It looks fine.. by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!
Hi Heather,
Country Life looks fine. It's packed in Medium Chain Triglycerides- which is the same thing as coconut oil. And as a bonus, it's manufactured by WIND power!! Cool!
Good for you for not taking your doctor's word for everything. He is NOT correct on this one and in fact, he's just making that information up!! There is NO research that says that its better and lot of research that says that Prescription Vitamin D in inferior in a number of different ways.
So, there is no need to decrease the amount that you are taking, though. You can simply take 10 pills of your Vitamin D3 Supplements per week and get the same amount. 5000 IU's is likely going to be too low to raise your levels, so the 50,000 IU's per week is actually a lot better.
Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune System Queen Functional Medicine Practitioner Easy Immune Health.com
Where do doctors get these things, I don't know.
potency of D3 is greater than D2 by: Anonymous
It is important to consider that D3 is more potent than D2, so less D3 may be appropriate. I cannot comment on difference in absorption because I am not aware of any relevant research.
Potency of Vitamin D by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!
Yes, Vitamin D3 IS more potent, but it is also LESS toxic at the same dose of Vitamin D2- so therefore I do NOT recommend a lesser dosage when converting from D2 to D3.
The same dosage is just fine and 50,000 IU's of Vitamin D3 per week is what is used absolutely safely in many many studies.
Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune System Queen Functional Medicine Practitioner Immune System
Product ingredient by: Anonymous
What is D3 comprised of ? My doctors are unsure.
lanolin by: Kerri Knox, Registered Nurse
In most cases, it's made from lanolin. A FEW companies make it from fish oil, but only a few. Almost all of them will be lanolin. Then any other ingredients will vary by company and be listed on the bottle.
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