How much vitamin d are you taking?

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Anyone following Dr John Campbell on YouTube may have seen his video on vit d dosing, and I'm interested to know if anyone is taking more than the general dose on the bottles? I've been taking more for a few weeks now - about 10-12 weeks, and I've noticed my periods are much less painful. Just wondering if anyone else is taking more and if you've noticed any benefits?

It's difficult to compare when everyone seems to be using different measurements!

I take the recommended daily amount [according to label] but I'm gathering that's low. Can someone please link to a higher dosage tablet that's widely available?

I'm on my phone so can't do the proper microgram sign but ug works quite well.

10ug = 400IU (recommended for everyone)
100ug = 4000IU (nhs recommended maximum amount)

Mine are 1000IU/25ug and are Incite branded from amazon

Thank you dementedpixie

We take 4000iu each day.

Heck! Have bought gel capsules that are 10,000 iu. Should I perhaps just take about 3 a week?

Yes, people should be aware that the NHS recommendation is low. Lower than several other countries, including the US. Lower than the Israeli study recommendation that studied the vitamin D link with Covid outcomes.
It's too low for anyone who is already deficient - it won't be enough to make a difference for those groups.

The NHS also fails to recommend taking it with K2.

You can get k2 through a normal healthy diet.

Noideawottodo... not if you're vegetarian/vegan/plant based/eating low fat/eating a fairly processed food based diet. All of those are very low in fat soluble vitamins/minerals like A (retinol), B12, D3, K2, heme iron, zinc etc. You really need to be eating an ancestral, unprocessed animal food rich diet, which is hard to do these days with lifestyles that necessitate convenience foods plus availability/cost of those food stuffs, hence strategic supplementation is a good insurance policy.

Green leafy v3leg and dairy are good non controversial sources!

*veg

Green leafy veg are rich in K1, not K2 and the conversion process isn't well understood by science yet. Having good, biodiverse gut bacteria probably plays a strong role, but many people don't have a good microbiome profile, due to modern diets and lifestyle factors such as sugar and refined carbohydrate heavy diets. So eating a diet rich in unprocessed vegetables (ideally fermented like German sauerkraut or Korean kimchi) plus full fat unprocessed animal products ensures we get good levels of both K1 and K2 in our diets.

. So eating a diet rich in unprocessed vegetables (ideally fermented like German sauerkraut or Korean kimchi) plus full fat unprocessed animal products ensures we get good levels of both K1 and K2 in our diets

Yes. Veg and dairy

I get very tired and numb tingly arms when I take high doses of Vit D. For this reason, I usually use the Better You spray. If I feel a little coldy I take a vitabiotics Vit D, not every day though. I also go for a 20 minute wall every day in the strongest light i.e. morning.

4000iu here.

I take 2000iu a day. DD who is 7 takes daily vitamin D in small dose and one 2000iu tablet a week.

For those who use private blood tests for vitamin D level, how do you get these tests? Is it only through DMinder app? Ta

I found out that I was deficient at the start of lockdown through a blood test with Thriva. That was despite taking a good multivitamin a day and regularly eating oily fish, eggs, mushrooms, green veg and dairy.

Tests available via the NHS here, £29 for a single kit:

www.vitamindtest.org.uk/

Don't need to use the DMinder app at all, just find it useful to keep track of estimated levels by inputting supplements, sunbathing sessions and food intake.

@Bahhum - would you mind giving the name of the lab you linked to please? Unfortunately the link isn't working on my android. Thanks 👍

4000iu here and my levels are still quite low.

DianaT - it's NHS Sandwell, Black country pathology services, available to anyone in the UK direct.

4 capsules a day. But I have to because of a medical condition. The only thing Is I hate taking them because it upsets my stomach

I take 3200 iu (as there are 200 in the multivitamin i take with a 3000 tablet)

I do wonder if it's really necessary to take so much. I take 1000iu a day. My iron levels were 11. Shockingly low (I'm black which doesn't help). My levels have shot back up to within a normal range within 4 months of taking 1000iu a day.

IgorThalia

Can I ask if you were on iron supplements too?