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@luzysombra5291

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have b12/folate videos??

@Wowwwzaaa

2 жыл бұрын

Day or night?

@gm5995

9 ай бұрын

I'll be immensely grateful if you can answer my question coz I'm in despair, no one here in Ukraine is qualified enough to do it. I've been having hypoparathyroidism for 18 years now, every day taking 8 tablets of Calcemin Advance (4gr of calcium in total) and alfacalcidol 2mcg. And throutout this year 2023 I've acquired calcification in liver and kidneys. How should I alter my treatment now? I know there is cholecalciferol 200 IU in every tablet of Calcemin Advance. Nobody can help me recalculate the equation of cholecalciferol in relation to alfacalcidol which I take daily and which is probably the reason of calcification. Really beg you for some piece of advice 🙏🙏🙏🙏@DrJinSung

@jimmysavageultrabrutal8130

9 ай бұрын

​@@gm5995 First:. I AM NOT A DOCTOR/MEDIC You might benefit from Mk7 (sometimes sold with vitamin D). It takes calcium to the bones and to where else it needs to be.

This guy is great! He explained possible inflammatory responses when supplementing with Vit D. He is one of the few doctors that ever mentions checking 1, 25 hydroxy in addition to 25 hydroxy. Wish there were a lot more practioners like him. There would be less people suffering.

@mthobelinathanheshu8423

4 ай бұрын

i agree with you. Other doctors never mention this. It's my first time hearing this.

@kathya1956

4 ай бұрын

More blood test

My vitamin D level was 4. After years of extreme pain, fibromyalgia, anxiety, heart palpitations...a great doctor tested my blood. He said he had never seen a vitamin D level so low.

@SimplyRed66

2 жыл бұрын

Did your Fibromyalgia improve,and what amount of d3 do you take? Also battling Fibromyalgia,l take 2000ug per day? Please advise.🙏

@andreadanburg5649

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found a good doctor! My doctor has me do blood tests, but only focuses on my thyroid. After I began to check my own lab results, I discovered that my vitamin D was very low, so I began to supplement. After a few months, my level was normal again. I also suffered years of fibromyalgia pain, but am thankful that all I needed was a few supplements.

@preetisadhwani5640

2 жыл бұрын

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@preetisadhwani5640

2 жыл бұрын

May I have your doctor's contact no. Please?

@ingevonschneider5100

2 жыл бұрын

I had 7. My doctor still didnt do anything.

This is outstanding information! I take 5000iu D3 and my recent lab result was 25-Hydroxy 55 ng/mL, but the active level was not checked. I specifically asked my dr to check my vitamin D levels, so it's disappointing that he did not order the test for active level. I am 54 year old black male with a LONG family history of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, so I want to make sure my levels are optimized. Fortunately, my labs generally look great, so I'm not overly concerned right now, but next year I will be sure to request both readings.

@chuckiegravesfield3170

7 ай бұрын

we have shit doctors

@TNT-km2eg

5 ай бұрын

KZread university student ?

@dlg5485

5 ай бұрын

@@TNT-km2eg Do you have a actual comment or just stupid snark?

@lynnraasakka

4 ай бұрын

I specifically asked my doctor to check my vitamin D levels and when I got my bloodwork results it was not on there. Very disappointing.

@Txcowboy80

4 ай бұрын

Sometimes the laboratory doesn't have the capability to run specialized lab work. if I'm looking for specific labs I usually go to a local diagnostic lab and have them draw my blood work (I know its out of pocket expense but I get what I want, when I want, with no doctor appointment).

My D levels have been chronically insufficient since my 30’s. I was on 2k units per day & I my level was only 23. Upped the dose to 5k along with magnesium and K2 and got it up to 49. Was taking 5k + per day during the pandemic and just got my Vitamin D test back and now it’s only 38. Confused. I have taken Vitamin D freely, sometimes even doing a 10k dose. My doctor has never suggested to test the active D levels. I may be one of the unhealthy ones but I pretty much feel fine. Good energy, decent sleep and no major symptoms. I do have some kind of digestive issues so wondering if that could be the reason for my inability to build up sufficient D levels? Otherwise I’m stumped. Regular doctors won’t do a thing to help patients be well or get well unless you have an acute illness and even then they make up excuses why and send you home. They are offended if you do research on your own and deny service if you ask for specific tests. This is a good video. Food for thought. Thank you.

@ttfan3257

2 жыл бұрын

Try and get some sun (must be right times of the day) and below certain latitude and during the seasons...see if that helps bring your Vit-D levels up etc

@KJB0001

2 жыл бұрын

puggirl, I brought mine up to 74 from the 30s in 80 days with 10,000IUs D3 and k2 per my IFM doctor's recommendation. I get Now's Mega D3k2 with 5,000 and take two caps a day. She told me to always take my pills with an egg and a few pumpkin seeds (fat and magnesium). If your gut is not healthy you will not absorb nutrients so check for Leaky Gut., Chron's. or SIBO - even a high body fat percentage can block D, as well as steroids and statins. Sublingual supplements are good to use until your gut is healed. The doc also ordered that I get Near Infrared Sunlight before 10am and after 5pm so I took 30-60 minute strolls with the dogs twice a day. Hope it helps!!!

@ellieen7327

2 жыл бұрын

I've researched D3 quite a bit and what I've read it says you should take it orally if you have digestive issues, because of malabsorption where your body cannot absorb it properly and with gel supplements you can only absorb at most 30-40%. try take it sublingually and then see if things improve for you.

