My vitamin D requirements have doubled as I improved my health, lowered my A1C and lost weight, why is that the case?

more fat = more cholesterol, more cholesterol= more vitamin D? or perhaps the enzymes used to break down extra cholesterol/lipids get used up when your liver is fattier so unable to break down/excrete D?

yea most men shouldnt take iron and its un needed and harmful, potent oxidant you will see high quality mens vitamins not have iron... i have uber high ferratin so stay far away from it.

on a side note about vitamin D, it seems to cause pain in my kidney, had a kidney stone then stopped the greens powder protein and vitamin D, then seems like if i take vitamin D for a day or 2 will get faint pangs on teh same kidney.. so great idea you check your D levels i should be doing the same! dont want extra calcium depositing in your arteries or kidneys vitamin K or not... vitamin D is a potent hormvitamin! amazing you can FEEL vitamin D levels..

EDIT: welp prob wrong on that ! however prob need to look deeper like vitamin D and covid, mostly showed a relationship because old sedentary people have poor health along with low vitamin D ie more of a marker than cause. ie sickest people have low vitamin D but might not be sick because of low vitamin D if that makes sense. Vitamin D and Cholesterol: What's the Relationship

granger said:

more fat = more cholesterol, more cholesterol= more vitamin D? or perhaps the enzymes used to break down extra cholesterol/lipids get used up when your liver is fattier so unable to break down/excrete D?

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I thought about that, but my experience since dropping the iron tells me differently. Since stopping the iron supplements, I’m starting to urinate more normally, and on iron supplements it seems like my urination was slowed and restrained.

I think the reason I couldn’t tolerate more vitamin D was because I was taking iron supplements, when I shouldn’t have been and since vitamin D regulates iron homeostasis, uptake of iron is altered, and so it’s not hard to understand why more vitamin D produced negative symptoms even though my levels were on the lower end of normal.

I think this is the reason why I couldn’t tolerate vitamin D supplement even below normal doses. I’m going to experiment by taking more vitamin D as my iron levels decline

I continue to make significant improvements in how I feel every single morning since stopping the iron supplements. I have more energy, more erections, and a higher mental clarity!

At the rate things are improving, in a couple of weeks I'll be in new territory as far as how I feel. The entire time spent while on Jatenzo was supplementing iron when I didn't even need it.

I can't imagine what awaits me in the coming weeks, perhaps benefits I've never felt yet on TRT.

My hemoglobin is now 17.6 down from 19.3 and hematocrit 53% down from 58% three weeks after stopping the iron supplements. I got a phlebotomy today with hemoglobin at 17.6 and feel better afterwards.

I imagine I'm somewhere in the 15 range. I feel better mentally, it feels good!

My erections are better too!

My blood pressure before the phlebotomy was 120/65! After blood pressure was 120/64.

New update, my vitamin D requirements have increased exponentially since stopping iron supplements 4 weeks ago.

If I take 1000 IU, I wake up in the morning hours feeling horrible and I have red bruises all over my shins, with yellow colored skin in the surrounding areas.

The moment I take more vitamin D supplement, I feel better almost immediately, red bruises, and yelling skin disappears a couple of days later.

I took 1600 IU today, no issues!

I can now handle bigger doses of vitamin D for the first time without issue. I know I need to not go above 60, as levels in the 70-100’s triggered vitamin D toxicity a few years ago.

Things I’ve noticed, my muscles look fuller, my workouts are better and I can do way more sets and it’s more difficult to reach failure.

I did 25 sets, 15 reps of bicep curls today at a 45° angle, starting at 20 lbs than finishing at 30 lbs. I could easily have kept going but I had to move on to other workouts.

The symptoms from taking the iron supplement's are still present, but are minor. The most notable symptom is the heart flutters and palpitations, especially at it after eating something with a lot of iron in it.