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Will too much vitamin d cause weight gain?
Read it in a mag, but was previously under the impression that too little vitamin d is linked to obesity amongst other things.
The basis of he argument was that like k, a & e - d is not water soluble and is stored in the liver (true) but this is what causes weight gain.
Can not collaborate through googling.
December 1st, 2010 - 20:50
I’m not making an argument for or against – nor doing the research required to make an argument.
They claim that 85% of people are vitamin d deficient.
66% of the U.S. is overweight
If too much vitamin d caused weight gain, wouldn’t 66% of the population not be deficient?
this study makes me go hmmmmmmmm though –
obesity in females appears to be protective against vitamin D deficiency in the population studied.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19936417
I still do not think vit.D sufficiency causes hormonal imbalance but that since excess hormones are stored in fat cells that females have a greater capacity to store fat.
December 1st, 2010 - 20:50
No. If you expose at least half your body to natural sunlight in the summer you’ll manufacture about 20,000 iu of D3 in 20 minutes, far more than most people supplement with — 5000 iu daily is the recommended winter maintenance dose for anyone living north of Atlanta’s latitude.
Mercola.com has good info. on D3 with research links.