@AZ-ps1si

2 жыл бұрын

To treat Vit D deficiency u will be prescribed 50000 IU vit D3 or D2 for 3 months one pill weekly. Or 2 months then 10k once a week for a month If u wanna be treated just tell the doctor that u are stressed to these things, and a doc will not help till symptoms appear.

@hostiles1

Жыл бұрын

Vit D is fat vitamins same as A, E & K. they need a fat sources to be absorbed. try taking it after a heavy meals or as me, once i swallowed the capsules, i took Olive Oil as my main fat sources..

Really enjoyed listening to some of your videos this evening. I want to thank you for taking the time to put these up so that people like myself who loves healthy lifestyles, become more aware and informed. It’s good to have options. I’m actually going to start out tomorrow morning with a three day water fast.

Excellent video like always, Dr. Really appreciate the info you share! Curious if you could do a video on supplementing with fulvic and humic acid. Safety, recommended daily amount, side effects, and possible interactions with other supplements or rx. Lots of people raving about it. Thanks so much 🙏😊

@mj-je7el

2 жыл бұрын

Good one 👍

Kudos Dr. Sung for the clear explanation and application which none of my previous doctors had advised. Thank you.

I wish all doctors were this consistent when it comes to our labs. I wanted to know what my inflammation was and it only showed >10

This explains why in my over 12 years experience taking vitamin D3 my serum level of D3 never got above 30ng/mL. Which is also what I had hypothesized; because my doctors never bother to tell me SH*T. More than 12 years ago, I had high liver enzymes and an elevated PSA so my doctor ordered a prostate biopsy (which I never had) and put me on 2,000iu of D3. Later, after testing, he diagnosed me with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis. A very rare condition for a man to have and, he said, incurable. About a year or so later when my serum level didn’t rise I increased my D3 to 6,000iu/day. Over the next ten years my serum levels STILL did not rise above 30ng/mL. However, about 6 or 7 years after this diagnosis my liver enzyme levels did reset to normal and another test for PBC was NEGATIVE! This test was done by my new VA doctors so naturally they didn’t believe I’d ever had PBC. It was only after my prostate cancer diagnosis that I began researching vitamin D3 in earnest. By megadosing between 50,000iu and 100,000iu I was able to raise my serum level to 129ng/mL, which is considered high but not if you are fighting cancer. With cancer tumors, the higher D3, the better! As a result of this personally prescribed therapy, my follow-up MRI has revealed that one of the two small (25% and 30%), slow-growing tumors discovered in my prostate biopsy has shrunk to just 6mm and the second tumor has DISAPPEARED! We have not even begun to uncover the near-miraculous power of Hormone D3.

@Morgan-lr8ud

2 жыл бұрын

That’s great!! I’ve been harping on the importance of vitamin D3 since the start of covid. I went down a “rabbit hole” researching Vit D3 and learned its importance and almost all adults in the U.S. & Europe are deficient. This hormone is crucial for our immune system response, treating and prevention of cancer, metabolism support, and so much more. I’m really glad to hear your provider prescribed the amount your body needed and you’ve had such a positive response! Thank you for sharing your story!

@terrifictomm

2 жыл бұрын

@@Morgan-lr8ud Thank you for your positive reply on KZread! Yes, my civilian doctor (when I had A-1 insurance) did a great job getting me started on D3 diagnosing my PBC. However, he dropped the ball, just as all my doctors have, I’m not following up on my 13 year D3 deficiency of D3 AND in not EXPLAINING TO ME what was happening with my health and what I-I-I could and should be doing about it. Both to enlist my help in treating myself and for the time when he was no longer my doctor. Which happens every single day I’m this brave, new world of ours.

@fakkapitalizmus

2 жыл бұрын

No believe to doctor. U need have 50 to 70 Ng . Its fact. They found people who health kovid! Easy.Need no discuss.

@JS-lx9fi

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew what I was doing wrong. I have been taking 5000iu d3 with 100mcg k2 but I feel worse than ever. So much inflammation and was wondering whether that vitamin d was making it worse.

@terrifictomm

2 жыл бұрын

@@JS-lx9fi I sympathize with your frustration. My wife persistently reminds me that medicine is NOT a science; it is an Art. And diagnostics is inspired guessing! (See 7 seasons of “House, MD”) Vitamin D3 does not cause inflammation. At all. If you’re pressing issue is inflammation you might want to go total carnivore. As far as I know, meat is perhaps the most non-inflammatory (or is that , least inflammatory) food of all. Also, according to a video by Dr. Berg, melatonin has recently been identified as a big, big anti-inflammatory you can supplement with. However, as with vitamin D3, most people do not take enough! Do you know your D3 blood serum level? You can safely take megadoses of D3 without any negative effects. Just about the only supplement less toxic than D3 is melatonin, for which there are NO known side effects. The No. 1 M. researcher in the world said he takes 180mg/night of M. and knows no M. researcher in the world , and he knows them all, who takes less than 100mg/night! I have a friend who’s physician at UCLA has had him on 50,000iu/day of D3 for over ten years and he’s in pretty much perfect health at 70. So try megadoses of D3 and see what happens. And try melatonin. Then try carnivore. Or all three at once. God’s Best to you!

Your a great doctor you explain everything so that the average person understands what your saying.

thx so much for this vid. had a month of hives bef found a naturopath practitioner who immediately knew i was "over converting" vitD. stopped taking supp, hives gone in 2 days. almost 10yrs later still have low 25OH but dont take vitD supp. haven't found anyone who knows how to addresses this so im grateful to see this vid ty!

