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Yeah I came here to say this. I'm sure people do take vitamin D to stave off heart disease and cancer but that was never my intention.

I live in scandinavia so every autumn I start taking one vitamin D pill a day to keep my spirits up during the long darkness.

I believe it helps and I have no illusions of preventing any diseases with it, except winter depression.

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Came to say this. I’ve lived in London for 3.5 years and first winter got really depressed - originally from NZ and we have more light. Tried meditation and exercise and it kind of worked, but still not great. Next one and all since just took vit D everyday and the change in mood through winter has been remarkable.

What dosage did you take?

I take for example a 5000mg poll every two days. But in winter I take it every day.

You probably mean 5000 IU, which is equivalent to 125 micrograms (of vitamin D).

I don’t remember where I read this but I heard 2000 IU is the minimum to be effective.

This is common knowledge to everyone who lives in PNW. It rains most of the time so people take vitamin D.

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