Sentences with phrase «recommended safe upper limit»

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In any case, 3000 μg RAE (10,000 IU) per day from all sources during pregnancy appears to be well within a safe upper limit according to most data; the Weston A. Price Foundation recommends at least 20,000 IU during pregnancy from foods such as liver or high vitamin cod liver oil along with 2,000 IU vitamin D (if sun exposure is limited) and vitamin K2 from aged cheese, animal fats and fermented foods.

While the Institutes of Medicine put the safe upper level limit at 4,000 IU per day, the Vitamin D Council recommends adults take 5,000 IU a day — while an integrative physician may recommend dosages in the area of 8,000 IU a day, depending on current vitamin D status, physical condition and other lifestyle factors.

While a simple solution is to set an upper limit to the amount of sugar consumption in a healthy diet, Taubes warns, «We don't know if the level recommended is safe for everyone.