Good read. Thanks!
Vitamin D
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JHZR2
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I’ve taken that on and off for a while. Give it to the kids as well for omega 3 and vitamin d (just a drop or three).
I didn’t see - how did your tests look from using this stuff vs pills. Could you discern?
I haven’t gotten much sun all winter except for Christmas week. Currently in Norway. Feel like I should dose some when I get home…
No decent comparison. I should not be so surprised, but yeah I was just very low vitamin D. March 18, will test again.
Have you tested again?
On my last blood test my doctor said I was deficient in D so she told me to take 5000 units per day and don't miss a dose. Sometimes I get busy doing something and don't take it. I am borderline Type II diabetic and 78 years young.
I am curious what form (pill or drops) and if you have tested for D again.
78 - awesome man! Keep moving and watch that diet. D can be hard to absorb after 60-65-70.
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I’m just wondering how us geezers respond to supplements
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You'd be surprised how well ChatGPT does given labs, a basic health history, and symptoms. I'd never advocate listening to AI over your physician but in my testing it's accurate and understands some subtle nuances and it was pretty impressive.
I've asked a couple different ways. It cannot answer in anything more than "typicals" - ideal world. Maybe that's good enough, but I would love to hear from older folks - and more in particular what form of supplement.
Really you don’t need to defend AI as I am a user. But really - think of the question. Maybe you missed that.
I was just surprised how well it did given my labs for the past 15 years. My hematocrit creeps up and I donate blood to get it back down. It was able to project % drop from a donation. Distinguish between the likely cause being a medication vs age. It looked at ferritin levels and other lab markers and recommended labs after every 3rd donation which was absolutely appropriate. The best part was it explains its rationale and it was spot on. If I just asked what causes hematocrit to go up I'd get a general answer. Give it actual data and it gave me an answer specific for my situation.
I was at an oral pathology lecture recently, all the clinical photos were from the presenter and not on the web. I was having fun taking pictures of slides and ChatGPT got the diagnosis correct on the first attempt about 90% of the time and the correct diagnosis was in the top 3 differential 100% of the time over about 50 slides. Some of these slides didn't show enough anatomical landmarks to even be sure what part of the body you were looking at and it still got them correct. As an example, this was carcinoma in situ caused by HPV-16 and it nailed it with just the picture.
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4wd
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I think the expectation has already been set - if AI can’t improve healthcare - it’s value would really fall hard …
Not true. The only way to tell is a blood test for it. Everyone is different.
Haven't been tested again yet .I will be retested in 2 weeks. I take the little oval golden pills.
Patman
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I should be finding out my Vitamin D levels within the next few days, I had the bloodwork done on Monday
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