I need to start taking vitamin D3 5000 a day. I noticed iherb has many different ones at good prices. Any recommendations?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I use the NOW brand for most of my supplements. Good brand, free of corn, soy, yeast, gluten, etc.
Posted by faithful777 (Member # 22872) on :
D3 mini gels are pretty cheap at vitacost.
Posted by Larae30 (Member # 35220) on :
I just read an article about NOW using GMOs in their vitamins and I have been using them for some I suppose it's hard to avoid nowadays though.
I prefer the gel caps for Vit D.
Posted by KentuckyWoman (Member # 38894) on :
I use NutriGold, 5000iu, get it from amazon.com for $14.95 /360ct. It's very pure and has no "inflammatory" fillers, which are guilty of aggravating many lyme-related sxs like achiness, fatigue and brain fog etc.
My chiropractor is the one that got me on to looking deep into supplements to make sure they are pure. I found these the cheapest and he approved them. My LLMD also approved them.
For example, SamsClub's Vit D is very cheap, but it contains ingredients in it that cause inflammation, among other unnecessary impurities.
If anybody finds something better/cheaper, I'm all ears.. every penny counts. I also ordered their GreenTea supplement.
You can look at the link and see the label goodies.
Also, It is good to know what your Vit D blood levels are. If they are very low, it is completely safe to take as much as 20,000 iu/daily. Again, my chiro told me about this process called "frontloading." You do this for about 3 months to bring your numbers back up, then take 5-10,000/d is completely safe.
I was very skeptical of these astronomical numbers until I did more research. Drs will Rx 50,000 rx doses if necessary, but you can do the same thing here for much cheaper.
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