vitamin d - take some!

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Wanye. Good post.

We started taking them maybe 3 years ago +/- after I read a medical article on the BBC News.

Been taking them every day since then. Plus at the beginning of the year we also started taking Vitamin C tablets.

Can't hurt and may be a life saver. For a few quid well worth it.

Vitamin D from Amazon. Vitamin C from Asda

[wanye]

Originally Posted by MariaLynda

do you take them daily, sorry if that is a dumb question.

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it depends what dose you get. i started on 800iu daily and levels rose very slowly. i then switched to 10000iu every 3-4 days and things improved quickly. now my levels are good, i'm on 5000ui that i take every couple of days

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Just a warning. My Daughter is on a monstrous size dose as she is Vitamin D deficient. I think it's 10000 but it may be 20000

However that is a GP prescribed amount not just a stab in the dark off the shelf purchase.

[wanye]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

Just a warning. My Daughter is on a monstrous size dose as she is Vitamin D deficient. I think it's 10000 but it may be 20000

However that is a GP prescribed amount not just a stab in the dark off the shelf purchase.

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yeah, i was on 10k twice a week for 6 months or so, for the first week i was on 10k a day. once my levels returned to normal, i went back down to 5k every 2-3 days

from what i've read, 6k a day is the suggested maximum limit for most people, so if you get very high strength ones, dont do them daily unless its due to doctors advice

[MariaLynda]

I think the ones I linked from boots were 1000iu?

[wanye]

Originally Posted by MariaLynda

I think the ones I linked from boots were 1000iu?

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they are, yeah. but £5.50 for 96 tablets (3 month supply) - you can get much better (and stronger) deals online or from costco/etc - the link i posted is 365 5k tablets for a tenner. a full years supply (or 2-3 years if you dont take them daily anymore like me)

[dreamadream]

My Royal College sent us all some months ago as freebies (well we pay enough to be members... ) I have been taking them and so far so good! Feel good for it!

[Big Belle]

Right... ordered some... thanks 😷

[Helen J]

I bought vitamin D tablets that also contain vitamin K, I may be wrong but I thought that the vitamin K helps to control where the vitamin D goes in our bodies.

For those with teenagers who are not very good at taking tablets (my son), you can buy chewable kiddie vitamin D from Amazon, during the winter teenagers can also get pretty deficient.

[danisleigh]

We have been taking this since March, all 3 of us.