What is best dose of Fish Oil and Vitamin D?

Question

What is the best dose of Fish Oil and Vitamin D for an active 24 year healthy male?

Answer 1

The recommended dose of Vitamin D for a 24 year old male is 200 IU.  The dose is based on the assumption that the vitamin is not synthesized by exposure to sunlight.  Be aware that too much Vitamin D can lead to toxicity.

Intake reference values for vitamin D and other nutrients are provided in the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) developed by the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) at the Institute of Medicine of  The National Academies.  These values, which vary by age and gender , includes:

    * Adequate Intake (AI): established when evidence is insufficient to develop an RDA and is set at a level assumed to ensure nutritional adequacy.

The FNB established an AI for vitamin D that represents a daily intake that is sufficient to maintain bone health and normal calcium metabolism in healthy people.  The AIs for vitamin D are based on the assumption that the vitamin is not synthesized by exposure to sunlight.

For more information, visit this site:

http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/...

Answer 2

Your optimal vitamin D dosage has not been determined. The latest studies on vitamin D indicates its multiple benefits for human health( cancer, heart disease, depression, high cholesterol, inflammation etc), and that close to 90% of the population that work inside a building or office suffer vitamin D deficiency.

The best way to get your vitamin D is by going outside with 50% of your body exposed to sun for 20 minutes everyday. This way you avoid the possible overdoses with synthetic Vitamin D. If you work inside a building, you should get at least 1.000-2.000 I.U. daily( over dosages occur over 10.000 I.U.)

The same with fish oil, 90% of the population has omega 3 deficiency. Our diets have 20 to 50 times less omega 3 than what we need to stay healthy. The minimum dosage is 900mg of omega 3 daily ( close to 3.000 mg of fish oil)

finally, you can get both taking cod liver oil.

Alfredo E.

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