intro+ suggestions please

[healthinfo6]

I just got back blood tests. I can't believe that my total Vit D (D2 + D3) is 20, which is the low normal threshold, considered insufficient. Below 20 is deficient. There are no normal ranges for D2, D3 independently. I'm living in Miami area and while not lying out on the beach daily, certainly get more sunshine than most at higher latitudes. Even sun at 5pm shortly before sunset is strong enough to make my skin tingle. Plus I was already taking some xtra D3.

It's thought low Vit D causes many illnesses, can it be diabetes causes low Vit D?

I'm not sure what to do next, I've increased to 2000 IU D3/day. What's the benefits of taking 50,000 IU at once every week vs. lower amounts daily? While it's fat soluble, it shouldn't be eliminated too quickly but doesn't that cause spikes in your D levels? How long does it take for Vitamin D levels to increase and cause an effect?

Mercola recently wrote that you need UVB more for Vit D production and that means getting sun from 12-2 pm as the UVB decrease greatly later in the day.

There is quite a different feeling, not sunburn, from getting lots of sunlight vs. taking Vit D supps. I just didn't realize I need to it daily and longer to maybe make a difference, unless one can become Vit D resistant.

Susan

[Shannon Nelson]

Ah, thanks.

[Elise Osner]

I'm interested in this. I had thought that a low potency of Sol would be most effective, treating it as a cell salt. Has anyone tried that?
Elise
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