This confirms my suspicions, especially the low D autoimmune connection. Thank you so much for this!! I finally know what to test for.

This is very informative. I have kidney disease and I finally know why I’m taking calcitriol.

What a great video, answers a number of questions I have had over the last 2 years. Thank you.

Interesting, informative, and valuable information Doctor, thank you. Was glad to hear you reference K2 and magnesium. That’s another important discussion.

It is an excellent lecture, Sir 👍👍👍 I wish if you could do a lecture on probiotic strains

When I was diagnosed with MS my doctor never once mentioned checking my vitamin D level. Years later I found out it was 7! This was thanks to a new holistic medicine doctor.

Thank you - this is excellent for non medical public to use & understand ⭐️

Thank you so much! Excellent breakdown and easy understanding!

Fantastic a Man devoted to his vocation of life and the bonus a heart to tell the truth in helping others , Lord give us 10,000 plus or more , So much useless info on all platforms. Thx for your time and devotion, your family is very fortunate to have you.

You are one the few doctors who tells the truth about Vit D while other doctors are telling their patients to take vit D without checking their active form.

That’s the detail that makes real doctors!! I hope more people find dr sings channel

Knowledge = Power! Thanks for the torough explanation!

Great info as always, could you do video on the synergy between vit d and magnesium

EXCELLENT!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Great Video! Thanks for sharing your work with us.

Excellent information! This is something I've been wondering about, and now I'll know what to ask about at my next Dr appointment.

These kinds of information are definitely important. Some people really believe that anything "natural" or a "supplement" can't be overdosed or that there can't be side-effects and such, but that's not true. I actually started to research everything I want to take and that includes searching for side-effects, contradictions, dosages that have been used in studies, anecdotes and such.

@iart2838

2 жыл бұрын

False info

@eileenmccarthy8507

Жыл бұрын

Drink milk and get sunshine. Drinking milk after its expiration date for up to 10 days supplies vitamin D naturally. Sunshine comes naturally. Vitamin D in capsule form if you dont have a good immune system is a waste of money. I took large amounts 5 when I got a cough and it did make the mucus thin so it was easier to get up and out.

@AnnaMaria-zm8cv

7 ай бұрын

@@iart2838 why so? You are affiliate to the supplement business? There is a lot of crap and poison available in the vitamin stores, half the people dont even know the dangers they just swallow. B6 should be prescription only and so does iron and vitamin D in high doses.

Excelent video, indeed! Thank you Dr Sung for your explanation. I am a dentist (already retired) and although I knew several things about Vit D , I didn't know when we must test the 1,25 OH Vit D.

Thank you very much for your lecture. Happy to find your lectures in the internet!

Superb video brother. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge! Peace and blessings!

Take 10,000 iu a day for over 5 years and most recent test was 90.7 ng/ml.

@marlenegold280

2 жыл бұрын

Adding cofactors too? Vitamin K2 Magnesium (not oxide form) K2 and D3 are fat soluble; take with meals containing healthy fat. Avoid processed seed oils, margarine, shortening, transfats

@metricmoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@marlenegold280 what about cold pressed pumpkin seed oil?

@metricmoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeyoung8807 yeah, but I take it as a supplement for its health benefits.

@rebeccaaldrich3396

2 жыл бұрын

My D test said 91% also! I take 10,000 daily.

@metricmoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccaaldrich3396 do you take it with magnesium?

Thank you Doctor. Dropping vit d level has happened to me recently and my doctor said to increase. Now I know what to discuss with her. I had no idea there was another test. Apparently she doesn't either.

@DrJinSung

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, if you're supplementing at higher levels and the Vit D drops you should test.

Great explanation. Thank you.

So clearly explained - it was a pleasure watching this video.

Too much Vit D can lead to higher levels of Calcium in your blood and this in turn can lead to problems like frequent urinating. And fatigue. Also High Blood Pressure. It can affect your Kidneys and affect your Gastrointestinal Tract. And can also make you feel short of breath. It ain’t good. I’m glad I asked my GP for a blood test recently. That blood test revealed I had high Vit D levels. For a week before I got the test done I’d feel a little short of breath in the evening. And that may’ve been because I was taking too much Vit D. Also finally ( after having to wait for two years because of a certain Virus going around) I got to go into hospital this past week to get an endoscopy and it revealed I had some polyps, which were biopsied ( I’m presently waiting for results) but it also showed I had gastritis which could be due to elevated Vit D levels. The only reason I started taking more Vit D daily was because of a certain Virus ( just in case it may’ve helped) ..... Now I’ve stopped taking the Vit D in the hopes I can get my levels back to normal soon....... So people just take care when taking Vit D........... ⚛️☮️🌏

@dalesplitstone6276

2 жыл бұрын

What blood serum D level was too high? Did you try supplementing with K2-MK7? Did you take probiotics. Sorry to hear about your problems with doctor/hospital appointments. The only problem I had here in Crawford County, PA was with dentist appointments.

Any thoughts on taking calcifediol instead of cholecalciferol? I am trying D.velop which uses calcifediol. It's supposed to work faster than cholecalciferol. They did include 2 finger stick blood tests as part of their subscription, I'm waiting for results from my first test now and I'll test again a month after I started taking it.

Thank you for all this Dr. Sung. 👍

Great information and good to know.

Hi Dr I only took Vitimins when when my Dr told me to My wife and I are 83 and 76 , so we are very happy to see your videos. Thank you very much Dr Sung May all living creatures be happy and free from suffering regards Micheal

My doctor has me on 5000 ui of D3, I have auto immune disease, and have chronically low D3. I get tested twice a year. There is a lot of confusion about D3 levels! This was a very good video!

