Doctor issues warning over popular supplement that could trigger organ damage

A GP has urged those who program to instrumentality vitamin D to person a humor trial to cheque their levels beforehand—as overdosing could effect successful bosom and kidney damage. 

Speaking successful a video that has truthful acold been watched implicit 52,000 times, Dr Asif Ahmed, revealed that helium has seen acold excessively galore radical taking a 'crazy' precocious dose of vitamin D, which tin origin abnormal bosom rhythms, kidney nonaccomplishment and bony pain. 

It is presently estimated that astir 1 successful six adults successful the UK bash not get capable vitamin D—while immoderate people, according to Dr Ahmed are overdosing connected it. 

Also known arsenic the 'sunshine vitamin', the main root is vulnerability to sunlight, arsenic good arsenic from foods similar oily fish, reddish meant and ovum yolks. 

NHS guidelines suggest taking a vitamin D supplement passim the wintertime months, erstwhile determination is little sunshine, but Dr Ahmed said taking excessively overmuch of the vitamin could beryllium dangerous.

'Taking vitamin D astatine precocious doses agelong word is really precise dangerous, due to the fact that it tin origin hypercalcemia', Dr Ahmed explained. 

This is wherever excess calcium is deposited into the bloodstream, expanding the hazard of bosom and kidney disease.

Dr Ahmed explained that, improbable different supplements that are hard to overdose on, arsenic excess comes retired successful your urine, vitamin D is abdominous soluble, which means it hangs astir successful the body.

 'A batch of the clip erstwhile you instrumentality a precocious dose of vitamins, its not that unsafe due to the fact that their h2o soluble and you conscionable pee it out,' the GP explained. 

'With abdominous soluble vitamins, similar vitamin D however, we can't get escaped of excess vitamins truthful it conscionable accumulates successful the body,' helium added. 

This tin weaken the bones, and harm the kidneys and the heart. 

'When it comes to dosage, I've seen radical taking brainsick precocious doses of thing they've bought online, similar 10,000 planetary units, which is simply a dose I wouldn't urge for anyone,' the GP warned. 

The NHS advises not to instrumentality much than 4,000 units of vitamin D a day. This applies to adults, including large and breastfeeding women, the elderly, and children aged 11 to 17. 

According to Dr Ahmed, astir radical lone request astir 10 micrograms, which is equivalent to 400 units.

While Dr Ahmed agreed with NHS guidelines that urge a supplement dose of nary much than 100 micrograms units a day, helium said immoderate radical bash request a overmuch higher dose. 

'These are patients who person precise debased vitamin D connected their humor tests', helium said. 

In the US, the minimum threshold of vitamin D, acceptable retired by the institute of medicine, is 20ng/ml. 

However, the UK's threshold for deficiency is overmuch lower, astatine 12ng/ml, a level that has agelong been criticised by planetary wellness experts.

'The magnitude you request arsenic a supplement depends connected your symptoms, your ethnicity, your tegument colour, but besides your humor trial result', Dr Ahmed cautioned. 

This is wherefore the doctor, who has implicit 95,500 followers connected Instagram, urged anyone who takes vitamin D supplements to get a humor trial to spot if they are taking excessively overmuch of the alleged sunshine vitamin. 

He said: 'I impulse astir radical taking vitamin D supplements to get their levels checked regularly.

You person to instrumentality it cautiously and responsibly and not instrumentality excessively overmuch of a precocious dose.'

Dr Ahmed is not the archetypal medic to pass against megadoses of vitamin D.

NHS surgeon Doctor Karan Rajan antecedently suggested looking for vitamin D supplements that incorporate vitamin K2, which helps trim the hazard of calcium being deposited successful the humor stream.

While supplements tin assistance to boost vitamin D levels, experts accidental capable sunlight vulnerability and a steadfast fare that includes things similar oily fish, reddish nutrient and fortified foods, are the champion sources.