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> was given 50,000 IU a week vitamin D to get it up. It should have gone up significantly. I wonder if your body has a problem with Vit D absorption. I was put
by csdreamer7 4y ago
> was given 50,000 IU a week vitamin D to get it up.
It should have gone up significantly. I wonder if your body has a problem with Vit D absorption. I was put on the same dose of vit d for a treatment and I felt it within 20 minutes.
- chrisco255 4y agoIs vitamin D fat soluble? If so, pretty sure it needs to be consumed with fat. That's partly why it's common in milk.
- Jtsummers 4y agoIt is fat soluble, but it doesn't need to be consumed with fat. It's believed that that will help improve uptake, though. (I don't, I take it in the mornings long before my first meal and that seems to be effective for me based on my test results.)
- chrisco255 4y agohttps://www.jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672%2814%2901468-3/fulltext https://www.jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672%2814%2901468-3... "The mean peak (12-hour) plasma vitamin D-3 level after the dose was 32% (95% CI 11% to 52%) greater in subjects consuming fat-containing compared with fat-free meals (P=0.003)."
- nanidin 4y agoIt's common in milk because it helps with calcium absorption.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoThis is correct: https://www.bones.nih.gov/health-info/bone/bone-health/nutrition/calcium-and-vitamin-d-important-every-age#:~:text=The%20body%20needs%20vitamin%20D,calcium%20absorption%20from%20the%20diet https://www.bones.nih.gov/health-info/bone/bone-health/nutri....
- danamit 4y agoTakes months to rise your vitamin D levels.
- librarianscott 4y agoThis. It is amazing how long blood pressure pills, cholesterol pills, and vitamins take to make a budge in your blood tests.