The All-Encompassing Vitamin D Thread

XTrainer said:
Dude, it would be a small fraction of a gram, and we're talking about substances that only harmful when consumed in very large amounts, and even then, the "harm" is not exactly poisoning. I mean the tabs have maltodextrin and corn starch, neither of which are particularly healthful, but neither of which will hurt you in small amounts either.

The nature of supplementation is that in order to encapsulate, powder, or liquefy a nutrient, it will have to undergo some kind of less-than-natural process (which distinguishes "supplements" from whole food). However, we consider the benefits of that supplement to be greater than the consequences of that processing.
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Yeah like I said I know it would be very little. But I'm having OCD about it for some reason. Not that I won't ever take them, I am just looking into other available options right now.

MikeMartial said:
If your concerned about that, look into liquid vitamin D. I inadvertently found it while on the hunt for gelcaps. For whatever reason, I haven't found a health food store that carries the gelcaps, but I did come across this:

Ddrops: product line

Which was actually recommended by the N.D. I saw a while back. One of the few useful things she recommended.
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Yeah, I have looked into the liquid also but everything around here has sugar added and other flavoring. So if I can't find anything better I'd rather use the Nature Made gel caps. You are really upsetting me with all your Canadian only stuff though. One would almost think you're Canadian or something :mad:
 
Ok anyone take the VITACOST brand of Vitamin D3? and is it liquid D capsules or just dry powder in a gel cap?

The naturemade brand is too expensive for me, Im broke and the Vitacost brand is like 5.99.
 
Your body can't breakdown most of the Cars gummies. You'd be better off with bears.
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Stormbringer said:
You mean the NSI brand? NSI Vitamin D3 -- 2000 IU - 300 Capsules - www.Vitacost.com

I actually bought what's in the link recently. They're the powdered form. I'm gonna try liquid next time, but for the money, these were a great deal. I've bought a lot of NSI stuff and it seems good to me.
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damn that sucks, cause they say the ones with oil or the liquid ones are better. Did you feel a difference?

I been taking the cheap tablets from vitaminworld.
 
DynamoGT said:
damn that sucks, cause they say the ones with oil or the liquid ones are better. Did you feel a difference?

I been taking the cheap tablets from vitaminworld.
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I took some off-brand vitamin D for a while before switching to this. I mean, I didn't expect to feel any difference, and I don't. But that's certainly not a knock against these. I doubt I'd feel anything no matter what brand.
 
Stormbringer said:
I took some off-brand vitamin D for a while before switching to this. I mean, I didn't expect to feel any difference, and I don't. But that's certainly not a knock against these. I doubt I'd feel anything no matter what brand.
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I just wish NatureMade didnt over price their stuff the liquid Vit D was 15.99 for like 100 caps im not sure it could of been 50 caps for 15 bucks.

But all I know is it was way to steep for me.
 
Should be about $7 for 90. Try going to another store that doesn't rip you off or buying online.
 
I thought this was highly pertinent to this thread. Taken from a great Paleo blog, Free The Animal, it's from Q&A post:

Great blog. I've been following your progress for some time now. I am a university instructor at UNM and CNM here in Albuquerque, and I must say, your enthusiasm for D3 is persuasive, which is why I thought you might find the following line of thought interesting. Taubes (who's book I know you've read) tells us (p.439) that seasonal weight fluctuations in hibernators suggest that annual fluctuations in insulin drive the yearly cycle of weight. He then speculates that this same mechanism might explain the annual patterns of weight fluctuations in humans as well. He cites two studies and states that "when researchers have measured seasonal variations in insulin levels...they have invariably reported that insulin in late fall and early winter [is] twice as high...and lowest in late spring and early summer." What is signaling these changes? Vitamin D3 may be a likely candidate since it is the one thing we know of for sure that is radically influenced by seasonal changes, especially since its peak synthesis occurs in the spring and summer in temperate climates.
I found two studies to support this notion (though I didn't really look very hard). A study from the Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2003 May, 57 (4) 258-61 evaluated the effect of D3 supplementation on insulin resistance and found a 21.4 % decrease in insulin resistance after one month. Another more recent study in Diabet. Med. 2009 Jan, 26 (1) 19-27 showed a similar effect. In light of your recent trip to Mexico and your extensive reflection and experience with this topic (and supplementation), I was wondering what your reflections are regarding this line of conjecture.
Well, this is probably a bit out of my league, and so those better educated, please chime in on the comments. By coincidence, this very thing was alluded to in Jimmy Moore's interview of Dr. Steven Gundry I blogged the other day.
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Bears, for instance, actually become insulin resistant, i.e., temporary T2 diabetic (perhaps signaled by eating sweet berries, length of day, sunlight, internal clock, or some combination). The body seems to know just what to do to pack on massive weight in advance of hibernation.
So, some of the same is likely going on in humans, only the hibernation never comes and the fat just stacks up year after year.
 
