Now I've done so many videos on the importance of vitamin D and why you should take it and

why people are deficient. I needed to create an opposite video on when not to take vitamin

D simply because there's always an exception to the rule. That being said, I do want to

mention that vitamin D from my viewpoint is the most important nutrient simply because

it's really hard almost impossible to get from your diet and people are not outside

anymore like they used to so they're not going to get it from the sun and the consequences

of not having enough vitamin D for the immune system, for your bones, for your joints,

creating a whole back pain. That being said, there are certain conditions where you'd

want to avoid taking vitamin D. There's really only one side effect from taking excessive

amounts of vitamin D and that would be hypercalcemia, okay, too much calcium in the blood simply

because vitamin D helps you absorb calcium by 20 times in the intestines. So if you're

getting too much calcium in the blood, that could be a problem specifically for the kidney,

okay, kidney stones. Out of all of these symptoms for hypercalcemia, bone pain, excessive

urination, muscle weakness right here, and depression and anxiety, kidney stones would

be the most serious. But since a kidney stone is really a super saturated calcium deposit

with some oxalates or uric acid, if you were to consume 2 to 2.5 or more liters of fluid

per day and keep your oxalates kind of low by avoiding almonds and spinach and have some

lemon juice, that would cut the risk way, way down.

And the second thing I want to mention is these conditions that I'm talking about are usually

states where you're also low in vitamin D, but sometimes you're not supposed to take

vitamin D because of this risk right here, but some doctors will put you in vitamin D. They

will just monitor the calcium in your blood, which I think is a smart thing. For example,

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