Many T1 diabetics in Finland are self-treating with more than 1200 IU of Vitamin D daily – Feb 2024 Note: Finns may have the highest Vitamin D levels on the planet, so do not need much more 50+ VitaminDWiki Diabetes pages have T1 or TYPE 1 in the title
Finland has a funny population. We have both smart and compliant people.
Most take no Vitamin-D3 supplement and get a pittance from diet, perhaps 10ug=400IU. Others take between 7.5-20ug=300-800IU as recommended by the various public health guidelines. Then there is the small portion of Finns who take from 50-200ug=2000-8000IU because they have read enough and there is a distant history of children getting 50-100ug=2000-4000IU at school in the days that T1 diabetes was falling added to this there was a local doctor Dr Tolonen, since retired and faded from the internet at the start of the covid period due to local Food Agency gag rulings, who promoted Vitamin-D3 for decades and shared translated data including often Dr Mercolas work. Dr Tolonen was the First to have 50ug=2000IU and then when the safe dose was raised 100ug=4000IU capsules for sale. The mere fact that most every supermarket, health shop and pharmacy will have a 100ug brand on the shelf makes it easier for people to risk a dose much greater than the recommendation. Contrast with Spain where capsules of over 10ug=400IU are prescription only and people rarely supplement. Deficiency there is seldom considered because sunshine should be enough, yet is not.
So it is interesting that those with T1 diabetes have started to get educated and I wish them well. I hope with time they will investigate therapeutic doses as T1 is already well entrenched and may not reverse though no harm in trying.
Finland has a funny population. We have both smart and compliant people.
Most take no Vitamin-D3 supplement and get a pittance from diet, perhaps 10ug=400IU. Others take between 7.5-20ug=300-800IU as recommended by the various public health guidelines. Then there is the small portion of Finns who take from 50-200ug=2000-8000IU because they have read enough and there is a distant history of children getting 50-100ug=2000-4000IU at school in the days that T1 diabetes was falling added to this there was a local doctor Dr Tolonen, since retired and faded from the internet at the start of the covid period due to local Food Agency gag rulings, who promoted Vitamin-D3 for decades and shared translated data including often Dr Mercolas work. Dr Tolonen was the First to have 50ug=2000IU and then when the safe dose was raised 100ug=4000IU capsules for sale. The mere fact that most every supermarket, health shop and pharmacy will have a 100ug brand on the shelf makes it easier for people to risk a dose much greater than the recommendation. Contrast with Spain where capsules of over 10ug=400IU are prescription only and people rarely supplement. Deficiency there is seldom considered because sunshine should be enough, yet is not.
So it is interesting that those with T1 diabetes have started to get educated and I wish them well. I hope with time they will investigate therapeutic doses as T1 is already well entrenched and may not reverse though no harm in trying.
I am 49.5 percent Finnish! Love your work!