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DESCRIPTION: Vitamin D3, sourced from sunlight exposure, animal, and plant sources may be preferable to vitamin D2 sourced from fungi. How much D should those who can’t get enough sun take? I now recommend ( 2000 iu a day. That’s not what the Institute of Medicine says though. I justify my recommendation on a two-week video series that starts with Vitamin D Recommendations Changed ( and ends with Resolving the Vitamin D-Bate ( What about tanning beds? See Vitamin D Pills vs. Tanning Beds ( I also recommend to Take Vitamin D Supplements With Meals ( What’s that bit about vitamin D and longevity? See Vitamin D and Mortality May Be a U-shaped Curve ( You know I’m averse to mentioning brand names, but please feel free to leave any recommendations in the comments for cheap sources.
I still think people should eat mushrooms though! For starters, see Breast Cancer vs. Mushrooms ( Making Our Arteries Less Sticky ( and Ergothioneine: A New Vitamin? ( There are another 20 videos and posts on mushrooms ( as well as hundreds of videos on more than a thousand nutrition topics (
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