Love these videos. I always learn something.

Excellent help thank you. Great information

Sooo interesting. I was wondering about this with my Sjögren’s so I’ve been taking a low 1000 IU until I researched more and now you’ve given me the info I’ve been looking for! I wish your clinic was in the U.K. ..

@marlenegold280

2 жыл бұрын

1000 IU dose is like for a child. Many with autoimmune dose take 10,000 IU D3 daily. Plus cofactors K2, magnesium (not oxide form) and with healthy fat as K2 and D3 are fat soluble.

@sgray4995

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, per my Dr., with blood work run every 6 months, I've been on 5000IU daily for the last few years. I live in Florida.

@marisapaola9010

2 жыл бұрын

Delisiouslyme, darling, I'm sorry to hear. I have rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogrens, vasculitis, and heart failure, coeliac disease etc. My advise is to see a specialist, rheumatologist. I live in Australia, and my specialist tested me for vit D, you need blood tests as too much vit D (a hormone, it's unknown how hormones effect the immune system, but they do). I was misdiagnosed for decades, when it was finally picked up I was bed bound and too late (15 years ago) I am now 45. Autoimmune diseases are progressive if not caught early. All my love 💖

@deliciouslyme6206

2 жыл бұрын

@@marisapaola9010 thank you so much and I’m so sorry for all you have. Having autoimmune is so hard 😞. I do have a rheumatologist and I have my vitamin D checked every 6 months or so by my request to my general dr. I try to stay on top of as even the rheumatologists don’t do their job thoroughly at all! Not the ones I’ve been seeing anyway!

@name1393

2 жыл бұрын

i take 5000 per day

Thank you. I really thought that I understood Vit D before but now I realize there is so much more to know. I will use this as a reference in the future.

Great vid -- thanks!

Great video

Thanks for the great explanation. I managed to get my level up to sufficient since I was prescribed a dose of 2000 a day and an incredible side-effect was that my frequent heartburn is totally gone.

@janicecrose376

7 ай бұрын

Now I believe my heartburn has been gone for years because of my D3 consumption.

Thank you. That was very inteeesting.

@DrJinSung

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you knowledge is always better to have I appreciate you and your teaching! 💜🦋💜

Very educational. Thank you for this great explanation. I've never heard it explained like this.

Part of my job is selling supplements but I was trained to not pretend beeing a physician! When someone asks me which is the right supplement for a health issue or a supposed one, I always answer: talk to your doctor! Refer to a specialized physician! Well done Dr. Sung, thank you! 👍🏼

@alexkahlon

Жыл бұрын

he isnt a medical doctor. he is a chiropractor. lmao

@denisepaulsenful

5 ай бұрын

@@alexkahlon. Seriously? Well that says a lot. Like have you ever birthed a baby? If the answer is no then you’re not a doctor. Or not a medical one. So don’t be a chiro and saying you’re a doctor cause you’re not.

Thank You. Finally somebody who understands 25 vs 1 25 forms if vit D. I have been telling my doctors to measure 1 25 for 5 years and it has been coming in elevated, 25 being always low. What do my doctors do - they tell me to take more D. I developed and was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis 3 years ago, if I took 5k oral vitamin D I would be in the hospital tomorrow. Most people with UC however benefit from supplementing with D. I will definitely read the research you posted.

@Phataku

2 жыл бұрын

I've been having terrible GI issues for the last month, or so. I have not been diagnosed with anything, yet (they are still doing tests) but I take 4000 IU of D3 every day, and have done so for several months. I might stop taking it to see if my issue goes away. Maybe I'm over dosing. I started taking 2000 IU per day because of Covid, but my brother said I should double the dose. I guess he's not a doctor, either 🙄.

@essanjay8604

2 ай бұрын

@@PhatakuHow did you get on?

This is good information.

Very good.

While taking Vitamin D3 at 5,000 IU I was at 30ng, when I went up to 10,000 IU my eczema went away! I tried going back down 5,000 after months but the eczema came back so I stay at 10,000. The active form of vitamin D has not been checked and I do have thyroid disease and I do take K2 and magnesium. Thank you for the information!

@evamarietje163

2 жыл бұрын

Your symptoms sound like mine.

@ToddDouglasFox

2 жыл бұрын

Kim, you may want to add strontium and raw calcium and not take other forms of calcium (so dairy is okay, if absorbed). Also, we prefer the malate form of magnesium and be sure that your D3 is liquid and is combined with K2.

@Golds-worthy

2 жыл бұрын

In how long do you take those 10,000 mg?

@evamarietje163

2 жыл бұрын

@@Golds-worthy in a day. When 1 caps is 1000 you take ten. Two times 5? (Its what I do) but add MK-7 !

@ToddDouglasFox

2 жыл бұрын

@@Golds-worthy You’re asking duration not how much daily, correct? So, I don’t recommend the capsules. Should be D3/K2 in liquid form (unless there is a bleeding issue). And it should be monitored with labs. A baseline is required. I don’t typically recommend 10k during summer, even in the northern hemisphere. In summer I typically recommend 5k. But raw calcium and strontium should be added in many cases, depends on what conditions are being treated - in addition to low D. And this is treatment.

Regarding the inflammatory response, start with a low dose for the first week and then gradually build it up. I think when you take an immediate amount of Vit D (e.g. cholecalciferol form) that can shock the system. See how that goes it might bring more success.

