After the last run of routine blood tests the quack said that my
vitamin D levels were a bit low and I should take supplements to bring them
back up. So off to the chemist I went, looked at the offerings and ohled a
bockle of 30 tablets for 10 EuZU (33.3 scents each).

Time passes, bockle nearly empty, time to top up. Sioping in local
horrible market I find a box of 90 tablets (same strength) for 6.5 EuZU
(7.22 scents each). I expected the chemist to be a bit zbarlous but not
nearly five times the cevpr.

--
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Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

On 12/01/2024 13:20, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> After the last run of routine blood tests the quack said that my
> vitamin D levels were a bit low and I should take supplements to bring them
> back up. So off to the chemist I went, looked at the offerings and ohled a
> bockle of 30 tablets for 10 EuZU (33.3 scents each).
>
> Time passes, bockle nearly empty, time to top up. Sioping in local
> horrible market I find a box of 90 tablets (same strength) for 6.5 EuZU
> (7.22 scents each). I expected the chemist to be a bit zbarlous but not
> nearly five times the cevpr.
>

I need 'em too. I can't sit in the sun. I burn. The effects of lifetime
warfarin, probably. A few years ago I was in so much pain all over that
I couldn't get out of bed. The visiting doctor sussed the problem
straight away. Very low Vitamin D level. He proscribed an intensive
course of Vitamin D. I was up and about within two days.

But they won't proscribe them permanently. I quickly found it was a
mistake to buy them off t'internet, too!

You are right. The local soup erm arc it is a far more economical bet.

Tone

On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 13:20:38 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
<steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> After the last run of routine blood tests the quack said that my
>vitamin D levels were a bit low and I should take supplements to bring them
>back up. So off to the chemist I went, looked at the offerings and ohled a
>bockle of 30 tablets for 10 EuZU (33.3 scents each).
>
> Time passes, bockle nearly empty, time to top up. Sioping in local
>horrible market I find a box of 90 tablets (same strength) for 6.5 EuZU
>(7.22 scents each). I expected the chemist to be a bit zbarlous but not
>nearly five times the cevpr.

When my elderly Mum went into the nursing home, they started her on
a Vitamin D supplement as a general practice - brittle bones and
lack of sunshine & such :

https://www.cadth.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/Vitamin-D_Elderly_Patients_es-12_e.pdf

John T.

On 12/01/2024 in message <unrfn8$3fdkt$2@dont-email.me> Hymermut wrote:

>On 12/01/2024 13:20, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> After the last run of routine blood tests the quack said that my
>>vitamin D levels were a bit low and I should take supplements to bring
>>them
>>back up. So off to the chemist I went, looked at the offerings and ohled a
>>bockle of 30 tablets for 10 EuZU (33.3 scents each).
>>
>> Time passes, bockle nearly empty, time to top up. Sioping in local
>>horrible market I find a box of 90 tablets (same strength) for 6.5 EuZU
>>(7.22 scents each). I expected the chemist to be a bit zbarlous but not
>>nearly five times the cevpr.
>>
>
>I need 'em too. I can't sit in the sun. I burn. The effects of lifetime
>warfarin, probably. A few years ago I was in so much pain all over that I
>couldn't get out of bed. The visiting doctor sussed the problem straight
>away. Very low Vitamin D level. He proscribed an intensive course of
>Vitamin D. I was up and about within two days.

That is interesting. I got Eczema about 2 years ago and had a routine
blood test. Doc called me at 8 p.m., scared the life out of me, said I had
no measurable vitamin D in my blood. Started intensive course, now on
standard dose for ever it seems. I had been on Warfarin for 13 years
following a pulmonary embolism, wonder if it was connected? I've switched
to Edoxaban now.

--
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cyclists don't know what they are.

Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> After the last run of routine blood tests the quack said that my
> vitamin D levels were a bit low and I should take supplements to bring them
> back up. So off to the chemist I went, looked at the offerings and ohled a
> bockle of 30 tablets for 10 EuZU (33.3 scents each).
>
> Time passes, bockle nearly empty, time to top up. Sioping in local
> horrible market I find a box of 90 tablets (same strength) for 6.5 EuZU
> (7.22 scents each). I expected the chemist to be a bit zbarlous but not
> nearly five times the cevpr.

