Posted on 07/19/2007 5:21:21 PM PDT by blam
I’m taking 800 IU of D twice a day, 200MG of CoQ-10 twice a day, 1000MG of fish oil twice a day, and 5 grams of C twice a day.
Why is it I find it so hard to find Vitamin D in drugstores?
They always seem to sell it combined with calcium.
Isn’t it possible to make a pill with D and no calcium?
Sounds good. Just check your fish oil for mercury. No baby aspirin?
Is there a simple (and inexpensive) test for mercury?
bump
Sure, you can find it. Wal Mart sells it under their Spring Valley brand, and it’s D3, which is supposed to be the best type.
My doctor put me on Vitamin D 800 IU a day. I found it at Whole Foods. Am glad from this article that he did.
I think Vitamin D helps with calcium absorption, and I’m guessing calcium deficiencies (esp. osteoporosis) is more in the news than Vitamin D deficiencies. Until now, anyway.
It’s put together with A: 1000A and 400D. I take one of those. Should I take two?????
If it takes you an hour to burn then go out for 20 minutes without any sunscreen...and then go ahead and put on SPF 15.
I get my D at the grocery. They’re gel caps like fish oil (funny, the D comes from tuna fish liver) or E, only small BB like.
My doctor did one for me...I don't remember what it cost.
Depends on where you live and what time of year. Read the article for more info.
My DO has me on 4,000 units a day to help lower my BP.
It's a cheap and easy blood test. I'm convinced. Doc told me that almost every woman she has ordered testing on has been vitamin D deficient. Not enough sun in DC area to give us what we need.
Try a supplement store (i.e. Vitamin Shoppe, GNC). There are plenty of vitamin D supplements without calcium. However, many people need the calcium too, and vitamin D and calcium are closely interwined (which is why vitamin D is added to milk, so the calcium in the milk has a better chance of actually getting absorbed to where it’s needed). I’m a lacto-ovo vegetarian, and consume colossal amounts of milk and other dairy products, so I take a vitamin D supplement that doesn’t include calcium. I average close to a quart of milk a day, plus other milk-containing products (cheese, yogurt, ice cream) that generally aren’t made with vitamin D-supplemented milk. I get plenty of calcium, but even a quart of vitamin D-supplemented milk provides only 400iu of vitamin D.
You better check with a doctor on those doses. Megadoses of vitamins and supplements tend to cause the accumulation of dangerous trace elements and toxins, that don’t normally register on safety tests for smaller doses.
Contaminants are real, and even the best methods of preparation cannot remove them during synthetic production of such supplements. The whole method of production is often radically different from say, how these vitamins would be produced in the natural world. Besides, it isn’t actually proven, but some nutrients may be dangerous to consume over long periods of time, when consumed in a form that is not similar to how the nutrient would be consumed in a traditional way. For example, pure vitamin A may be more toxic than vitamin A consumed from carrots, because of the presence of other moderating mediums within the carrot, or any other food, that our bodies are used to obtaining from.
Be careful. Overdosing on D can cause nerve damage.
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