@harmonys2102

5 ай бұрын

Wish I’d found this advice sooner. I’ve been taking high doses because my levels were so low heading into winter. I’m temporarily much farther north this winter and worried about staying healthy. Everyone around me is sick.

@TNT-km2eg

5 ай бұрын

Sure . Simple solutions for simple minded

Thank you Doc! Excellent information!

wow! never heard of this!! how insightful, hats off

Take d3 with k2.

I combat S.A.D. Disorder with Vit D for last 10 years, felt a little better at 5k but now I take. 10k and feel remarkably better. For me treating based on my symptoms works well. I do understand the dangers however the RDA was determined via minimum to avoid clinical diseases, not what the level should be for optimal health. A normal body in the sun produces about 10k.

@george.s.8491

5 ай бұрын

Yes exactly. So how much do you take a day or weekly also are you taking vitamin K with it as well as magnesium also I heard boron I do the magnesium glycinate but haven’t looked into boron. I struggle with SAD and depression myself

@franks4973

5 ай бұрын

I supplement with 10k units vit d, zinc, a daily vit, and every 3 days with mag because its a high dose. Also fixing my sibo and my sad is gone. Hard to find a good functional medicine person as many are n9t qualified.

Thanks doc. This is eye opening.

Thank you for the video! Very important information!

I was low 25 ng/ml on my labs, so started taking D3 10,000 IU daily for a few months just fine. Until one night I woke up with my heart pounding, blood pressure high, and pulse racing. I ended up in the ER and mentioned I was taking a lot of vit D. The docs said no connection and wanted to give me anxiety medication. I don't even have an anxiety problem. I stopped taking it, but took weeks for things to stabilize, and it was very scary.I know that MANY take it with no problem but some can't. Now I have a sunlamp.

@annarenneberg9699

2 жыл бұрын

I had the same problem, the Dr proscribed 50,000 vit D 2 one’s weekly. I could take it for a while than I started to get a lot of PVC’s extra heart beats. This gives you a very uncomfortable feeling in your chest. The Dr felt it was not the vit D. However I felt it was and stopped taking it. After a few mist doses the PVC disappeared. After a while I started taking 1000 vit D 3. For osteopenia this seems to be ok.

@GoldPeakLLC

10 ай бұрын

Depleted your magnesium and you missed k2?

@AnnaMaria-zm8cv

7 ай бұрын

Same for me, but my palpitations start already with 5000IU. I now take only 2500IU a day by oral spray and all this cardiovasculair misery (palipitations, arrhytmia, ladible high bloodpressure) is making its exit, thank goodness. I also went to ER two times because this caused the anxiety they liked to label me with so badly only to find out my heart itself is working fine, its just triggered by 'something' and that something they are hellbend on calling hypothyroidism. Sad for them, my TSH is also coming down so they have to come to admit it was vitamin D all along. My oral spray works fine but I am in process to buy a vitamin lamp as well as I live in the arctic and the last bits of high bloodpressure may only leave once I stop supplementing vitamin D all together which I cant with soon only 4 hours daylight with a sun that will not produce enough output to soak vitamin D from because its too low on the horizon. If it is visible at all.

Interesting. I watched a video posted by the doctor a while ago promoting 10000 UI as a starting dose, followed by 4000 Ui a la long... I found the exact opposite effect proven by studies, both 25-OH vit D and 1,25-OH vit D lowering TNF alpha and IL-6 in high dose (so they are both anti-inflammatory).

@dalesplitstone6276

2 жыл бұрын

The proper term is that they are inflammation regulators. They can have either effect.

Thank you for this information! Very interesting to know! 🙌🏻👍

Thank you for clarifying that. Important piece of info. 👍🤗

Thank you Dr. Sung for your videos and insightful information. I was deficient in vitamin d, was put on vitamin d supplementation and I developed vitamin d toxicity. I'm being monitored with frequent blood tests and my levels are now at 170 nmol/L instead of 293 nmol/L. Thank you for sharing, I appreciate all what you do to educate your viewers.

@marlenegold280

2 жыл бұрын

Mentioning units is important Optimal 80 ng/dL 200 nmol/L

@marlenegold280

2 жыл бұрын

Did you take the cofactors to daily D3 (not D2) ? Did you take the fat soluble vitamins with healthy fat? Both K2 and D3 are fat soluble. Magnesium (not oxide form) dose needs to be split in half to improve absorption. Hope you are not supplementing calcium. Toxicity is rare. Did doctor test for Parathyroid Disease? 25(OH)D iPTH Serum calcium Often GPs have no idea what an optimal 25(OH)D is.

@magpiegirl3783

2 жыл бұрын

@@marlenegold280 I'm disappointed the Parathyroid disease was not covered in this talk. Taking Vitamin D can lead to problems if you have hypercalcemia.

@JS-lx9fi

2 жыл бұрын

Did you experience any symptoms from the toxicity? I started taking 5000 iu vitamin d with k2 and recently have been trying to overcome more inflammation and exhaustion than I have ever experienced. I wonder if the vitamin d had anything to do with it.

@justineandserena

Жыл бұрын

That’s nuts.. how much were u taking? Of the vitamin d? To be toxic what did you do? Must have been north of 20,000 iu an greater

Also, factor in the amount of time you are outside. Supplementing with Vit D may not be required once you come out of hibernation! My doctor moved his office when this stuff started and...never even told us. Now, he's out in the boonies in his house. We're pretty much a 'DIY' country here in Canada.

