Vitamin D Dosage
Posted on
January 29, 2010 by
Greg Gabbard
Vitamin D Dosage
The proper Vitamin D dosage has a wide range of recommended levels depending on who you talk to or research you’ve completed yourself. Through our research we found this to be true and also extremely frustrating. We felt the recommended dosage levels were too low and not current with the cutting edge research coming out.
Vitamin D Dosage
The proper Vitamin D dosage has a wide range of recommended levels depending on who you talk to or research you’ve completed yourself. Through our research we found this to be true and also extremely frustrating. We felt the recommended dosage levels were too low and not current with the cutting edge research coming out.
The current unit of measurement for Vitamin D levels in the blood is expressed in nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml). The optimal blood levels for disease prevention is in the 50 – 100 ng/ml range.
Our team decided to pose a question to Dwight McKee M.D., a leading authority on the latest recommended dosage levels for Vitamin D supplements. We asked him what he recommended as the proper dosage levels of Vitamin D supplements for children and adults. Below are his recommendations:
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Take 1,000 IU of Vitamin D per 25 pounds of body weight per day. It can be taken daily, once a week, or on a monthly basis. Please see the table below for an easy to read conversion table.
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Don’t take any Vitamin D on days when you will experience significant summer, tropical or winter sun exposure without sun block.
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People with granulomatous diseases (sarcoid, TB, Chrohn’s disease, etc.) and lymphoma, should only take Vitamin D with a knowledgeable physician monitoring their blood levels, as they can easily get toxic with these kinds of doses. These are rare conditions, but are probably what led to the medical myth of the dangers surrounding Vitamin D toxicity.
The table below illustrates the recommended Vitamin D dosages on a daily, weekly, and monthly cycle based on the recommendations of Dwight McKee M.D.
|
Body Weight in Pounds |
Recommended Daily Dosage (IU) |
Recommended Weekly Dosage (IU) |
Recommended Monthly Dosage |
|
25 |
1,000 |
7,000 |
30,000 |
|
50 |
2,000 |
14,000 |
60,000 |
|
75 |
3,000 |
21,000 |
90,000 |
|
100 |
4,000 |
28,000 |
120,000 |
|
125 |
5,000 |
35,000 |
150,000 |
|
150 |
6,000 |
42,000 |
180,000 |
|
175 |
7,000 |
49,000 |
210,000 |
|
200 |
8,000 |
56,000 |
240,000 |
|
225 |
9,000 |
63,000 |
270,000 |
|
250 |
10,000 |
70,000 |
300,000 |
|
275 |
11,000 |
77,000 |
330,000 |
|
300 |
12,000 |
84,000 |
360,000 |
|
325 |
13,000 |
91,000 |
390,000 |
|
350 |
14,000 |
98,000 |
420,000 |
|
375 |
15,000 |
105,000 |
450,000 |
|
400 |
16,000 |
112,000 |
480,000 |
