Vitamin D3 and Testosterone Levels

Thought I would do another post on Testosterone level boosting the effects of supplemental vitamin D3. This is another pience of artillery in your arsenol against depleting testosterone levels.

Dan

This is the question that the Austrians set out to answer. So they examined the blood of 2300 men whose average age was just over sixty. Only eleven percent of them had sufficient vitamin D in their blood. And indeed: the more vitamin D the men had in their blood, the higher their testosterone levels and their concentration of free testosterone [FAI].

http://www.ergo-log.com/vitamindtestosterone.html

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High vitamin D level = high testosterone level

There’s an amazingly simple way for western men to raise their testosterone level. All they have to do is take a supplement containing extra vitamin D. At least, this is what we deduce from an epidemiological study done at the Medical University Graz in Austria, which will soon be published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Vitamin D is actually a hormone – one that regulates three percent of our genes. Among those genes are a few that are responsible for the production of testosterone in the Leydig cells. So vitamin D is an important vitamin, certainly once you realise that an overwhelming majority of the western population has too little vitamin D in their blood.

This is because our food contains too little vitamin D, so we have to rely mainly on the vitamin D that our body makes. When exposed to sunlight our skin cells convert cholesterol into vitamin D. But we get too little sunlight and are therefore unable to make enough vitamin D.

So does that mean that most men in the West therefore make too little testosterone?

http://www.raise-your-testosterone.com/testosterone-boosting-supplements-1.html

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You may not think of vitamin D among testosterone boosting supplements. In fact, the direct effects of vitamin D levels on testosterone have not been studied in the literature. But as we have discussed elsewhere, the best way to raise your testosterone is to keep your body healthy and to train. If you have any of the following symptoms, you may be interested in reading further:
1. Frequent sore muscles or muscle pain
2. Respriatory infections
3. Acne
4. Stress fractures
These are all symptoms of vitamin D deficiency. And they all get in the way of your training and increased testosterone. In fact, athletes are extremely suceptible to vitamin D deficiency.

In my experience, I found that 2000 IU per day of vitamin D3 made a surprisingly noticeable impact on my muscle soreness.
As a side note, there is something else about vitamin D that you should know: vitamin D levels have an enormous and underappreciated impact on your risk for cancer and other diseases. Current recommended intake values are based on out-of-date science.I strongly recommend anyone who is not out in the sun for their job, and especially people of color, take at least 1000 IU vitamin D3 supplements per day. We are not talking about the mega-max world of testosterone boosting here, but rather simple things that are easily overlooked in day to day life. Getting back to the principles section, you mostly just need to keep your body healthy. This is an easy way to do that.


http://www.livestrong.com/article/298565-how-much-vitamin-d3-is-safe-to-take-to-prevent-toxicity/

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All fat-soluble substances may accumulate in body fat, resulting in fears over the potential toxicity of vitamin D, which may result in nausea, vomiting, weakness and weight loss. Dr. John Holick, head of the Vitamin D Council, explains that this fear influenced governmental advisers when they began to fortify milk with the fat-soluble vitamin and continues to have a negative effect on the vitamin D status of the nation in 2010.

Official Recommendations

The National Institutes of Health, or NIH, notes that the recommended daily allowance of vitamin D stands at just 400 international units, or IU, per day. However, the agency adds that intakes above this level reduce the incidence of cancer, especially colon cancer. It also notes how intakes at double the recommendations reduced the rate of fractures in elderly people.

Evidence

Holick explains how, although pharmacological overdoses of vitamin D2 have occurred, only one incidence of vitamin D3 toxicity has ever been found. He explains that a male subject had accidentally consumed up to 2,600,000 IU of vitamin D3 per day for two years; he was treated with steroids and recovered uneventfully. Holick emphasizes that only daily dosages of 40,000 IU and above will harm humans.

Expert Insight

Mercola believes all individuals should consider their vitamin D levels, taking supplements when necessary. For those using supplements, he says that between 5,000 and 10,000 IU per day should represent an effective dose to avoid seasonal flu during the winter months. Always speak to your physician before using supplements.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/298565-how-much-vitamin-d3-is-safe-to-take-to-prevent-toxicity/#ixzz1wC8Tq3kh