Dam, I went to a store and they have liquid vitamin D, with a dropper. It was 10 bucks, but I forgot how much VD it came with. I'll have to go to the store and look again

Can someone start a thread on Vitamin K2? From the blogs I've been reading, it is also very valuable, and most people are deficient in it.

I'd like to know if there's a way to get cheap, available, and plentiful source of it.
 
XTrainer said:
Nature Made has 1000 I.U. D softgels, and from what I've read, we should be taking softgels, not tabs.
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Trader Joes just came out with a VitD supplment, and it turns out that it's softgel, and it seems that it lives up to the trader joes quality/price

Naturemade is 10.99 bucks for 90 caps of 1000 IU. Trader joes is 4.99 for 180 caps of 1000 IU.

Not only that, but if memory serves me correctly, Naturemade uses soybean oil. However, trader joes uses olive oil.

Mathwise, trader joes is 180*1000/4.99= 36072 IU per doller
The leading competitor (NOW liquid vitamin D3 in MTC Oil) is 400*535/9.99 = 21421 IU per dollar.

I wonder if the MTC oil is all nautral or synthetic.

Anyways, this is probably the best supplment from trader joes since its Greens powder. I swear, it's like they read this board.
 
I'm not all concerned about a little soy bean or corn oil in my D supplement, but I am so jealous of you people who live near Whole Foods, Trade Joes, etc. I don't have any of that by me :(
 
I actually just received a couple of goodies in the mail last night; one from Mercola, a small order of "Sunshine Mist" vitamin D spray, and a vitamin D test kit from Grassroots Health. last night; I'm currently using DDrops, but I thought I'd try a different brand. Until I read otherwise, I'm going to assume sublingual drops/spray trumps the GI route for absorption.

This spray contains 1000iu/spray, and ingredients are listed as: Purified water, vegetable glycerin (palm), citric acid (sweet potato), MCTs, Natural spearmint flavor, potassium sorbate. Seems alright, just tried a few sprays out. If you want, you can Google it. I'm not linking it because the website is highly annoying. DDrops here run about 20 bucks a bottle, and I got 3 bottles of spray from Mercola for 40 bucks.

The test kit was 30 bucks, and it contains what you see here (minus the vitamin D spray):



Instructions, lancets, blood blotter card, pre-addressed return envelop. Get the results in a couple of weeks. I found this from Dr. Davis' Heart Scan Blog website, I believe; if you're interested, check it out, and I'll leave it at that.

As a side note, I'm going to re-name this thread and stick it in the FAQ, since it seems all conversation of vitamin D is taking place here.
 
Dammit Mike, I saw the title & was thinking, "WTF, How did I miss this one?"
 
ronin0352 said:
Dammit Mike, I saw the title & was thinking, "WTF, How did I miss this one?"
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Haha, gotcha :D

New stuff: Now, while the test subjects are, um, NOT really applicable to the regular D&S crowd (I'm going to assume), the study itself IS interesting AND potentially applicable here:

Vitamin D Status and Muscle Function in Post-Menarchal Adolescent Girls

Kate A. Ward, Geeta Das, Jacqueline L. Berry, Stephen A. Roberts, Rainer Rawer, Judith E. Adams and Zulf Mughal Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering (K.A.W., J.E.A.), and Health Methodology Research Group (S.A.R.), University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom; Central Manchester Primary Care Trust (G.D.), Longsight Health Centre, Longsight, Manchester M13 0RR, United Kingdom; Vitamin D Research Group (J.L.B.), Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom; Novotec Medical GmbH (R.R.), D-75172 Pforzheim, Germany; and Department of Paediatric Medicine (Z.M.), Saint Mary
 
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