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[โ€“] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I work 3rd shift, so I take Vitamin D because the sun is my nemesis.

[โ€“] Fosheze@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Be careful with vitamin D though. That is one of the very very few vitamins that you can actually take too much of because it's fat soluble, not water soluble, so excessive vitamin D will build up in your fat cells rather than just getting peed out. It's called vitamin D toxicity (VDT) and it can have some unpleasant neurological effects among other things.

So it's probably a good idea to get your levels checked anyways just to make sure you're taking the right amount if you need it.

[โ€“] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Funny, every primary care provider in my country recommends you take Vitamin D, usually pretty huge amounts

Could be because we get barely any sunshine between like October and February. I'm talking 6 hour days, and even those mostly cloudy.