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Sunlight and gardening have had such a dramatic impact on the way that I feel, it's unbelievable.

For me sunlight and some light exercise everyday were a game changer. I had tried Vitamin D supplements (1000 IU daily) before but there was barely any noticable effect.

I don’t think that’s enough, I needed 5k daily before it started working. My blood tests all come back in the correct range now.

Good to know.

I was diagnosed with low VitD and they said I should take like 1k-2k, but I didn't feel much.

Careful with high doses of hormones like Vitamin D -- it can have other deleterious downstream effects. https://www.devaboone.com/post/vitamin-d-part-2-shannon-s-st...

1000 is actually way below what you need probably, my doc put me on 2500 a day and it wasn't enough, I've moved to 5000 and been "normal" level ever since for several years for my annual checkout/blood/urine tests. If you have brown/black skin it can be even more, but better to start low and figure out what is enough under observation of a doctor.

Yes, probably. I didn't feel comfortable with a higher dose without doctor supervision.

> If you have brown/black skin it can be even more

My skin happens to be very light so sunburn is more of a concern. The evening hours are pretty safe though.

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