Hi all
I have been a bit quiet lately sorry (a hectic few months!)
Last month I celebrated 6 months on the program. Just wanted to share some of my blood results.
23/ 09/11: Vitamin D 76 nmol/L
10/01/12: Vitamin D 179 nmol/L (got doc to check when having unrelated tests done)
30/03/12: Vitamin D 164 nmol/L
So why the drop in the last couple of months? After achieving 179nmol/L with 6000iu of Vitamin D a day (and almost daily sunshine), I thought I would reduce to 4000iu of Vitamin D to try and just maintain.
Not enough! I've gone backwards (despite a pacific island holiday for two weeks in the sunshine in Feb!)
I'll go back to 6000iu I think.
Also, what has surprised me is that everyone seems worried about your calcium levels when on a vegan + seafood diet. Well here are my results:
23/ 09/11: Calcium 2.21 nmol/L
30/03/12: Calcium 2.33 nmol/L
So on a diet with no dairy whatsoever, my calcium has increased over 6 months (I would assume due to Vitamin D and awesome diet).
Will get back to you with cholesterol results when I have them and will post elsewhere.
-Rey
I have been a bit quiet lately sorry (a hectic few months!)
Last month I celebrated 6 months on the program. Just wanted to share some of my blood results.
23/ 09/11: Vitamin D 76 nmol/L
10/01/12: Vitamin D 179 nmol/L (got doc to check when having unrelated tests done)
30/03/12: Vitamin D 164 nmol/L
So why the drop in the last couple of months? After achieving 179nmol/L with 6000iu of Vitamin D a day (and almost daily sunshine), I thought I would reduce to 4000iu of Vitamin D to try and just maintain.
Not enough! I've gone backwards (despite a pacific island holiday for two weeks in the sunshine in Feb!)
I'll go back to 6000iu I think.
Also, what has surprised me is that everyone seems worried about your calcium levels when on a vegan + seafood diet. Well here are my results:
23/ 09/11: Calcium 2.21 nmol/L
30/03/12: Calcium 2.33 nmol/L
So on a diet with no dairy whatsoever, my calcium has increased over 6 months (I would assume due to Vitamin D and awesome diet).
Will get back to you with cholesterol results when I have them and will post elsewhere.
-Rey