“My expert opinion: Eat calcium, and get plenty of sun exposure (to hell with the dermatologists). If you cannot get sun exposure take VitD3. “
You can get bottles of generic D3, in a 5,000 unit dose, for about a nickel a pill at Sam’s Club and Costco. D3 is D3 is D3 - don’t pay extra for a name brand, you’re just rewarding their marketing dept. Oh, and have the pill with a meal that has a lot of fat - it’ll absorb much better into your bloodstream.
“rewarding their marketing dept.”
I use a lot of vitamins and supplements-and being just a working class person, I always want the best deal on stuff-I found several online vitamin/supplement companies that offer several brands-including house brands, complete nutrition labels and prices for comparison-way less expensive than driving my 4x4 to the nearest Walmart or Sam’s and paying more for the same item. I buy resistance bands, free weights and other stuff for my workouts online, too-delivered to my gate at 1/3 to 1/2 less than at a big box retailer-especially since I live 25 miles from the nearest big box-Walmart...