@smooth_pursuit

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah… the D Minder app is great for knowing how much we can get from the sun at a given latitude/ time of year/ time of day 👍

@marlenegold280

2 жыл бұрын

In Canada, we are often so deficient, summer is so short, we don’t get nearly enough. Plus doctors don’t test right.

@lilstardust777

2 жыл бұрын

Praying for Canadians! So sorry what your government is doing there.

@sleepinglioness5754

2 жыл бұрын

@@lilstardust777 Thank you lilstardust777.

@stefanozebralight518

7 ай бұрын

In Canada the summer sun will be "weak" Latitude greatly affects the production of vitamin D Age and cholesterol level also have an impact, as you get older you need to expose yourself to the sun for many hours to produce a decent amount of vitamin D (when you are young you will produce vitamin D more quickly) Cholesterol is essential for the production of vitamin D (from sun exposure) if cholesterol is low you will have to stay in the sun for much longer.

Very serious presentation ! Everything is clear to me now, thanks ! 😊

Double-Triple, Fantastic Video !!!!!!!!!!!

I've been taking 7,000 IU per day of vitamin D-3 for over 10 years. My doctor monitors my vitamin D levels with a yearly blood draw and I routinely have test results of 86 ng/mL which is considered high normal. I would not take 7,000 IU daily without the regular blood work. My insurance pays for the test but without insurance it would cost $90 which is a reasonable price to pay to know exactly what my D-3 levels are.

@jackfaber7710

5 ай бұрын

it's not reasonable, dude, it's a robbery. here, where i'am it costs 12$

but wait. Did I miss something? What happens when those with Elevated active take vit D? What’s the side effect if anything? Just remains elevated?

I love this. Thank you.

My annual check-up paper tells me Vitamin D level is too low, however I have never gotten any advice from anyone so far. Thanks for your kind videos loaded . From Seoul.

@DrJinSung

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome, South Korea

I wanted to say to you doc, that this video could save lives. I nearly lost mine by taking high doses of d. It’s a long story. I left a reply to a lady here in the comments named Caroline Laronda covering much of it. So thank you for this!

@TheSouthIsHot

2 жыл бұрын

I read your story and I appreciate the distress you were in after taking high-dose Vitamin D but how do you know you nearly lost your life? I've read 5 books about Vitamin D and numerous articles and not one death due to Vitamin D toxicity has been recorded. It's true that Hypervitaminosis D will make a person feel terrible for months but it's never killed anybody.

@underwaves75

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSouthIsHot I had put my liver and kidneys through a lot in the past. I didn't mention that, but one way or another I believe it was the high doses of D that caused my condition. I wasn't doing much else at the time. Perhaps saying I felt like I could die would be a better way to put it. Although in my case it could have lead to kidney failure or in the least, severe damage. I'm certainly living cleaner these days but still have somewhat bad kidney discomfort if I eat wrong. Having said that, I'd highly recommend never messing around with any synthetic substances. I believe it's unnecessary. If you want D and don't get much sun, my suggestion would be to take cod liver oil. (for example) I also learned that the vit c that most of us take is make of hydrochloric acid and gmo corn. And even at that we only get the cellular wall of the so called ascorbic acid and not the rest of the vitamin. Keeping in mind it's not the pure organic vitamin just another synthetic substitute. I've learned a lot in my race to get properly healthy. It all started with distilled water and me putting myself on essentially what constituted as a renal diet (just in case)

@TheSouthIsHot

2 жыл бұрын

@@underwaves75 Thanks for the clarification. I'm glad you're feeling better. I'm sure that was a scary time for you especially with the other health factors you have. I know from my own experience and from reading books and articles that Hypervitaminosis D can make a person feel awful. I hope the very best for you on your health journey.🙏

@brendadrumm9451

2 жыл бұрын

I've all ways said too much of something is as bad as too little hope your doing OK x

@dalesplitstone6276

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSouthIsHot I know someone who could be killed by sunlight, but not because of hypervitaminosis D. He is allegic to D.

Interesting video. My vitamin d used to be 11ng/ml with 2x 8wk course of 50,000IU pills, it barely raised to 14ng/ml. No one knew the reason. 6 mos later, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. After cancer treatment, daily vitamin d supplements easily raised my level to ~50. Is underlying carcinogenesis process a part of the inflammatory/autoimmune/infection issues you mentioned, or did you accidentally leave it out?

@iloveujesusxo

2 жыл бұрын

it's interesting to me as my vitamin D before my breast cancer was 29... after treatment now it's 24...

@1truthseeking8

8 ай бұрын

Perhaps you needed MUCH MORE D3 to avoid progression/ maybe you would have fought off before chemo...

Thank you, Dr. Sung!

Thanks for this learned a lot Blessing ur way

Would you be able to walk us through the logic of how active vitamin D can actually end up promoting inflammation? I can’t seem to find any information about this mechanism.

@bertibear1300

2 жыл бұрын

GC Maf is the key but they do not want us to know about it! Part of GC Maf is vitamin D.

@donnahilton471

2 жыл бұрын

It is promoting the inflammation in order to fight off an underlying problem, not causing the problem. In order to fix the D problem (low inactive, I believe) you have to locate the infection or the autoimmune disease and fix that problem.

@allenbarrow4904

2 жыл бұрын

@@bertibear1300 Can you provide a better details or a straight explanation of what GC Maf is or does to an individual. Plus, can you give spell out GC Maf....thank you!!

@wocket42

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnahilton471 Inflammation is hard to understand. It's a bit like an understaffed fire department. If you staff it right, they will be able to put out more fires and that's what you will see. But it's not the proper staffing that is causing the fires.

