Vitamin D Toxicity: Is This a Danger?

Should you be afraid of taking too much vitamin D? Find out.

DATA: https://vitamindwiki.com/Overview+Toxicity+of+vitamin+D
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(15)00244-X/pdf

Is 10,000 IUs of vitamin D toxic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2glDkfDUiM
 
Timestamps
0:10 Vitamin D toxicity—history 
2:11 Should you be worried about vitamin D toxicity? 
2:31 What is vitamin D toxicity? 
2:48 Should you take less vitamin D?
3:10 Autoimmune conditions and vitamin D 
3:19 Reducing the risk of kidney stones 

In this video, we’re going to talk about vitamin D toxicity. Some people are afraid of taking too much vitamin D, when it may not be as scary as you might think. 

According to an article by the Mayo Clinic, vitamin D may not actually be as toxic as was once believed. 

In the 1940s, vitamin D was used for rheumatoid arthritis. But, the amounts being used were between 200,000 and 300,000 IUs of vitamin D. The reason this could have helped is that vitamin D helps support the immune system and helps lower inflammation. 

In the 1950’s they were fortifying products like dairy products with vitamin D. But, there were some complaints from parents with children who had side effects. The fortification of vitamin D in dairy was banned in Europe, but not in some other countries, including America. 

Years later, it was discovered that these children might have experienced these side effects due to a rare genetic disease called Williams syndrome. With Williams syndrome, you don’t actually want to take vitamin D at all. 

Now, when you look at vitamin D, it always says something along the line of “don’ take too much, you could experience a toxic effect.” 

But, according to this article by the Mayo Clinic, it would take getting 50,000 to 100,000 IUs of vitamin D for months to years before vitamin D would become toxic. This is actually a lot more than what most people consider toxic. 

When talking about vitamin toxicity, we’re referring to hypercalcemia, which is too much calcium in the blood. 

When people are afraid of vitamin D toxicity, they end up taking smaller amounts like 1,000 to 2,000 IUs per day. But, with this amount, it could actually take four months or more to bring a vitamin D deficiency up to a normal level. 

If you want to decrease the potential risk of kidney stones, you could drink 2.5 liters of fluid every day, avoid taking calcium and avoid dairy. 

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