June 11, 2017
If you can’t get regular sun, get some vitamin D supplements or even better do both!!By Amazon Customer on April 24, 2012
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
As a keen advocate of regular, moderate and careful sun exposure (not keen on burning!) and vitamin D supplementation to improve health, I was interested to read Jeff Bowles book and at 99 cents thought I’d be crazy not to buy it. Well, he startled me with his suggestions, but knowing my vitamin D levels were still below optimal, I thought I’d try 20,000 iu a day for two weeks. It was like a minor miracle! I had been taking 10,000 iu a day on days when I didn’t get sun exposure for about a year (and still hadn’t reached optimal serum vit D level) so knew it was safe for a short time at least. It was like someone turned on a light or a motor in my mind and body! Within a few days I realised how energetic I was feeling – like being a “youngster” again, could work all day in the garden, suddenly WANTED to exercise, recovered fast from a day’s hard work – fantastic! Will monitor serum D and increase up to 20,000 if I find I am feeling tired or flat or when winter sets in and I’m not getting any sun at all. Simple, cheap remedy worth trying for all those with fatigue, muscle and joint aches and pains, bowel inflammation, nerve pain (eg: carpal tunnell) osteoporosit. Keep up the good work Jeff and keep us up to date with your latest findings! Great book and worth far more than that 99 cents! Suggest people do their own research on vitamin D as well, as it is a truly amazing nutrient (actually a seco-steriod hormone)and most people will benefit from it!
Christopher M. Porro 3 years ago
just wondering if you are aware of all some of the thinking around getting d from sun exposure. for example getting decent uvb and not washing with soap for 48 hours after you sunbath. apparently your body needs time to absorb it from your skin. also sunblock can almost completely wipe out the uvb and thus vit d benefits. so it’s possible to get sun and very little d.