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Vitamin D and Me
Andy Battaglia:
Abyaya Jyoty,
How much sunshine do you get? How much of your skin is exposed to the sun when you get sun?
AJP:
I can't tolerate sunshine in summer season. Sometimes it causes headache. I try to avoid strong sunshine directly in summer and wearing body covering clothes and use umbrella when I travel outside of home.
In Average I get approx 10 minutes in summer.
But in winter season I get more sunshine and it feels comfortable. Maximum parts of my body get exposure to sun. I get it for 30 minutes in average.
I read in a book that the sunshine from morning to noon is good for health since morning rays contains more amount of Infrared ray and the sunshine in afternoon session is bad for health as it contains more Ultraviolet rays. Don't know how much true it is.
SaltySea:
Andy in relation to the dust allergy (am assuming dust mite allergy), in conjunction with thorough cleaning and vacuuming, I have been using a dehumidifier over the past year (at about 50%) and this has reduced my house dust mite population and reduced the mould in my home. I have a portable one that I can move from room to room. I have seen some improvement in my dust mite allergy condition.
Dehumidifiers are not a treatment for house dust mites but they reduce the humidity levels that dust mites need to survive and reproduce.
SandsofTime:
I was superbly low on Vitamin D3 - level 25 on a scale range of 75 - 250 nmol/L. No wonder I felt so tired and sleepy all the time, so much so that I was afraid of driving around on highways without taking consuming huge amounts of strong coffee :'(
After my doc said my vitamin D level is the lowest she had seen so far in her career, advised me to take 2000 IU per day. Within two days I started feeling so much better, now my D3 level is around 76 nmol/L just above the threshold. What you people here say, should I boost the dosage higher to test if I can feel even better. I still have tiredness and aches probably from the thal minor trait.
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