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D-Estimator

(Estimate Current Vitamin D Blood Levels) User data

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Copyright (2009) www.vitamind3Full Body Vit. D / Min 2000

Please enter all requested information - in yellow cells only

Geographic Latitude. (Enter a positive, whole number of degrees.) Skin type factor - See examples on right. Yours may be in-between, e.g 1.3 or 7.5 Body mass in pounds. (To convert kg to pounds, multiply by 2.2) Age last birthday (in years) Earliest Latest Of the last 6 months, which have been warm enough to expose skin to strong sun? Change the N to a Y for each warm month N N N N N N In those warm months only, please estimate how many minutes per week (on average) you spent in strong sun, at least 30 degrees* above Body Surface % the horizon, for each of the following dress modes: 11% Sun on arms and hands (wearing short-sleeved shirt, slacks and hat) 18% Sun on face, neck, arms and hands (as above, no hat) 32% Sun on face, neck, arms, hands and lower legs (wearing shirt and shorts) 53% Sun on top half of body (stripped to waist) 73% Sun on whole body except for one-piece bathing costume (ladies) 88% Sun on whole body except for swimming costume (men) or bikini (ladies) 100% Sun on whole body 0% Optional, user-defined dress mode - (also enter percentage on left) Over the whole of the last 3 months, on average, How much vitamin D did you take per day as a supplement (in IU)? How much vitamin D did you take per day in food? (average=150 IU) Total vitamin D from food and supplements (International Units) Estimated 25(OH)D blood level:

Skin age factor:

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Calculated Average Equiv Dly Daily Daily Minutes Vit D (IU) Vit-D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total: #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

(1 microgram of vitamin D = 40 IU) #DIV/0! #DIV/0! nmol/L

See Notes below.

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* Your shadow should be less than 10 times the length of your own feet
and sun exposure should be direct on skin (no glass or sunscreen.)

Notes:
1. D-Estimator has been designed to estimate vitamin D blood levels. Enter all yellow fields. Zero is OK, if the answer to the question really is zero. Estimated 25(OH)D blood level is displayed immediately. Check Vitamin D Status using pink table titled 25(OH)D Blood Levels. 2. D-Estimator also displays an estimate of how much vitamin D3 you make from sunshine. Make sure you enter all your personal particulars correctly, then enter weekly minutes of sun exposure of various kinds. Then see the blue total at the bottom of the Daily Vitamin D (IU) column. You can also use D-Estimator to estimate how much vitamin D3 you need to supplement. Enter all fields, as though you were estimating your blood level, except for the question: Of the last 6 months, which have been warm enough ? Enter that answer as YYYYYY. Answer all questions about sun exposure (weekly minutes) as accurately as you can, but consider that you are telling DEstimator how much sun you expect to be getting in the near future, rather than how much you took in the past.

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When you get to the supplement question (cell i24), any supplement dose you enter will affect the Estimated blood level. Enter different values of supplement dose until you find one that causes the Estimated blood level to be 50 ng/ml. If you take that dose of vitamin D3 as a daily supplement, together with the amount of sun exposure you entered, you should maintain a near-optimum blood level of vitamin D. If your sun exposure habits change (as they will with the seasons) simply enter the changed information and find your new estimated dose as before.

Latitude Example Skin Type Factors Factor: Skin Type: 1 Lightest Caucasian 1.5 Dark Caucasian 2 Mediterannean 3 Middle Eastern 5 - 10 Black 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 80 85 90

25(OH)D Blood Vitamin D Status Severely Deficient Deficient Low-normal Normal Optimum High, but not toxic Toxicity possible

ng/ml 0-10 11-20 21-32 33-49 50-65 66-100 above 100

nmol/L 0-25 26-50 51-81 82-124 125-163 164-250 above 250

Vit.D/Min Full body 2000 2250 2500 2250 2500 2250 2000 1625 1250 1180 1110 973 835 668 500 225 112 0

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