Herblady22

25 de diciembre de 2013

Gets your Vitamin D levels up

I try to keep my Vitamin D levels between 50-100 ng/ml on a 25 hydroxy D test. I had been taking 10,000 daily for 6 months without fail and my blood tests only registered in the low 30s. So I started taking this daily for 3 months and I tested in the low 50s. I'm now around 70 and take this 2-3 times a week.These might sound too high, but your body would biologically make 25,000 iu daily in a few hours near the equator where we evolved before it would stop (because your body will not overproduce D.) So a biological dose is 25,000 iu, not 2000 iu.commonly found in D supplements. You might need a lesser dose to maintain good levels, but if you are fat, have diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, a broken bone or other conditions you probably need a high level. If you have no gallbladder you probably need a dry form like this one.The only way to know if you have enough is to take a $40 vitamin D test (available from the Vitamin D Council.) And beware of old reference ranges that show 30 ng/ml as high or sufficient. The new data shows 50-100 is the target range. It is amazingly difficult to overdose on Vitamin D unless you have a granulomatous disease or hyperparathyroidism,And can't you get it from the sun for free? Well yes, if you live south of Atlanta, are Caucasian, work in the sun without sunscreen between the hours of 11:00 and 1:00. And you can't shower for 3 days because the bacteria on your skin make the vitamin and need time to manufacture and absorb it. The shower is the biggest obstacle eventhough sunshine vitamin D is superior. So spend time in the sun and take your vitamin D too.Ver más

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calypteanna

9 de julio de 2014

Great price for the quantity! I feel good taking D3 instead of D2.

I had my Vitamin D levels tested and I was very low, only 18 ng/mL. So, my doctor put me on a Vitamin D2 regimen (one pill every week for 8 weeks and then 1 every two weeks). I had my level retested and it only raised to 25 ng/mL. I thought it was going to be much higher! I had done some research on Vitamin D as I was taking the D2 and discovered that many people recommended D3 instead. So, when I had my level retested and it was still low, I asked about D3, because I knew I'd need to keep taking Vitamin D. In turns out that my doctor also takes D3 and the woman I talked to on the phone (not sure if she was a receptionist or nurse) recommended BioTech D3-50 and that my doctor takes it as well and buys it on Amazon. I thought it was strange that he would write me a prescription for D2 when he takes D3! It cost me $18 dollars for 10 D2 pills when I could have bought 100 D3 for the same price! So strange and really glad I did my research and questioned the pills I was taking. I'm going to be taking these capsules twice a month now for a few months and then get my levels retested. The pills are small and super easy to swallow. It's great that I can take them so infrequently. I just set a reminder on my phone and forget about it. I highly recommend these.Ver más

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Steward

14 de enero de 2013

If it was toxic, you'd need a perscription to buy it!

We don't understand why so many people (Medical Doctors included) continue to allege Vitamin D3 is toxic. Though D3 is not toxic, D2 [D(ERGO)] can be toxic (or is synthesized with dyes that can be toxic). This form of vitamin D3 is water-miscible; respectively, the body only absorbs and distributes what it needs; any excess is discharged. Though D2 can be harmful to kidneys; D3 promotes healthy kidney function. The benefits of vitamin D3 (and its lack of toxicity) has been well researched and reported with thousands of articles; not the least of which is the whitepaper written by: Dr. J. Joseph Prendergast, MD; titled: "Vitamin D3 Spray Whitepaper". The article is well written in layman's terms.Knowledgeable Health care practitioners wisely recommend that when supplementing a diet with D3 and K2 you should never take calcium supplements; just eat a normal healthy diet. In fact, for those that may experience pain in their extremities after taking large doses of D3, the culprit is not likely the D3; rather, they are most likely suplimenting calcium (which should never be done) it is actually hard not to get sufficient calcium if you have enough D3 and K2 (MK7).The body will produce 10,000 to 40,000 IU of D3 in 20 min of direct sun exposure (no more than that is recommended without sunscreen) after 20 min. the body reaches equilibrium; or, runs out of available cholesterol (which the body uses to naturally produce D3). The body can naturally produce 30,000 to 60,000 IU of D3 daily if two to three 10–20 min. periods (maximum of 20 min./period of exposure) sun exposure are evenly spread out across the day. If the body will naturally produce that much D3 in a day, how can it be harmful to take that much of a natural supplement of D3?I learned about D3 because my MD prescribed daily doses of 50,000 IU of D3 (I take 1-Bio-Tech D3-50 50,000 IU), 700 mcg of K2 (I take 7-NOW Foods Vitamin K-2,100mcg)(K2 is a necessary D3 companion vitamin for proper assimilation of D3) and 20,000 IU of Vitamin A (I take 2-Solgar Vitamin A 10,000 IU)to fight a melanoma that developed on my ear lobe. That treatment is going quite well. Canada reported running a test with some of their school's children wherein they gave students a massive dose of 500,000 IU D3 at the beginning of the school year for each year for five years (the reported results were incredible).Again, all too often medical doctors treat D1, D2 and D3 as if they were the same thing, having the same effect. They are not the same and they do not have the same effect. D and D2 can be toxic; however, it makes no sense that D3 could possibly be. Just as there is a distinctive difference between vitamin D [ERGO] and vitamin D3, there is a significant difference between vitamin K1 and vitamin K2; K1 (usually synthetic) can interfere with high blood pressure medication treatments K2 does not (we only use the natural form MK-7 "menaquinone"; for example: NOW Foods Vitamin K-2,100mcg, 100 Vcaps).The bottom line: people need to remember that medical doctors rarely get more that an introductory class in health in their normal training (if that); respectively, they are not generally trained in basic nutrition and/or health. Respectively, they are not generally the best source for learning about such matters. However, it is important to learn first, all you can about any nutritional claims from any source; especially if the source is promoting their own product. First, learn about the product, nutrient or supplement before taking anything; and, whenever possible use natural sources. In this case the best source for vitamin D3 is the sun. However, today it is -9°F outside; so, I am going to get my daily dose of 50,000 IU Vitamin D3 and 700 mcg Vitamin K2 from supplements.