Animals get a lot more vitamin D than minimum recommended for humans – 2016
DSM Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines 2016 for animal nutrition
The goal of a Vet is to keep animals healthy.
The goal of a goverment is to avoid any possible risk to the recomenders in the govt.
Humans need more vitamin D
Notes
- IU is typically per kilogram of feed
- It seems that a human adult eats about 2 kg of dry food/day, so might multiply by 2X for adult
They often also use HyD – a semi-activated form of Vitamin D
They also use vitamin K3
- "Menadione is metabolized by the human body into K2" WikiPedia
- In the United States, menadione supplements are banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because of their potential toxicity in human use. Low-dose menadione is still used as an inexpensive micronutrient for livestock in many countries. Forms of menadione are also included in some pet foods in developed countries as a source of vitamin K. These doses have yielded no reported cases of toxicity from menadione in livestock or pets.
* Let 1000 die from vitamin D deficiency rather than incur 1 lawsuit
Getting Vitamin D into your blood and cells has the following chart
* Is HyD (25(OH)D) a better form of vitamin D for some animals and maybe humans with liver problems
* Is HyD (25(OH)D) a better form of vitamin D for some animals and maybe humans with liver problems
