depending on your age, but that has been increased recently to 7,000 IU per day.
'...We need far more vitamin D than previously thought, according to two teams of researchers from Canada and the U.S.
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D is ten times lower than what we actually need, say two teams of researchers who have challenged the US's National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), both responsible for the RDA....' http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/19/vitamin-d-deficiency_n_6901972.html
So next time there is a sale on Vitamin D, stock up because unless you're able to be outside every day, getting the sun, you'll need a whole lot more pills.
Well one more change folks and it looks like our Vitamin D levels have to be adjusted too! Currently the RDA is apparently between 600 and 800 IU per day, depending on your age, but that has been increased recently to 7,000 IU per day.
'...We need far more vitamin D than previously thought, according to two teams of researchers from Canada and the U.S.
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D is ten times lower than what we actually need, say two teams of researchers who have challenged the US's National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), both responsible for the RDA....' http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/19/vitamin-d-deficiency_n_6901972.html
So next time there is a sale on Vitamin D, stock up because unless you're able to be outside every day, getting the sun, you'll need a whole lot more pills.
