When I was taking 5,000 units a day, my test results after several months were 43. So the doctor suggested more.
Last year I took 10,000 one day, and 5,000 the next. Then I stopped for summer which I do because I really tan up in the sun and get dark. I am just starting the 10,000 IU daily for a couple of weeks. I won't have a test until my "yearly", to go by for this season. It seems to me that my levels were protecting me pretty well, and I don't really want to up to 70 like my doctor wants, at this time. I most likely will still take at least the 5,000 D3 daily like before. That is what my hubby takes too.

Dr. Blaylock's current newsletter is about best foods for your heart, and the last paragraph concerns Vitamin D. He recommends a level of 75 - 100 whereas a level of 34 ng/ml is now accepted as a normal level. He said that adults require more than 2000 to raise their levels, and he recommends 5,000 or even 10,000 IU per day to reach desired levels.

He also recommends green or white tea, 6+ cups per day for developing diabetes. If this is too much, he suggests making it stronger to drink less. In my opinion, it is pretty tastless, so stronger tea would probably be easy to tolerate. He says it reverses insulin resistance. Maybe he has one of his videos on this, Mrs D?

I don't know, about the tea. I drink tea anyway, but not quite that much. I won't have it after 1pm or so, or I won't sleep well.

I'll have to look into it.

The levels over 70 are mostly for cancer prevention according to my doctor.

I didn't think green tea had caffeine in it so it shouldn't keep you awake, should it? I always add stevia to my green tea, just so it tastes a little better. Cancer prevention would be a nice side effect of having higher levels.

Yes, green tea has caffeine... unless it says decaf on the label.
In fact I think more than traditional teas.

bumping up with this new article on why the flu shots are not
what you think they are....

http://news.yahoo.com/flu-shots-may-...144500867.html

This article is very, very interesting I think. Thanks for bringing it down here mrsD.