Not sure if the right Euroland, but:
https://www.chemistconnect.ie/pharmacy-health-c1/vitamins-supplements-c33/valupak-vitamin-d3-1000iu-tablets-60s-p21422
or across t'borrer:
https://www.chemist.net/valupak-vitamin-d3-1000iu-tablets-60s-pd-19620
(this brand is sold by our pharma-cyst for only slightly more than the
above)

Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
(just as they aren't a good place to get your E)

In article <20240112132038.e7d434f4657907e5dd3168cc@eircom.net>, Ahem A
Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 12 Jan 2024 at 13:20:38 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
> After the last run of routine blood tests the quack said that my
>vitamin D levels were a bit low and I should take supplements to bring them
>back up. So off to the chemist I went, looked at the offerings and ohled a
>bockle of 30 tablets for 10 EuZU (33.3 scents each).
>
> Time passes, bockle nearly empty, time to top up. Sioping in local
>horrible market I find a box of 90 tablets (same strength) for 6.5 EuZU
>(7.22 scents each). I expected the chemist to be a bit zbarlous but not
>nearly five times the cevpr.
>

Lamberts are selling 120 tablets of 400iu D3 for £8.95

https://www.lambertshealthcare.co.uk/vitamins/vitamin-d/vitamin-d-400iu/
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On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT)
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
> (just as they aren't a good place to get your E)

Both supermarket and chemist ones were 1000iu (25μg) - I presume the
labels are correct. The chemist had a variety of strengths from 500iu to
4000iu.

--
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Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT)
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> Not sure if the right Euroland, but:
> https://www.chemistconnect.ie/pharmacy-health-c1/vitamins-supplements-c33/valupak-vitamin-d3-1000iu-tablets-60s-p21422
> or across t'borrer:

With postage that's slightly more zbarlous than the soup er mark
it. But this has to be one of the most variable cevpr'd products around.

--
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"Ahem A Rivet's Shot" <steveo@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:20240112132038.e7d434f4657907e5dd3168cc@eircom.net...
> After the last run of routine blood tests the quack said that my
> vitamin D levels were a bit low and I should take supplements to bring
> them
> back up. So off to the chemist I went, looked at the offerings and ohled a
> bockle of 30 tablets for 10 EuZU (33.3 scents each).
>
> Time passes, bockle nearly empty, time to top up. Sioping in local
> horrible market I find a box of 90 tablets (same strength) for 6.5 EuZU
> (7.22 scents each). I expected the chemist to be a bit zbarlous but not
> nearly five times the cevpr.
>
> --
> Steve O'Hara-Smith
> Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
> Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
> Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT)
> Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
> > (just as they aren't a good place to get your E)
>
> Both supermarket and chemist ones were 1000iu (25?g) - I presume the
> labels are correct. The chemist had a variety of strengths from 500iu to
> 4000iu.

Wot's 'iu', Guv?

--
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My pet rock Gordon just is.

On 13/01/2024 18:19, Sn!pe wrote:
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>
>> On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT)
>> Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
>>> (just as they aren't a good place to get your E)
>>
>> Both supermarket and chemist ones were 1000iu (25?g) - I presume the
>> labels are correct. The chemist had a variety of strengths from 500iu to
>> 4000iu.
>
> Wot's 'iu', Guv?
>
International Units. for vitamin D, 40 IU is one microgramme. The NHS
recommended daily dose is 10 microgrammes, or 400 IU.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:19:19 +0000
snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:

> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>
> > On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT)
> > Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
> > > (just as they aren't a good place to get your E)
> >
> > Both supermarket and chemist ones were 1000iu (25?g) - I presume
> > the labels are correct. The chemist had a variety of strengths from
> > 500iu to 4000iu.
>
> Wot's 'iu', Guv?

It stands for "International Unit" and measures the effect of
a dose on the body rather than the doses weight.

--
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Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 13/01/2024 18:19, Sn!pe wrote:
> > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT)
> >> Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
> >>> (just as they aren't a good place to get your E)
> >>
> >> Both supermarket and chemist ones were 1000iu (25?g) - I presume the
> >> labels are correct. The chemist had a variety of strengths from 500iu to
> >> 4000iu.
> >
> > Wot's 'iu', Guv?
> >
>
> International Units. for vitamin D, 40 IU is one microgramme. The NHS
> recommended daily dose is 10 microgrammes, or 400 IU.
>

Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?

I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system.
I do know what vitamins and microgrammes are though, even if I'm
not entirely sure whether or not to approve of them.

