Consensus Vitamin D

• Target level: >40 ng
• Dose:- 4,000+ IU average daily
    dose varies a lot with weight, age, type of health problems, etc
• How often to take: daily or as infrequently as 50,000 IU once every 2 weeks
• Type: Vitamin D3 (Note - Vegan and gut-friendly forms of D3 are available)
  • Note: Some doctors still mistakenly prescribe D2, which has been found to not be nearly as good as D3
• Form: any (capsule, gelcap, sublingual, spray, topical, etc.)
• When to take: during or after a fatty meal - unless use water-dispersable vitamin D
• Cofactors adjustment to aid vitamin D and prevent imbalance - essential if >40 ng for more than a year
     Increase Magnesium, Vitamin K2, Omega-3, and reduce Calcium
• Increase Vitamin D to cells ~30% of those with health problems have poor Vitamin D Receptors
  • Increasing Magnesium, Omega-3, Resveratrol, Zinc, etc, increases Receptor activation
• It is important to restore levels even if Vitamin D has not been proven to treat a specific disease
• Loading dose: (400,000 IU over 8 days) provides very quick restoration is sometimes required
• Whom to treat?: Virtually everyone
  • <1% of people have conditions or use drugs that are not compatible with Vitamin D
• How long to treat?: Generally, supplement with vitamin D forever.
  • Note: Many doctors prescribe 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly for only 8 weeks
  • This 8-week supplementation wears off in about 8-12 weeks

Details at

• One pill every two weeks gives you all the vitamin D most adults need
• Getting Vitamin D into your blood and cells
• Ensure a healthy pregnancy and infant with as little as $20 of Vitamin D from capsules
  • Much lower cost if add vitamin D at home to jam, honey, water, etc.
  • Bulk Vitamin D (not capsule) : 2.3 million IU (365 days * 6,400 IU avg daily):
    • total cost = 15 cents/year