One thing is for sure: There are many many differing opinions on vitamin D, from DOCTORS and RESEARCHERS, to the point I am still not sure what is truly what. I am 60 decent health, try to eat decent and get exercise of some sort every day. I am at 51 degrees north, so sun exposure is not enough (so I am told) even though I do spend considerable time outdoors. I take 2000 units a day and hope that it is enough. It is not an easy task to get a doctor, let alone get one that would test for D. Covid should have opened a lot of eyes as to how poorly we get treated, when it comes to simple steps that could make a world of difference to our health. I truly believes there were many covid deaths that would have been avoided just by having proper vitamin D levels. Let me be clear, NOT as a treatment once infected, but as an ongoing every day, life long preventative measure for EVERYONE. Not just frail old folks.

@andreaandrea6716

2 жыл бұрын

Hello... Allopathic medicine (now, in this decade, and for the past several decades) is NOT about health. It is about PROFIT. The pharmaceutical INDUSTRY needs to sell drugs to be sustainable. The more ill we are, the more drugs (at higher prices) they can sell. Doctors do not study holistic medicine. Vitamins are not part of their lexicon. You might consider consulting a Holistic doctor who treats the Entire Body and not just a corner of it. In doubt? Why are the Eyes and the Teeth NOT considered a part of the body when it comes to Allopathy??

@brandoncampisi6621

2 жыл бұрын

Careful now. You're showing to much rational logical intelligence. I've said very much the same thing at the advent of covid and as time progressed and increasing amounts of information collaborates this notion/ theory.

@franciscoballesteros2059

Жыл бұрын

They know (evil empire) that half of the population of the world were deficient with D LEVEL that is why they spread this virus cause of money. GOD BLESS.

@maryparsons3552

6 ай бұрын

You're right. COVID DID indeed open many eyes to the shenanigans of the Medical Industry. It appears that there's no incentive to have a healthy patient.

Thank you, Dr Sung!

excellent info thanks

Since the beginning of Covid in 2020 I gave to my 95 year old mother 3000 IE Vit D together with Vit K2 and Magnesium. She is not vaccinated and got last November Covid with very light symptoms, just weakness, tiredness, just a little cough, no fever, no pain, normal O2 blood. But her Vit D level was 178 ng/ml. Surprisingly her kidney factors (GFR, Cystadin) are now much better than for many years.What shall I do? I hesitate reducing the Vit D Supplementation...

@1truthseeking8

8 ай бұрын

Results never lie.

Thanks Doc for breaking down the reasons for Vit D deficiency , and when and why maybe your numbers dont increase if you’re supplementing at higher levels. Ken RRT

Excellent video, tgank you Dr. Tsung

Thanks for the information.

Thanks for the video! My recently tested vitamin D. 25- OH= 104. I have recently stopped supplements to bring it down. I had increased supplements because of research on vitamin D and covid19. My CRP 0.

@jonnylee8538

2 жыл бұрын

You should not totally stop supplementing your D3, the 25-OH blood level will nose dive. Try take 5 out of 7 days per week.

@debstayblessed9549

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonnylee8538 thx👍

@marlenegold280

2 жыл бұрын

If the Vitamin D unit is ng/mL then it is a bit higher only, just lower dose a very little bit. If the unit is nmol/L, you are still too low, and need to raise to 200 nmol/L. Knowing the unit of reference range is important, not just the number itself.

@debstayblessed9549

2 жыл бұрын

I meant ng/ml. Thanks

@bobloblaw3606

2 жыл бұрын

How much were you taking if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks Dr Sung. Question for you. Cholesterol is converted by sunlight into Vitamin D and we eat our food to produce the cholesterol. What happens when we eat processed foods that contain lots of seed oils and soy? Are the fats from seed oils and soy different from fats from fish and animal. I switched over to a Carnivore diet about 5 years ago, before that I would sunburn easily after that rarely had sunburns.

@eightness888

2 жыл бұрын

Things like vitamin D and magnesium help the body absorb calcium and other trace minerals not to mention a whole host of other things they affect. Vitamin K allows your body to break down cholesterol and calcium that comprises most of the blockages people have in their arteries, who knows why you burn easier I cannot answer that but vitamins are very important for the human body and vitamin D and E and A whole host of other vitamins and compounds are made with sunlight so who knows

@lsmith992

2 жыл бұрын

Seed oils = omega 6 Animal fats = omega 3 The balance between them is wrong when we consume processed foods It can be as much as 20 of the 6 to 1 of the 3 in those with poor diets, Better would be something like 6 parts of omega 6 (or less) to1 part of omega 3. This is what I understand.

@wocket42

2 жыл бұрын

@@lsmith992 Yes. Gras-fed beef can have a ration of 1 to 1 (but contains small amounts only). Certain seed oil can have 70 to 1 containing almost pure Omega 6. If you make that seed oil a staple of your fat consumption, it probably makes you sick.

@jodyjackson5475

7 ай бұрын

Yes seed oils create inferior cell membranes which when exposed to uv light can experience dna damage. Animal fats do not create this weakness and damage that follows

Thank you. Very comprehensive. Can you explain ICG rates as well.

Very informative!

2000 IUs of D a day is an extremely LOW amount for a normal person. 10,000 IUs is a high number, but is more likely needed in a very obese individual. I am a small female and take 5000 IUs a day.

