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terminhell@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Vitamin D deficiency is a silent widespread issue for a lot of people. Had a battle with it a few years ago. Was tired no matter how much sleep I got, had negative motivation to do anything. Libido all but disappeared, and finally sought a doctor visit when I started have suicidal thoughts.

Turns out I just needed more sunshine and 50kiU once a week for a month.

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Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Vitamin D toxicity is also a big problem, and doctors have been overprescribing supplementary vitamin D for years. Feels almost like a joke, you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

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MewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

kiU

I know vitamins are typically measured (at least here in the US) in International Units (IU), but I’ve never heard of “kiU”.

What’s that short for?

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- Brokenbutstrong@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Looks like kilo-International Unit
  
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  - terminhell@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Correct. 50,000 (imperial) iU. I was super deficient.
    
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