Test results back. Vit D levels ridiculously low. That explains the lack of energy in my life and demotivation from working out (used to go 6x/wk)

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A1, have you noticed any differences taking the D? 😏

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Or because of work, we literally never see the sun.

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Not to get racial- but are you non-white? I’m a brown guy and discovered I get this problem every winter a couple of years ago. I was talking to an African American friend about it and she was surprised I didn’t know this. She’s done D supplements since she was a kid. We don’t absorb vitamin D as well as white people, and it’s worse in the winter when days are short.

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Hey, I said “D supplements”

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Is that really what low vitamin d causes? Because mine was really really low and I’m on medication for the next month to bring it up to normal levels.

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I am brown!

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A2, I’m middle eastern so yes that could definitely be a factor. But I also agree with A1 that I literally never see the sun because of never ending work. Not even on the weekends.

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My father had this problem... often times we brown folk will avoid the sun as well to not get darker. That's why a lot of folks in the Midwest get winter blues... sunlight makes us all happy!!

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Vitamin D plays a big role in testosterone - remember that. And also your body's ability to absorb calcium to maintain bone density. I take a multi with 1000mg, a Cal-Mag-D tablet with another 400mg, and a D-only 2000mg supplement every day and it has definitely made a difference in my life and exercise (and motivation for the latter).

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Lol, that too

I take 4000 IU of vitamin D on weekdays - keeps my levels good

Also weight - I'm little overweight and brown so I was low. Take 10K a day for 20 days then taper to 5 for 20 and retest - still to 3-5 fromthen on

Lol OP, touché

Search 'bulletproof diet supplements' and review all of the ones he recommends... Good shit

Cpuld you work outside on the weekends?

A4, that sounds like a great idea. I’ll try and find a park or something this weekend to work in.

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