PANDEMIC Covid-19 has made people more focused on increasing the Vitamin D in their body. One way that is often done is by sunbathing.
Some people choose to get vitamin D from supplements. But, what people need to know is that the levels of vitamin D in the body must also be balanced, otherwise we can end up getting vitamin D poisoning.
If you have vitamin D poisoning, it can increase the risk of kidney disease and cancer. The recommended daily dose for adults to take vitamin D is 600 IU.
One study found that some adults took doses that were too high. It causes an increased risk of fractures, falls, kidney stones and certain cancers.
The researchers examined survey data for 39,243 adults from 1999 to 2014 to see how many people took doses over 1,000 IU and 4,000 IU, the maximum recommended dose.
The number of people taking 1,000 IU increased 18 percent in the last survey in 2013-2014. In the same period, the number of people taking 4,000 IU also increased by 3.2 percent.
Senior study author Pamela Lutsey said vitamin D is essential for bone metabolism because it helps the body absorb calcium and maintain the concentration of calcium and phosphate in the blood.
“However, excessive intake of vitamin D can be dangerous because it absorbs calcium in excess,” added the public health researcher at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, as reported by the Dailymail.
Excess blood calcium in turn can lead to calcium deposition that is detrimental to soft tissues, such as the heart and kidneys. Excessive doses of vitamin D are common in women and the elderly. In 2013 and 2014, 6.6 percent of people aged 70 and older consumed at least 4,000 IU of vitamin D daily.
