Vitamin D-Thorne Research

I am one of those lucky 40% that suffers from low Vitamin D. I just do not get enough sunshine in the Winter I reckon. I know a natural way to fix that (more beach!).

At my recent wellness check up, every thing was great and all my blood counts were good except my Vitamin D levels. It was 22.7 when It needed to be over 32.  I honestly believe this has contributed to me not feeling good, having achy joints, and fatigue includeing a lot of light headiness and vertigo.

They put me on a prescription level of Vitamin D 50,000 IU a week for 11 weeks. Yikes!

The 11 weeks have passed and I feel so much better. I went back for more blood work. My levels were up to 42.8 and that was a good number. They said it's important that I keep the levels up by taking at least 1000 IU each day or 5000 IU every few days.
This is when It becomes a problem for me. This is not the first time my D levels were this low. 

You see, I always do well with the prescription Vitamin D, but once I get started on other brands, they make me feel funny. I get queasy and just feel awful. After a dose or two, I will end up giving up. Then my levels will fall. And I have to start all over.

After just going a week without any vitamin D (while trying to decide on a brand) I could feel myself feeling bad again. I had no idea the impact this vitamin can have on me. So I looked around and ask friends on some suggestions of a good brand. I got a lot of feedback but one struck my attention. A friend of mine that I trust referred me to Thorne research. They were true believers of this brand and suggest I check it out. 

After reading around on their website I was sold. However, I was still skeptical on how it will make me feel. I am so sensitive to things I take weather it be medicine, herbs or Vitamins. So after acquiring with Thorne, They offered me a bottle of Vitamin D3 to try. I could hardly wait for it to come in. 

This product was provided to me free of charge 

in exchange for my honest review. 

All opinions and results are my own.

Thorne is manufactured with the highest quality ingredients and safety standards in the world. Being FDA approved and NSF certified, they have been trusted by US national teams, and practitioners for over 30 years. They are used by many professional Olympic athletes. 

Thorne uses the purest ingredients and make sure every finished product is tested for contamination to insure pure potency.

How it makes me feel?

I have been taking the vitamin D3 now for over a week and I feel great. With the first dose, I developed a slight head ache but that could have been from other causes. I did not give up. The next dose there after had no side effects on me. I am so happy to have found a vitamin that works and a product I can trust. Im feeling great again. 

Thorne not only offers every kind of vitamin, but they have a whole inventory of health beneficial products. Weather your looking for a supplement for sleep, mood, women or mens health, energy, stress, muscles, performance or detox, Thorne has it along with many other supplements your body could use.

They even have weight management programs and products for Animal Health (vet). 

Did you know they even have an app for that? This means you can take Thorne everywhere you go. You’ll have information and can order right from your fingertips anywhere you are. How cool is that?

If your looking for a pure product with quality, look no further than Thorne.com. 

Their prices are reasonable and the shipping is fast.
I plan to continue using Thorne for future vitamin & supplement needs. 

Sign Of Age

I do not concider myself old (though I am touching fifty) but I am showing signs. I look in the mirror each morning and find it harder to find the young girl behind my aging skin. My eye lids seem to be drooping and I have this sagging skin around my jaw. I apply my lipstick and notice my lip have creases and I have hair popping up in places It shouldn’t. I have several age spots on my face that my concealer makeup struggles to cover and wrinkles that are starting to join each other. It’s a fight every morning. Some days I get emotional about it and some days I smile about it. 

One of my biggest struggles is keeping my gray roots covered. About every six weeks I grab a bottle of “Nice and Easy” and hide the silver that’s taking over. It never fails, there is a spot on the side of head that seems to escape the coloring. As I’m fixing my hair it screams at me. “Hazel!!!”

Instead of letting it bother me and instead of trying to hide it. I have decided to let this one go. I’m not fighting it any longer. 

I will have a gray stand in my hair. 

I’m going to just own it. 

Live it up. 

It’s a silver highlight and it’s a small sign of my age. 

I desevere it. It have lived up to it. 

I’m going to see just what it does. But I will continue covering the gray on the rest of my hair. 

My husband said,  “So, your going to be like Frankensteins wife right?” I gritted my teeth and giggled “Why yes I just might “. 

Another sign of age happend at the mall. Twice!

As I was fileing throught a rack of clothes at American Eagle (A store that caters to younger people), I noticed that there was a lot of wide legged pants. I turned to a young associate that was working in that area, “Are the wide leg pants coming back in?” The music was blarring loud and reminding me I do not need a hearing aide right now. He replies “ No we have not gotten any in but we do have MOM JEANS over in the area to your right”. 

Um. Mom jeans? He didn’t understand what I asked but I clearly understood what he thought. I politely smiled and left the store. Just kidding. I gave him a stink eye and walked over to see what the mom jeans looked like first. 

At the same mall, I went into another store that was aimed to the younger generation. “See, I dont feel as old as I may look”. 

I stood in the doorway of the dressing area holding a couple pieces of clothing. I noticed the young dressing room attendant letting young ladies into the dressing areas one by one. I gave her a questionable look. She then asks me, “Im sorry maam, are you waiting on someone?” I looked at her a little crazy and said “No, I would just like to try on some clothes”. She apologized for letting others cut in front of me and unlocked a dressing room. I Left with a pair of jeans that fit just right and they were NOT “mom jeans”.

Now excuse me while I look for my walker.