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I use it often, I buy it in 1kg bags from my local Asian supermarket for not much more than you can buy a little fancy jar of it to sit in your spice rack. They often call it "Haldi", we call it Turmeric. You really need to mix it with a fat containing food to get the bioavailability, and black...

Well I got my D results back within 5 days this time so looks like they've got their issues sorted at the lab :) But the bad news is that I was expecting to be higher, but in fact I've dropped from 115 to 102 over the last 2 months, 5000 IU's per day plus sensible sun exposure isn't enough to...

Thanks for letting me know, that's encouraging. Yes, it's doesn't help that it's all in 1000 unit "blocks" - it makes it sound a huge amount. I'm happy I went with it, loving the extra sleep and not feeling grumpy during the day. If I get any other health benefits then that will be the icing...

I had a starting level of 46. From memory I took 16000 IU's per day for the first month, then 14000 a day for the second month which got me up to 195 then I reckoned on 4000 units a day for the 3rd month to keep me level, but i found I'd dropped to 115 a month later, so I've upped it to 5000...

Greens, nuts, oily fish - yes. Gas :D - no. Gas does come out though ! I looked up some food info, the food with the highest amount of EPA / DHA is Salmon or Mackerel. For me to get 12600 mg I would have to eat 1.3 lbs or over 1/2 a kilo of fish every day ! Now I do like a bit of fish...

Yes, I'm 25yrs T1, so would have been out of scope for that study - They were doing 50% still in the honeymoon phase and 50% with an upper limit of 10 years from diagnosis if I read the paper right.. Still - I thought it might be worth a shot esp as I'm fully loaded up with vit D anyway, and...

Hi - I came across some information on the Poseidon study the other day whilst looking up information on vitamin D. https://www.diabetesresearch.org/DRI-launches-POSEIDON-clinical-trial-to-explore-the-effects-of-omega-3-and-vitamin-d-in-type-1-diabetes Now I'm just wondering if anyone is...

Yes, it ain't cheap. The way I saw it I was so hacked off with poor sleep and feeling miserable I had made the decision to go through with it, and I figured I would do it right. Plus I had some spare cash as for some strange reason I have found I haven't been going to pubs / restaurants or...

I just have 2000 unit capsules, but I do 5000 units per day by alternating 4000 one day and 6000 the next. Easy to do if you have one of those weekly tablet organizer things. It takes a few days for your body to convert the D anyway so it all averages out. Dave.

I have been using this one as well - ^^^^^ https://www.vitamindtest.org.uk/ but the sheer demand due to covid plus the latest interest in vit D levels from many other angles of healthcare, not just diabetes has meant long waiting times for the results to come back which makes it hard to titrate...

Good D level there ;) - I assume you've been supplementing if you're in the UK ? or having good sun exposure otherwise ?

If you're going to try this, you need to do your research & do it properly, please don't just go and take a ton of vitamins without checking your blood level. You will need a vit D blood level every month for at least the first 4 months so you can get it into the right level for sleep, and then...

Just thought I'd put this out there in case there's anyone else not getting a proper nights sleep. Quick background - I've never been a great sleeper, but it started getting worse during 2020 and by November / December I was often waking at 2 - 3 in the morning and it sometimes took another 2...

Just a quick update - Bought one, got the full 14 days out of it, no rash, results a lot closer to my finger prick readings than previous libre sensors. Looks like they have indeed solved the adhesive reaction issue. Thanks again - Dave.

OK, thanks - sounds promising. Might try one again :)