Comments | theevilchemist: The Tale of the Tape: D is for Deficiency

theevilchemist

The Tale of the Tape: D is for Deficiency

Mar 03, 2010 16:54

I went for my annual blood screening a coupla weeks ago. I started drinking green tea at work in an effort to lower my Iron (via tannin complexation) b/c my iron generally runs high now that I eat flax & oats regularly. The Iron dropped from 160 to a more reasonable 108. There were several parameters that were "out of spec" for me particularly, ( Read more... )

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kest March 3 2010, 23:27:47 UTC

so in general, which one is better, d2 or d3?

dethany March 4 2010, 01:10:17 UTC

Wow - thanks for the info - I think I'm going to get labs where you had suggested over in fb land - although I'm not dark skinned, this winter has been so so so gray, and I do keep quite a nocturnal schedule. I just looked at my daily multi and it's a measly 200 IU, and I rarely remember to take it every day. Thanks Mr. Science!

Heh. mystress March 4 2010, 01:43:39 UTC

I remember all this info from our discussion and then my brain went straight to the gutter on that last line.

missjanette March 4 2010, 02:03:00 UTC

I love it when you post stuff like this bc it gets me thinking about what a difference good nutrition & supplements make.

Not that I'm currently rocking exceptional nutrition, but still.

Also, btw, I'm gonna turn the bebes onto carrot juice tomorrow. I'm bringing my juicer and a shitload of carrots. Should be interesting.

also, HAR HAR EXPOSE YRSELF

dali_muse March 5 2010, 06:23:57 UTC

This post had me running to check my box of Emergen-C Bone Health formula. It uses D3 and contains 1000IU per packet. You've also reminded me that I need to go get a bone density scan and get blood work done.

SCIENCE!