My Vitamin D Results

In a previous post (http://veggiegardengirl.blogspot.com/2013/05/important-vitamin-d-test.html) I talked about how you can do an at-home Vitamin D test and be part of a 5 year study by going to this site: http://www.grassrootshealth.net/

At the very least you should goto that site and get educated on what D does for you.  What good levels of D prevents, and what a deficiency may cause.  Take a look at this chart below.  It shows your blood level of D at the top, and the various disease prevention that happens at those levels.  Some sites recommend getting your D as high as 50ng/ml (still in the normal range, which is considered 40-60ng/ml) to get all the health benefits.

http://freetheanimal.com/images/2009/12/Vitamin-D-and-Disease-Incidence.png

Anyway, so I signed up to participate, as did Hubs, and I got my D results back the other day!   41ng/ml That's just a HAIR above the lowest normal range. I already supplement with D in my multi-vitamin and take an extra D supplement on top of that.  And so depending on what you read, 40ng/ml is a bit low....

Anyway, they have a nifty little chart to help you figure out how much extra D you need to take, depending on what level you are currently: http://grassrootshealth.net/media/images/chart-serum-level-intake-5-by-3-ngmla-both-charts-single.pdf

So I'm ~40ng/ml right now, and I want to be at 50ng/ml (right in the middle!) and so it says I need an extra 900IU of D a day. Easy peasy!

Hubs should get his D test in the mail any day now. We looked at some of his old D tests from medical records, and a few years ago he was up around 51ng/ml. So he should be fine. But it doesn't hurt to test again, and I'm sure the study coordinators would appreciate the extra data point!

Get your D tested!!!!!!!!