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Optimizing Vitamin D: Avoiding Common Mistakes

Optimizing Vitamin D: Avoiding Common Mistakes

Update: 2025-12-04
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Emphasizes that Vitamin D supplementation is only effective when combined with essential co-factors—magnesium, vitamin K2, and zinc—which help regulate calcium and prevent toxicity. The speaker recommends a daily intake of 6,000–10,000 IUs of vitamin D3 (not D2), ideally taken with fat, arguing that typical recommended doses are insufficient. Additional guidance includes strategic sun exposure between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., proper testing, and avoiding substances like statins and sunscreen, which can inhibit Vitamin D production.

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Optimizing Vitamin D: Avoiding Common Mistakes

Optimizing Vitamin D: Avoiding Common Mistakes

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