Vitamin D Myths - OTHER

• Oil-based Vitamin D is OK

  • Nope - Oil-based D is not OK if no oil at the meal or no gallbladder

• Only need Vitamin D

  • Nope - Cofactors are needed if take >4,000 IU (Magnesium, Vit K, Omega-3, etc)

• Can get enough Vitamin D from food

  • Nope: No longer does meat, lard have much Vitamin D as it used to

  • Nope: No longer do people eat much fatty or wild caught fish

  • Nope: No longer do people often eat organ meats

  • Nope: No longer does food have enough Magnesium to utilize Vitamin D

• Very little Vitamin D in meat and eggs

  • Nope: Studies rarely consider the semi-activated form Vitamin D

  •       underestimated the amount available from meat and eggs by a factor of 6 to 9

  •       the total Vitamin D (un-activated and semi-activated) is still ~5X less than it had been

• >10,000 IU can be toxic

  • Nope - Large doses are OK if cofactors are taken correctly

• Blood test: Indicates how much Vitamin D is getting to tissue

  • Nope - Vit D can be limited by one or more of 5 genes downstream from Vit D test,

  •         especially the Vitamin D Receptor gene

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See also in VitaminDWiki

• Vitamin D Myths - OTHER

• Vitamin D Myths - SUN

• Vitamin D - Facts and Myths much longer, but older list