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If you take supplements, make sure you take gelcaps and not dry tablets. Vitamin D is fat-soluble, so it is absorbed much better in gelcap format. Personally,
by MikeCapone 15y ago
If you take supplements, make sure you take gelcaps and not dry tablets. Vitamin D is fat-soluble, so it is absorbed much better in gelcap format.
Personally, I take 6000 IU/day during winter and 4000 IU/day during summer (in Canada).
- rue 15y agoIt's quite possible that too much vitamin D could be bad for you, so going overboard might not be a great idea either. Pretty much all formats are preferable over tablets, yeah. Drops, kids' “candy” versions &c.
- MikeCapone 15y agoIndeed, but I believe - based on the research that I did - that these amounts are quite safe, and with a good margin of safety too.
- Joakal 15y agoWow, you're really taking 10x the recommended dosage [0]. You're in fact, very close to overdosing or according to some studies, already overdosing. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D#Recommendations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D#Recommendations
- MikeCapone 15y agoThe studies I've seen have shown have very different numbers, and show that our bodies are very good at dealing with lots of Vitamin D but very bad at dealing with too little. From what I know, there is no known negative side effects under about 14,000 UI a day, and based on blood tests, Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist, has been recommending amounts in the range of what I take (even a bit higher). The official recommendations have been too low for a long time.
- artmageddon 15y agoI've been taking mine as a dry pill. In lay terms, can someone explain why this is worse than gelcaps?
- etherdoc 15y ago8000 iu daily here following blood levels with my MD. Dosing should probably be weight based.