@stevensevek6151

2 жыл бұрын

Actually that's not true. Obese people often have low blood levels but that's because D is not stored in the blood. It's stored in the liver and in the adipose tissue. Adipose tissue = fat.

@luzhernandez3830

2 жыл бұрын

@Wisdom Rules Are you taking vitamin K2?

@wisdomrules8474

2 жыл бұрын

@@luzhernandez3830 Yes

@dalesplitstone6276

2 жыл бұрын

I have found that the least expensive way to take K2-MK7 is in a 5000 IU D3 gel cap. Is this the way you take your K2?

@wisdomrules8474

2 жыл бұрын

@@dalesplitstone6276 Yes. I take 5000 IUs of D-3 and K-2 combined together in one capsule. There are several different brands aailable on Amazon, but I am taking Peak Performance right now.

Do you recommend small doses each day or a large one (100000 IU) once a month or every few months?

@staceystrukel1917

2 жыл бұрын

That's my question too

@mem1701movies

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not telling you to take it but studies show daily smaller amounts was best. Weekly not as good and monthly not good at all.

@thomasthomas3269

2 жыл бұрын

Must be taken daily...

@Kez1a1

2 жыл бұрын

Daily dosing is best.

Hi Dr. Sung, did you say that patients with kidney disease should take Calcitrol? If so, what at doses and how many doses per day and for how long? Thank you.

Good video offering some balance to some of the assumptions we hold about the magic of vitamin d. Important info thank you

As someone with primary hyperparathyroidism, I’m disappointed hypercalcemia was not covered. Vitamin D makes me feel terrible.

@connerhazelrigg6332

2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried taking it with vitamin K2?

@nekokobi

2 жыл бұрын

@@connerhazelrigg6332 No, I was told by my surgeon to stop taking vitamin D immediately. I can resume vitamin D supplementation after surgery.

@christinecarter6836

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder what you mean by terrible? The only time I've tried taking it I ended up with a racing heart that sent me to hospital, only calmed by IV magnesium. I have borderline osteoporosis so I'm thinking it's something about the calcium balance. Would be interested in hearing your symptoms.

@nekokobi

2 жыл бұрын

​@@christinecarter6836 I had a panic attack (which I am NOT prone to, it was a frightening experience), heart palpitations, my brain fog got much worse (sometimes it sounded like I was having a stroke when trying to speak... my words were badly mixed up). I couldn't remember simple things (forgot words like broom, chair, stairs, cup). Fatigue increased (would be nodding off even after drinking coffee). My bone pain got worse, particularly at night. My anxiety also increased, but that may have been because of how useless I felt at the time. My boss ended up telling me to take 2 weeks off because I just couldn't function. It was bizarre. For reference, my calcium went from 10.9 to 11.6 while on prescribed vit D (Ergo, 1.25mg, x1/week).

@doradean3097

2 жыл бұрын

Oshkosh, please google vitamin K2, and see how it helps move calcium to the right place in body as opposed to deposit it in the wrong places, such as blood vessels and muscles.

Wonderful presentation Doctor. I want to state that when the Covid 19 started, my level of vitamin D was 15 ng/mL in early 2020. I used to take 10000IU and sun bathing with UVB rays for 30-45 min. As of today I continue sun bath plus supplement Vit D3 5000IU plus K2. As of Feb 2022 my level was 122.5 ng/mL. Is it too much? I am regularly going to the sun bath with a minimal clothing of 25% of inside my Villa wearing UV400 sun glass with a cap.

@dalesplitstone6276

2 жыл бұрын

The short answer is yes. There is no evidence that any level higher than 88ng/ml is beneficial, and immune response actually decreases above 88ng/ml, to the extent that 100ng/ml is no better than 70ng/ml. Having stated this, while you should make an effort to bring your blood serum D level down to 88ng/ml or less, you shouldn't worry unless it gets to 150ng/ml. I take 5000 IU of vitamin D3 daily with my K2-MK7. I also get 400 IU/day from a multi-vitamin, plus 200 IU/day from a multi-mineral capsule. Since K2-MK7 is least expensive in the 5000 IU D3 gel caps, and the recommended daily dosage of K2 is 120 mcg, I take one extra D3 plus K2-MK7 gel cap weekly. This brings my total up to 44,200 IU/week, which maintains my blood serum D level at about 75ng/ml. My sister takes 10,000 IU/day of D3, resulting in a blood serum D level of about 50ng/ml. My doctor is concerned that my blood serum D level is too high, and wants me to cut back to 2000 IU/day, but I like my level at 75ng/ml, so I won't be cutting back.

@pugandrew8882

2 жыл бұрын

Bro your gonna get kidney stones I think you draggin it

@peachBloom

2 жыл бұрын

@@dalesplitstone6276 thank you for the detailed dosing information about how you take k2 and mk7. I am 62 and have been supplementing with D3 4,000 IU for over a year, with blood level not budging above 35. I did not get the k2, though. I now have some tooth/jaw pain in different parts of my mouth, and hope that I have not de-calcified my jaw. Next stop, the dentist.

@dalesplitstone6276

2 жыл бұрын

@@peachBloom K2-MK7 should actually help with your teeth. Considering how low your serum D is testing, it wouldn't hurt to go with gel caps with 5000 IU vitamin D3 plus 100 mcg K2-MK7. Indeed, taking an extra gel cap once a week should also help.

@imadogsass6717

2 жыл бұрын

@@dalesplitstone6276 so your sister takes nearly twice as much but has less in her blood?

Great lecture👏👏👏👋🇪🇸🇬🇧

This information is extremely helpful, thank you ☺️