You’re now in a great position: 50 ng/mL is far from enough, and it’s certainly high enough for you to get the full spectrum of vitamin D health benefits throughout your body.* It can also increase your 25(OH)D level at long before reaching truly toxic levels of vitamin D.* (But we’ll let the science do the talking here).
It was reported in a 2018 revision published in Frontiers in Endocrinology that both the Institute of Medicine and the Endocrine Society have concluded that serum concentrations of 25(OH)D must exceed 150 ng/mL for vitamin D toxicity to be of concern. If you haven’t done the mental math yet, that is three times the recommended level of 25(OH)D of 50 ng/ml.
Now that we’ve addressed any fears you may have about going above 50 ng/mL, let’s talk about the next steps to maintaining sufficient vitamin D levels. After taking a high-potency D3 supplement for the past three months, I What you don’t want to do is stop dead after you hit 50 ng/ml. This will surely lead to yo-yo-ing between sufficient and insufficient D-stateand we are exclusively aiming for consistent levels of vitamin D sufficiency.
Some nutrition experts and doctors recommend their patients to aim for around 50 ng/ml, while others encourage their patients to aim higher (we’re talking 60 to 80 ng/ml). We encourage you to seek an endocrinologist, registered dietitian, or other health professional well-versed in current vitamin D research and best practices to care for you and your specific health needs.
Whether you and your trusted care provider decide you should continue to take 5,000 IU of vitamin D per day, more than 5,000 IUor reduce to a lower dose (eg, 2,000 to 3,000 IU), it is important to continue to test your 25(OH)D levels periodically to establish a supplementation routine that works for your personal biological composition.
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