Vitamin D plus calcium tied to longer life

They're saying, Take them at the same time, right? Good to know.

Vitamin D, as in D3 is a suppliment I will never be without. I have taken 5000iu every day for the last 3 years and never once had a cold or flu in all that time. Before, I always used to get the flu at least twice a year. 800iu as a guidline by USA officials is a useless dose. I have always taken various suppliments and I have never suffered any great health problems in my life.

Elder people ,,,60 plus, also if you drink too much calcium,,, you will be suffering from kidney stones,,,ouch!

wipeoutJun. 26, 2012 - 08:19PM JST 800iu is the RDA (recommended dietary allowance) suggested, for example, by Health Canada. I believe the NIH says 600. It's not a dose.

If it's not a dose, then why does the article keep referring to doses? As usual with most medical research on vitamins, they fail to state if they are synthetic vitamins or not. As the article does not refer to vitamin D as D3, one has to presume they are using synthetic versions which are not recommended by all health professionals well versed in the subject of vitamins and suppliments.

Us " people " are witness to the benefits of vitamin doses over and above the RDA guidlines by the fact that we are healthy and have not had any adverse reactions to our vitamin taking habits. On the other hand, just look at how many people suffer and die from pharmacy drugs recommended by the prevailing medical community.