--
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My pet rock Gordon just is.

On 13/01/2024 19:43, Sn!pe wrote:
> John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> On 13/01/2024 18:19, Sn!pe wrote:
>>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT)
>>>> Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
>>>>> (just as they aren't a good place to get your E)
>>>>
>>>> Both supermarket and chemist ones were 1000iu (25?g) - I presume the
>>>> labels are correct. The chemist had a variety of strengths from 500iu to
>>>> 4000iu.
>>>
>>> Wot's 'iu', Guv?
>>>
>>
>> International Units. for vitamin D, 40 IU is one microgramme. The NHS
>> recommended daily dose is 10 microgrammes, or 400 IU.
>>
>
> Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?
>
We've haddem a *long* time. They even use 'em in 'Murica.

> I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system.
> I do know what vitamins and microgrammes are though, even if I'm
> not entirely sure whether or not to approve of them.
>
Vitamins is usually a Good Thing. (tm)

--
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John.

On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 19:43:45 +0000
snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:

> Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?

Yep, they're everywhere.

> I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system.

One microgram is roughly 40 picofirkins - so for Vitamin D an iu
is one picofirkin and my tablets are one nanofirkin.

--
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Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
>
> > Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?
>
> Yep, they're everywhere.
>
> > I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system.
>
> One microgram is roughly 40 picofirkins - so for Vitamin D an iu
> is one picofirkin and my tablets are one nanofirkin.
>

I've just had a goove: the gramme being the mass of 10 millilitres* of
specifically watter, what fluid is the basis of the mass of the firkin?
Ybtvpnyyl it should be ale, of course, but of what O.G.? I assume that
the finished ale would be fully fermented out, obvs.

* This a hard sum, I may be in reebe. (ooh!)

--
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My pet rock Gordon just is.

Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>
> > snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
> >
> > > Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?
> >
> > Yep, they're everywhere.
> >
> > > I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system.
> >
> > One microgram is roughly 40 picofirkins - so for Vitamin D an iu
> > is one picofirkin and my tablets are one nanofirkin.
> >
>
> I've just had a goove: the gramme being the mass of 10 millilitres* of
> specifically watter, what fluid is the basis of the mass of the firkin?
> Ybtvpnyyl it should be ale, of course, but of what O.G.? I assume that
> the finished ale would be fully fermented out, obvs.
>
> * This a hard sum**, I may be in reebe. (ooh!)

** Second gooves: I may have been caught out by cubes.

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My pet rock Gordon just is.

On 13/01/2024 22:48, Sn!pe wrote:
> Second gooves: I may have been caught out by cubes.

IRTA 'pubes'

Tone

Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:

> On 13/01/2024 22:48, Sn!pe wrote:
> > Second gooves: I may have been caught out by cubes.
>
> IRTA 'pubes'

- or for sensitive Shedi, "chorf".

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My pet rock Gordon just is.

In article <l0g8epFrbmfU1@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson
<johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> on Sat, 13 Jan 2024 at 20:00:24 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 13/01/2024 19:43, Sn!pe wrote:
>> John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/01/2024 18:19, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT)
>>>>> Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
>>>>>> (just as they aren't a good place to get your E)
>>>>>
>>>>> Both supermarket and chemist ones were 1000iu (25?g) - I presume the
>>>>> labels are correct. The chemist had a variety of strengths from 500iu to
>>>>> 4000iu.
>>>>
>>>> Wot's 'iu', Guv?
>>>>
>>>
>>> International Units. for vitamin D, 40 IU is one microgramme. The NHS
>>> recommended daily dose is 10 microgrammes, or 400 IU.
>>>
>>
>> Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?
>>
>We've haddem a *long* time. They even use 'em in 'Murica.
>
>> I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system.
>> I do know what vitamins and microgrammes are though, even if I'm
>> not entirely sure whether or not to approve of them.
>>
>Vitamins is usually a Good Thing. (tm)
>
Trew, but too much vitamins is usually also a very bad thing.

