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vitamin d

  1. J

    Vitamin deficiencies

    Hi everyone, Following routine blood tests, it turns out that I’m extremely anaemic and deficient in vitamin D and B12. I’ve got iron tablets on prescription and been told to buy over the counter vitamin D, 2000 mg. My GP is refusing to treat the B12 deficiency, against NHS guidelines. I eat a...
  2. L

    Vitamin D or D3? Which book?

    Have vitamin D insufficiency and am trying some supplements to up my optimal level. Wanting information on this, decided to buy a book on this topic and found there were ones on vitamin 3D. So now thinking, which book is going to better explain this vitamin D insufficiency and what steps to...
  3. L

    Vitamin D deficiency.

    hi there, Am having some problems with extreme tiredness and lack of energy. Had a blood Test and it came back that I had insufficient vitamin D:- 37.07 nmol/L. Range:- 50nmol/L-200nmol/L. It was also suggested on another forum that my B12:-244pmol/L. Range:-140pmol/L-724pmol/L...
  4. mikeyB

    Pancreas or Scotland? A Vit D tale

    I've just been down for my diabetic screening, and checking up on bloods I had done last week. I'd suggested the doc do Vitamin tests because of the pancreatitis. So all is normal apart from a Vit D test showing a level of 20ng/l. I think the normal minimum is 100 more than that. No wonder it...
  5. H

    Vitamin D

    Hi. Sorry this isn't diabetes related but wondered if you helpful lot have come across anything similar. I have had a lot of stomach upsets and nausea since Christmas and put this down to the usual winter bugs. Went to the gp last week to ask for a general mot lot of blood tests to see if they...
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