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		mondainx 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We're learning more about what Vitamin D does Good article, but it does not cover toxicity; you can take too much vitamin D and this has very negative affects. Usually a multivitamin is enough for supplementing; taking extra is where you can run into issues; consult your Doctor.

nervysnail 33 days ago | [–]

IIRC, toxicity is very rare even in very high doses (like 20 k IU a day) for weeks/ two or so months.

dpacmittal 32 days ago | | [–]

There was a study where participants had been consuming 10kiu per day for years without any toxicity.

alexnewman 33 days ago | [–]

Evidence that multivitamin d is useful?

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