If you’re going to supplement vitamin D, don’t go crazy, and if you think you might need higher amounts, ask a doctor or dietitian about getting your serum levels checked! And as always, choose a third party tested supplement 🙂

Supplementing with amounts of 5000+ without documented deficiency can lead to vitamin D levels that are TOO high, which comes with its own host of issues - the most ironic being an increased risk of bone fracture 🫤

Without testing serum levels, I generally recommend sticking with 1000-2000 IU/day supplementation. I really wouldn’t advise doing higher amounts like 5000+ IU/day unless there are many extenuating circumstances (aversion to dairy, limited exposure to UV, history of stress fractures, etc.)

One thing that struck me is the similarity between food labeling and recycling labeling…which boils down to a lot of it means nothing. Companies slap a ♻️ on there/use green marketing pantones to help us sleep at night, but that shit is in an ocean or landfill with everything else 😩