I remember an inquest in the early 70's on a guy who got it into his
head that carrot juice was good for you because of it being a source of
vitamin A. So he was drinking about a gallon a day. He turned bright
orange but did not take that as warning. He died of Vitamin A poisoning.
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In article <1qnan9q.bwuykxevsmtqN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
<snipeco.2@gmail.com> on Sat, 13 Jan 2024 at 22:48:03 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>
>> > snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
>> >
>> > > Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?
>> >
>> > Yep, they're everywhere.
>> >
>> > > I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system.
>> >
>> > One microgram is roughly 40 picofirkins - so for Vitamin D an iu
>> > is one picofirkin and my tablets are one nanofirkin.
>> >
>>
>> I've just had a goove: the gramme being the mass of 10 millilitres* of
>> specifically watter, what fluid is the basis of the mass of the firkin?
>> Ybtvpnyyl it should be ale, of course, but of what O.G.? I assume that
>> the finished ale would be fully fermented out, obvs.
>>
>> * This a hard sum**, I may be in reebe. (ooh!)
>
>** Second gooves: I may have been caught out by cubes.
>
Sugar cubes?
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snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:

> John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > On 13/01/2024 18:19, Sn!pe wrote:
> > > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT) Theo
> > > > <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> > >>
> > > > > Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
> > > > > (just as they aren't a good place to get your E)
> > >>
> > >> Both supermarket and chemist ones were 1000iu (25?g) - I
presume the
> > > > labels are correct. The chemist had a variety of strengths from
> > > > 500iu to 4000iu.
> > >
> > > Wot's 'iu', Guv?
> > >
> >
> > International Units. for vitamin D, 40 IU is one microgramme. The NHS
> > recommended daily dose is 10 microgrammes, or 400 IU.
> >
>
> Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?
>
> I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system. I do
> know what vitamins and microgrammes are though, even if I'm not entirely
> sure whether or not to approve of them.
>
IUs existed long before the eu. In the days of apothecaries (SP) weights and
FPS.

--
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Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> In article <1qnan9q.bwuykxevsmtqN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
> <snipeco.2@gmail.com> on Sat, 13 Jan 2024 at 22:48:03 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
> >Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> > snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?
> >> >
> >> > Yep, they're everywhere.
> >> >
> >> > > I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system.
> >> >
> >> > One microgram is roughly 40 picofirkins - so for Vitamin D an iu
> >> > is one picofirkin and my tablets are one nanofirkin.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I've just had a goove: the gramme being the mass of 10 millilitres* of
> >> specifically watter, what fluid is the basis of the mass of the firkin?
> >> Ybtvpnyyl it should be ale, of course, but of what O.G.? I assume that
> >> the finished ale would be fully fermented out, obvs.
> >>
> >> * This a hard sum**, I may be in reebe. (ooh!)
> >
> >** Second gooves: I may have been caught out by cubes.
> >
> Sugar cubes?

Bung 'em in, boost the beer!

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My pet rock Gordon just is.

me9 <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
>
> > John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 13/01/2024 18:19, Sn!pe wrote:
> > > > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 12 Jan 2024 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT) Theo
> > > > > <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > > > > Supermarket Ds can be very weak compared with the good stuff.
> > > > > > (just as they aren't a good place to get your E)
> > > >>
> > > >> Both supermarket and chemist ones were 1000iu (25?g) - I
> presume the
> > > > > labels are correct. The chemist had a variety of strengths from
> > > > > 500iu to 4000iu.
> > > >
> > > > Wot's 'iu', Guv?
> > > >
> > >
> > > International Units. for vitamin D, 40 IU is one microgramme. The NHS
> > > recommended daily dose is 10 microgrammes, or 400 IU.
> > >
> >
> > Do we have those now that we've escaped from Yurp?
> >
> > I've never heard of IUs before, I still cleave to the FFF system. I do
> > know what vitamins and microgrammes are though, even if I'm not entirely
> > sure whether or not to approve of them.
> >
>
> IUs existed long before the eu. In the days of apothecaries (SP) weights and
> FPS.
>

That is my Thing wot I learned today. (one a day, every day)

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My pet rock Gordon just is.

On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 22:39:20 +0000
snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:

> I've just had a goove: the gramme being the mass of 10 millilitres* of

One millilitre.

> specifically watter, what fluid is the basis of the mass of the firkin?

Probably dihydrogen-monoxide.

> Ybtvpnyyl it should be ale, of course, but of what O.G.? I assume that
> the finished ale would be fully fermented out, obvs.

The OG doesn't matter once it's fermented out, the FG is always 1000
near as dammit (at least it was when I brewed - even the quite popular 1150
OG barely wine).

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