Vitamin D and Travel Health Supplements

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How much vitamin D you need will depend on: age, body weight, percent of body fat, latitude, skin colour, season of the year, use of sunblock, individual variation in sun exposure, and most likely your current state of health.

As a general rule; you need more as you age, the larger you are the more you need, northern latitude populations need more than southern, dark skin needs more than fair, indoor and winter favouring people need more than outdoor summer people, excessive use of sun block makes Vit D levels decrease and when ill your needs increase. Vitamin D is used by the body, metabolically cleared, both to maintain health and to treat disease. Infections demand more Vit D, or illness persists, it seems that more Vit D is required, but no one has a definitive answer about how much.

If you have regular sun exposure and sunbathe once a week, year around, do nothing. If you use sunbeds once a week, do nothing. However, if you have little UVB exposure, the rule of thumb is: Healthy children under the age of two should take 1,000 IU per day, over the age of two, 2,000 IU per day. Healthy adults and adolescent between 80 pounds and 130 pounds should start with 3,000 IU per day, over 130 (35kg) pounds but less than 170 pounds (75kgL 4,000 IU per day and over 170 pounds (74kgL 5,000 IU per day.

- Rickets, a childhood disease characterized by impeded growth, and deformity, of the long bones.
-Osteomalacia, a bone-thinning disorder that occurs exclusively in adults and is characterised by proximal muscle weakness and bone fragility.
-Osteoporosis, a condition characterized by reduced bone mineral density and increased bone fragility.

Vitamin D malnutrition may also be linked to an increased susceptibility to several chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, tuberculosis, cancer, periodontal disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, depression, schizophrenia, seasonal affective disorder and several autoimmune diseases.

Biotics Research Corporation provide an emulsified Vit D3 at either 400iu per drop or 2000iu per drop. A recent study using Biotics Vit D3 emulsion showed a reversal of Vit D deficiency and an increase in Vit D by 202% in six weeks. In effect tripling the 25{OH)D levels.