Gastric Bypass and Vitamin D Deficiency

Leg Cramps and Vitamin D Deficiency
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!

Hi Brenda,

You say that you have been Vitamin D Deficient since your gastric bypass, but my question is, "Did you ever have a Vitamin D Blood Level drawn BEFORE you had a gastric bypass to KNOW whether you were or were not Vitamin D Deficient?"

My guess is that it is likely that you WERE ALREADY Vitamin D deficient, but you just didn't know it.

Either way, you say that you are taking a Vitamin D supplement and it is not correcting your deficiency. My next question is, "How much are you taking and how much do you weigh?"

A recommended MAINTENANCE dose is 30 IU's per pound, so if you weigh 200 pounds, then you would need to take 6000 IU's JUST TO MAINTAIN a Normal Vitamin D Blood Level- that is NOT for Vitamin D Deficiency Treatment which you would need even MORE vitamin d to do!!

As far as your leg cramps, it's not Vitamin D DIRECTLY that is responsible for your leg cramps, but your Calcium balance. Since Vitamin D is responsible for the absorption of calcium in the intestine, then it's likely that improving your Vitamin D Level will improve the leg cramps.

Magnesium and/or Vitamin E supplements have also been shown to greatly help with leg cramps.

But going back to your Vitamin D Deficiency, it's very important that you get your level up to the optimal level of 40 to 80 ng/ml in order to prevent osteoporosis, cancer and heart disease down the line- and because of the gastric bypass, you MAY NOT be able to absorb the Vitamin D very well.

You may consider investing in a Vitamin D Producing Tanning Bed which could Possibly even be a tax write off for you because of your Vitamin D Deficiency.

Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Easy Immune Health.com

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Hi Brenda, You say that you have been Vitamin D Deficient since your gastric bypass, but my question is, "Did you ever have a Vitamin D Blood Level drawn BEFORE you had a gastric bypass to KNOW whether you were or were not Vitamin D Deficient?" My guess is that it is likely that you WERE ALREADY Vitamin D deficient, but you just didn't know it. Either way, you say that you are taking a Vitamin D supplement and it is not correcting your deficiency. My next question is, "How much are you taking and how much do you weigh?" A recommended MAINTENANCE dose is 30 IU's per pound, so if you weigh 200 pounds, then you would need to take 6000 IU's JUST TO MAINTAIN a <a href="http://www.easy-immune-health.com/Normal-Vitamin-D-level.html">Normal Vitamin D Blood Level</a>- that is NOT for <a href="http://www.easy-immune-health.com/vitamin-d-deficiency-treatment.html">Vitamin D Deficiency Treatment</a> which you would need even MORE vitamin d to do!! As far as your leg cramps, it's not Vitamin D DIRECTLY that is responsible for your leg cramps, but your Calcium balance. Since Vitamin D is responsible for the absorption of calcium in the intestine, then it's likely that improving your Vitamin D Level will improve the leg cramps. Magnesium and/or Vitamin E supplements have also been shown to greatly help with leg cramps. But going back to your Vitamin D Deficiency, it's very important that you get your level up to the optimal level of 40 to 80 ng/ml in order to prevent osteoporosis, cancer and heart disease down the line- and because of the gastric bypass, you MAY NOT be able to absorb the Vitamin D very well. You may consider investing in a <a href="http://products.mercola.com/tanning-bed/?aid=CD411" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Vitamin D Producing Tanning Bed</a> which could Possibly even be a tax write off for you because of your Vitamin D Deficiency. <IMG SRC="http://www.easy-immune-health.com/images/Kerri-Knox-163x170.JPG" HEIGHT="115" WIDTH="115" ALIGN="LEFT"> Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen Functional Medicine Practitioner <a href="http://www.easy-immune-health.com">Easy Immune Health.com</a>

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