Dr. Oz recommends at least 50 ng of vitamin D

Many recent recommendations

• Drs. Oz and Roizen: Male breast cancer; seasonal affective disorder Dec 3, 2013
  • "Take 1,000 IU of vitamin D-3 daily until you know how much you need in order to have a consistent blood level of 50ng/ml. "
• Drs. Oz & Roizen: Vitamin D: Yes, it’s good for you idahostatesman Jan 2014
  • " We recommend aiming for 50-80 ng/ml."
• Drs. Oz and Roizen: The ABCs of vitamin D-3 OregonLive June 2013
  • "For cancer prevention, the level is 50 to 80ng/mL"

• Vitamin D’s a superhero but you shouldn’t take too much SF Examiner Aug 2011

  • "We consider D low when it’s below 50 ng/mL. "

  Comment by VitaminDWiki

Most people need > 3,000 IU of vitamin D to achieve 50ng/ml

See also VitaminDWiki

• Dr. Oz again on vitamin D - Dec 2014

• Dr Oz recommends 50 ng vitamin D blood level May 2010 AARP Magazine

• Dr Oz: 50ng of vitamin D - Nov 2009

• Excellent short Vitamin D video by Dr. Oz - 2011 50 ng

• Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough

• All items in category Optimum Vitamin D items

• Low cost vitamin D Blood Tests

• No longer debating vitamin D supplementation, now debating need for testing first – April 2013

  • It does not appear to be cost-effective to test everyone for vitamin D.
  • Some countries are considering that the entire population take >2,000 IU of vitamin D

• Low cost cofactors for vitamin D essential when trying for vitamin D levels > 30-40 ng

• Overview Vitamin D Dose-Response

  • Need 9600 IU Vitamin D to get most people to 40 ng – with graph Feb 2011
• Response to Vitamin D: summary chart of 8 studies – March 2013
  • Shows that a 5,000 IU dose would get an average of 60 ng (Note: Approximately half would be < 60 ng)