{"id":3551,"date":"2023-05-11T03:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/i-didnt-take-my-vitamin-d-levels-seriously-they-dropped-40\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T03:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:25:48","slug":"i-didnt-take-my-vitamin-d-levels-seriously-they-dropped-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=3551","title":{"rendered":"I Didn&#8217;t Take My Vitamin D Levels Seriously &#038; They Dropped 40%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_165,y_47,w_1254,h_705\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/c2f0akdeukbb2dchw.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After four sunlight-deprived years of college in Syracuse, New York (a region notorious for its overcast weather), I decided to move to Honolulu, Hawaii in 2018. I spent three years getting plenty of sunshine while I was running or practicing yoga outside, swimming in the ocean, and socializing on the beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Six months after I moved back to New Hampshire (my home state), I had my vitamin D levels tested. My 25(OH)D serum levels were 50 ng\/ml, which is just entering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/optimal-vitamin-d-levels-for-health-are-higher-than-you-think\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/optimal-vitamin-d-levels-for-health-are-higher-than-you-think\" rel=\"noopener\">truly optimal range<\/a> (i.e., at or above 50 ng\/ml). Although I hadn\u2019t been regularly supplementing with vitamin D for a few years, I managed to sustain healthy D status thanks to my (safe) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/pros-and-cons-of-different-sources-of-vitamin-d\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/pros-and-cons-of-different-sources-of-vitamin-d\" rel=\"noopener\">sun exposure<\/a> and a relatively fish-heavy diet.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I could put off supplementation just a little bit longer, but last month I had my levels tested again and discovered that 25(OH)D results had dropped to 30 ng\/ml in just 16 months! While my test results were listed in a little green box and stated they were \u201cnormal,\u201d I know that 30 ng\/ml\u2014while the cutoff for clinical sufficiency\u2014is not an ideal serum level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-much-vitamin-d-should-you-take\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-much-vitamin-d-should-you-take\" rel=\"noopener\">upping my vitamin D intake<\/a>, the likelihood of slipping into vitamin D insufficiency is practically guaranteed. I\u2019m certainly not in the minority, either: Approximately <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/british-journal-of-nutrition\/article\/vitamin-d-deficiency-and-insufficiency-among-us-adults-prevalence-predictors-and-clinical-implications\/44E436843510FE6BDE856D5BCB9C651F\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/british-journal-of-nutrition\/article\/vitamin-d-deficiency-and-insufficiency-among-us-adults-prevalence-predictors-and-clinical-implications\/44E436843510FE6BDE856D5BCB9C651F\" data-citation-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">41% of U.S. adults are clinically insufficient<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"1\">1<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span> in vitamin D while another 29% are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/vitamin-d-deficiency-signs-and-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/vitamin-d-deficiency-signs-and-solutions\" rel=\"noopener\">straight up deficient<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After four sunlight-deprived years of college in Syracuse, New York (a region notorious for its overcast weather), I decided to move to Honolulu, Hawaii in 2018. I spent three years getting plenty of sunshine while I was running or practicing yoga outside, swimming in the ocean, and socializing on the beach.\u00a0 Six months after I &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,91],"class_list":["post-3551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-mbgsupplements","tag-vitamin-d"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}