Fog...Sunlight...Vitamin D...UV lamps
Ok call me nuts...Today was the third or fourth day without seeing the sun...I live in a foggy area during the winter. I had to drive about an hour to get up to the lower Sierra Nevada Range (the town of Mariposa...near Yosemite) to get some sunshine. I always feel better with about a 1/2 hour of sunshine under my belt. Also, I went to the local support group meeting and the PA spoke about Vitamin D and how they are finding more and more RNY patients coming up short in this area. Yes, I take the dry formula Vitamin D, and I have had my labs checked. Here is the question...Are there any artificial lamps out there that can add Vitamin D to my body?? Will tanning lamps just give me skin cancer and a darker tan...but not add to my Vitamin D levels?? Those with any real insight...let me know. Brian
PS And yes, I know you can only absorb a small amount of Vitamin D from the Sun.
PS And yes, I know you can only absorb a small amount of Vitamin D from the Sun.
You really don't want to use a tanning lamp because they increase your chances of skin cancer significantly.
You can use a broad spectrum light that eliminates the UV.
One company i refer people to is the sun box company.
http://www.sunbox.com/
Their web site has lots of info.
Henry
You can use a broad spectrum light that eliminates the UV.
One company i refer people to is the sun box company.
http://www.sunbox.com/
Their web site has lots of info.
Henry
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Found one...Went to the local pet store. I found a bulb (26W) for tropical reptiles ($18.). I put it on a lamp is an area of the house I don't use much. The bulb has high UVB output. On cloudy-foggy days I'll read alittle under the light. Don't know if it will help, but it shouldn't hurt useing it for a 1/2 hour or so. Brian PS Do not try this at home...consult your physician before attempting to even consider a hairbrained idea like this one. Or am I ahead of the learning curve??
The answer is no you cannot get any extra D from lamps, or tanning beds, atleast not in any signnificant amount, plus you'll open yourself up for skin cancer.
DSers malabsorb D, so we're "experts" on how to get your D levels up to normal. While this isn't a scientific study, enough of us have tried tanning as a means to get our levels up and it doesn't work. The only solution seems to be Mega doeses of Dry D, I'm talking about 50,000 IU doses. One of the only places you can purchase this is from www.vitalady.com. You can purchase it also from Biotech, BUT they're a pain in the ass to order from.
Scott
PS if you "feel better" from the sun you might have SADs (it's a seasonal disorder that causes you to feel depressed in the winter from lack of sun light stimulation. There is light therapy available for it. The lamps cost about 100-200 dollars and you sit in front of them for 1/2 an hour to a couple of hours a day.
DSers malabsorb D, so we're "experts" on how to get your D levels up to normal. While this isn't a scientific study, enough of us have tried tanning as a means to get our levels up and it doesn't work. The only solution seems to be Mega doeses of Dry D, I'm talking about 50,000 IU doses. One of the only places you can purchase this is from www.vitalady.com. You can purchase it also from Biotech, BUT they're a pain in the ass to order from.
Scott
PS if you "feel better" from the sun you might have SADs (it's a seasonal disorder that causes you to feel depressed in the winter from lack of sun light stimulation. There is light therapy available for it. The lamps cost about 100-200 dollars and you sit in front of them for 1/2 an hour to a couple of hours a day.
PS if you "feel better" from the sun you might have SADs (it's a seasonal disorder that causes you to feel depressed in the winter from lack of sun light stimulation. There is light therapy available for it. The lamps cost about 100-200 dollars and you sit in front of them for 1/2 an hour to a couple of hours a day.
Right, and these are very bright broad (visible) spectrum lights; these don't release a significant amount of UV radiation.
Everything BMUS wrote about vitamin D is spot-on, too. You simply can't count on either sunlight or artificial UV light as a practical way to obtain the vitamin D you need, and such exposure has its own risks. Your supplementation regimen should be guided by your 25-OH vitamin D2/D3 lab values. Personally, I've been taking 4000 IU (plus 1200 IU in my calcium citrate+D) daily. I get my 1 year labs drawn sometime this month.
/Steve
Right, and these are very bright broad (visible) spectrum lights; these don't release a significant amount of UV radiation.
Everything BMUS wrote about vitamin D is spot-on, too. You simply can't count on either sunlight or artificial UV light as a practical way to obtain the vitamin D you need, and such exposure has its own risks. Your supplementation regimen should be guided by your 25-OH vitamin D2/D3 lab values. Personally, I've been taking 4000 IU (plus 1200 IU in my calcium citrate+D) daily. I get my 1 year labs drawn sometime this month.
/Steve
Yes, I should note that the Mega doses (50k IUs) of Dry D are great for DSers and ERNYers, who malabsorb most of it, but probably not the best solution for proximal RNYers unless you are using it under the direction of a doctor. My labs dictate that I need 100K IUs of dry D a day, which would be toxic to a normal person, yet it keeps me just in the normal range of 30-100.
Scott
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