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I received my vitamin D results yesterday and my serum level came back at 35 ng/mL...

 

I'm going to start supplementing with vitamin D 10000 IU/day and getting 20 min of sun on my chest/back on the weekends.  I'll be monitoring my acne/sebum levels and get retested in 4-6 weeks to check if I hit my target serum level of 50 ng/mL.

After 4 weeks of supplementing with vitamin D 10000 IU/day and getting about 90 minutes of sun on my body on the weekends, my serum level is now 61 ng/mL.  There hasn't been any change to my sebum levels or my acne severity, though maybe it'll take some more time to see results.

I do feel like I have more energy as of late, though it's tough to say if Vitamin D is responsible.

I received my vitamin D results yesterday and my serum level came back at 35 ng/mL.  This time last year, my serum level was 28 ng/mL.  The main difference between this year and last year was I had been supplementing with ~5ml of fermented cod liver oil for 3 months prior.  Based on this chart, I'm guessing FCLO provided only around 1000 IU of vitamin D, though maybe I needed more supplementation time.

There's been a lot of conflicting recommendations on what the ideal vitamin D serum level is for optimal health.   This wiki page has an excellent summary of these recommendations.  I've decided to target for 50 ng/mL

I'm going to start supplementing with vitamin D 10000 IU/day and getting 20 min of sun on my chest/back on the weekends.  I'll be monitoring my acne/sebum levels and get retested in 4-6 weeks to check if I hit my target serum level of 50 ng/mL.

I'm currently taking Thorne Research, B-Complex #12.  Dr. Hyman posted an article in the Huffington Post about boosting glutathione levels.  In it he recommends:

Take folate (especially in the active form of 5 methyltetrahydrofolate), B6 (in active form of P5P) and B12 (in the active form of methylcobalamin).

Thorne Research B-Complex #12 has all three of the active forms.

I supplemented with 5ml of Green Pastures fermented cod liver oil for the past 3 months.  In this last month, I was taking it in combination with a spoonful of the Green Pastures high vitamin butter oil.  I don't think it improved my acne very much, but I didn't have any negative side effects to it.

On a side note, I plan on taking a vitamin D test next week to check if the cod liver oil maintained healthy vitamin D levels during these past winter months.  If it did, it may be a worthwhile supplement.

Awesome, thanks for the info!  I'm currently experimenting with NAC and Milk Thistle.  If they don't work out, I'll give Acetyl-L-Carnitine and B5 a try and let you know if there are successful results.