* = Overview

IMMEDIATE benefits

Aches and pain Skin Headache
Obesity * (about 30% lose weight)

Vitamin D can be gotten from

Sun - best source - Need more than 10 minutes
UV is next best. Low-cost UV source for home *
Foods rarely provide enough vitamin D
Supplements are low-cost * and in many Forms
<5 cents per day for 5,000 IU

How Much to take * How to double the benefit

Co-factors * should be taken if >2,000 IU vitamin D daily
< 30 cents per day for Co-factors in liquid/solid form
Co-factors include Calcium 500 mg and Magnesium 500 mg

Especially benefit from more vitamin D if:
Dark Skin *
Seniors *    Workshop for seniors
Pregnant and infants *    Dark Skin AND Pregnant *
Live far from equator
Recent Surgery or Trauma
Athlete - especially if not outdoor athlete*

More Introduction to Vitamin D
2 page for Oprah Nov 2009

Toxic * if >12,000 IU daily for 18 months

Would you be opposed to my getting more vitamin D
  a question to your doctor that minimizes his risk
All Overviews
Home Page for VitaminDWiki

CLICK HERE for larger image and more charts of disease incidence, and text which can be translated

CLICK ON chart for more information and text which can be translated

Best images for Sept 2011

IoM and Endocine recommendations graph Minutes of sun to get 40 ng of vitamin D

CLICK HERE for more information on Published Recommendations

CLICK HERE for Seniors vitamin D Workshop which describes the vitamin D from the sun and many other images

Other interesting pages