50,000 IU of dry vitamin D needed at least daily following obesity surgery – forum

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/6000420/Vitamin-D-Deficiency/

They are using dry form of Vitamin D - from Bio-Tech

Dry form is good for everyone, including people with malabsorption of fat

See also VitaminDWiki

• Prior to Bariatric Surgery 96 percent were vitamin D deficient – July 2014

• People with gut problems are low on vitamin D

• Overview Obesity and Vitamin D

• Gut surgery appears to benefit from vitamin D

• Gallbladder removal and vitamin D deficiency

  • another fat malabsorption problem which could benefit from dry vitamin D

• Gut problems associated with low vitamin D – invited review Dec 2015

• Malabsorption syndromes and low vitamin D (interesting, behind 6 dollar paywall) – Aug 2015

• 11 years after Gastric Bypass Surgery vitamin D still low – Oct 2013

• 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly increased levels by 52 ng normally, but only 28 ng if obese – Oct 2013

• Obese need 2X to 3X more vitamin D - Nov 2014 has the following