{"id":848,"date":"2017-09-21T15:11:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T13:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/?p=848"},"modified":"2019-10-23T10:01:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T08:01:09","slug":"can-you-have-too-much-vitamin-d-its-very-unlikely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/en\/vitamin-d\/can-you-have-too-much-vitamin-d-its-very-unlikely\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you have too much vitamin D? It\u2019s very unlikely!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Can you have too much vitamin D? And is an overdose of vitamin D toxic?<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/te-veel-vitamine-d-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Can you have too much vitamin D\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/te-veel-vitamine-d-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/te-veel-vitamine-d-200x203.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/te-veel-vitamine-d-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/te-veel-vitamine-d-400x405.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/te-veel-vitamine-d.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/>0The fear of excessive vitamin D is based more on myth than reality, a myth that has been around for decades. Many European countries have always considered it more important to warn against potential overdoses (myth) rather than informing people about the importance of having sufficient vitamin D and encouraging them to take it. In 2008 14 scientists released a \u2018call to action\u2019, recommending that people take a daily amount of 50\u00b5g (2000IE) of vitamin D.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Reinhold Vieth of the University of Toronto says that the body has a self-regulating system for vit. D, which prevents our bodies from becoming poisoned by it. He believes that the body will regulate its levels within a range of 75 to 220 nmol per litre of blood, and says that there is an internal balance (homeostasis). (20) Dr Gert Schuitemaker goes even further, and asserts that 2500 \u00b5g (100000 IE) every 4 months is perfectly therapeutic and safe. According to Schuitemaker, a level of 3750\u00b5g (250 000 IE) is possibly toxic but not acutely fatal. A chronic intake of vit. D (through food and drink as well as supplements) will lead to increased calcium discharge in the urine. This could lead to kidney, bone, nervous system and cardiovascular damage.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[322],"ads-targeting":[992],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Too much vitamin D is that possible? Is too much vitamin D dangerous?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr Reinhold Vieth and 14 scientists have called for increased amounts of vitamin D. 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