Guys help me out, did I order the wrong VitD ?

[hompie]

Today I got my vit D3 from Swanson.
Normally I buy the carlsson vit gelcaps.
These are powdercapsules.
They are cholecalciferol though but no gelcaps.
Did I fuck up?

 

[street]

Why not usecod liver oil.

 

[hompie]

Why not usecod liver oil.

Because among other things I ordered these.
Normally I buy the gelcaps from evitamins but I live in Holland and while ordering from Swanson I thought I would get these in 1 big order.
Anyway are they useless?

 

[cpesloco]

VITD info

http://www.professionalmuscle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31847

 

[hompie]

VITD info

http://www.professionalmuscle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31847

I know this thread , Massive says tablets are useless.
But mine are powder in caps.
Once again I ask are they ok or not?

 

[Phidias]

I buy a supp of calcium/vit D3 at the pharmacy regularly, no script required (fortunately! ) but the same brands doctors prescribe however. These are tabs (which means powders in a solid form) you have to crunch. You can find them made by about every main pharmaceutical laboratory.

So no worries, what you bought is good to go, hompie!

 

[hompie]

I buy a supp of calcium/vit D3 at the pharmacy regularly, no script required (fortunately! ) but the same brands doctors prescribe however. These are tabs (which means powders in a solid form) you have to crunch. You can find them made by about every main pharmaceutical laboratory.

So no worries, what you bought is good to go, hompie!

Thanks, I'll eat them up and next time buy oilbased again

 

[Massive G]

I know this thread , Massive says tablets are useless.
But mine are powder in caps.
Once again I ask are they ok or not?

Again like no flush niacin not working-from what I have read-I have also read that Vitamin D, E,and A are poorly absorbed from tablets and or multi-vitamin minerals as well.

The only way to find out is to check blood levels of Vitamin D after supplementation for some tie.

 

[Phidias]

Again like no flush niacin not working-from what I have read-I have also read that Vitamin D, E,and A are poorly absorbed from tablets

If it does not work the way it should, then why is it that ALL major laboratories (Procter & Gamble, Merck, Astra Zeneca, Sanofi, you name it...) manufacture tablets ONLY, and those tabs are prescribed by docs all around the world for osteoporosis?

Are all our elderly people massively scammed?

Cause even if it costs much more to produce, if there was a significant difference in results I guess you would see way more labs selling the oil based vit d, no?

Or isn't there really enough $$$ to be made off of such a version, more potent? Well... I guess in this world health will never be as important as money.

 

[Massive G]

If it does not work the way it should, then why is it that ALL major laboratories (Procter & Gamble, Merck, Astra Zeneca, Sanofi, you name it...) manufacture tablets ONLY, and those tabs are prescribed by docs all around the world for osteoporosis?

Are all our elderly people massively scammed?

Cause even if it costs much more to produce, if there was a significant difference in results I guess you would see way more labs selling the oil based vit d, no?

Or isn't there really enough $$$ to be made off of such a version, more potent? Well... I guess in this world health will never be as important as money.

We are talking 2 different things here I am referring to Vitamin D being poorly absorbed from calcium and multi-vitamin tablets, the only form of pharmaceutical grade vitamin D in the US is D2 as Phil mentioned in his post.
As this statement by Dr. William H Davis who has tons of clinical experience with it says
"(I did not reprint his conversation about "any form of vitamin D" being acceptable. My experience differs: In nearly 1000 patients who have taken vitamin D supplements, my experience is that most tablet forms are inconsistently absorbed, sometimes not absorbed at all. I therefore advocate only use of gelcaps or liquids. I'm told by members of Track Your Plaque, however, that they are witnessing reliable increases in blood levels of vitamin D by taking the powdered form of Bio Tech Pharmacal's product.)"

 

[Massive G]

here's more-for those using cod liver oil to get their VD it may not be the best way-
" The first thing to do is stop all vitamin A, multivitamins containing vitamin A, or cod liver oil and start vitamin D. Vitamin A antagonizes the action of vitamin D and he should have plenty of vitamin A if he eats colorful vegetables. I think the easiest way to give vitamin D is powdered capsules, not a cream. You can open the capsule and put the powder in about anything, such as juice. To buy the capsules, go to Bio Tech Pharmacal and buy both a bottle of the 5,000 and the 1,000 IU capsules. He should take one 5,000 IU capsulea day for two weeks then take 2,000 IU per day. After a month, go to the doctor and have another 25-hydroxy-vitamin D blood test. Do not let your doctor order a 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D as it will give you and your doctor false information about your son's vitamin D status.The other option is buying a Sperti vitamin D light. Daily use of the light on both sides of his trunk will raise levels fairly quickly but you should still have a 25(OH)D blood test every month to assure his levels rise to the upper level of the normal range, about 70 ng/ml. Vitamin D is very safe. Your son would have to take more than 10,000 IU a day for more than a year to have any risk of toxicity. If he improves and his level is 50 ng/ml, the next question is would he improve even more if his level was 70 ng/ml? Some lifeguards have levels of 80-100 ng/ml; normal ranges in the labs in the USA are 30 -100 ng/ml (They should be 50 -100 ng/ml.) If you have any more questions, let me know. I certainly want to know how he is doing."

 

[Massive G]

I am going to try these out next time I order-
**broken link removed**

 

[hompie]

I am going to try these out next time I order-
**broken link removed**

Massive I bought these : http://www.swansonvitamins.com/SW1030/ItemDetail?n=4294967190+70

My Vit D lvl is 76 atm but that was checked with 6000iu of the Carlsson oilcaps.
I thought I would try these.....

 

[Massive G]

Massive I bought these : http://www.swansonvitamins.com/SW1030/ItemDetail?n=4294967190+70

My Vit D lvl is 76 atm but that was checked with 6000iu of the Carlsson oilcaps.
I thought I would try these.....

yes those are fine hompie, they are capsules filled with vitamin d powder and Swanson is a good brand.

 

[hompie]

yes those are fine hompie, they are capsules filled with vitamin d powder and Swanson is a good brand.

Cool now I'm happy ,please check the Niacin thread too ;-)

 

[saudades]

One reason tablets may be poorly absorbed is because those vitamins, D, A, and E, are soluble in fat. If they are already in a oil-base such as a gelcap, they should be far more easily absorbed since the gut doesn't have to break down all the fillers of a tablet, and some people don't break down tablet fillers very well.