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How much vitamin D is enough?

It’s reassuring that people are getting their vitamin D levels checked and taking vitamin D as needed. Yet they wonder if they are in the sun and taking vitamin D also, can you get too much? The answer is yes and no. If your vitamin D level is over 100, that is too much. However, being out in the sun will never put the vitamin D level over 100. Your body will regulate it at around 80, which is the optimal level. That is the level that Peruvian lifeguards have. They do not have levels higher than that, and you won’t either. If you don’t need vit D, your body won’t make it, kind of like cholesterol….

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