Vitamin D must be oil-based

[Rarmant]

This is the edited opinion of Dr. William R. Davis:

Vitamin D must be an oil-based capsule, a gel-cap, not a
tablet.

In other words, vitamin D tablets do not work. It is shameful.
I see numerous women taking calcium tablets with D--the
vitamin D does not work. I've actually seen blood levels of
zero on these preparations.

You may have to look, but if you want to enjoy the
extraordinary benefits of vitamin D replacement, it must be an
oil-based capsule. Carlson's and Vitamin Shoppe have excellent
prepartions. They raise blood levels substantially and
consistently, and they're inexpensive. We pay $5.99 for a
bottle of 120 capsules.

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[Jeff]

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[St7]

To increase uptake, one can grind the tablets in a coffee
grinder and mix the powder with some fat such as olive oil in
a salad dressing.

RArmant wrote:
> This is the edited opinion of Dr. William R. Davis:
>
> Vitamin D must be an oil-based capsule, a gel-cap, not
> a tablet.

[Jim Chinni]

RArmant <rarmant@sbcglobal.net> wrote in part:

>Vitamin D must be an oil-based capsule, a gel-cap, not
>a tablet.
>
>In other words, vitamin D tablets do not work.

Why? I take vitamin D tablets with my dinner.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA jchinnis@alum.mit.edu

[monty1945]

I chew the tablets into a powder, in the middle of the
meal, and the meal is always rich in fat, mostly saturated
fatty acids.

[Rarmant]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:50:27 -0500, st7 <st7@this.net> wrote:

>To increase uptake, one can grind the tablets in a coffee
>grinder and mix the powder with some fat such as olive oil in
>a salad dressing.

Life Extension's 1000iu D-3 is in a capsule in powdered form
that is easy to pull apart and readily dissolves in fat. Just
maybe taking D-3 with a fatty meal is sufficient for proper
absorption. Taking D-3 with fish oil caps should enhance
absorption. Lately I have been upping my D3 intake and moving
toward the softgels.

>RArmant wrote:
>> This is the edited opinion of Dr. William R. Davis:
>>
>> Vitamin D must be an oil-based capsule, a gel-cap, not a
>> tablet.

[Swabymanor]

I get my winter 5000iu/d Cholecalciferol from the best source
listed at http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/ and it's really very
cheap even with postage. In order to ensure other family
members get an adequate intake on occasion I've pulled
capsules apart and dropped the contents into food I'm
preparing for them. There is research showing cholecalciferol
survives the baking process and this way of administration
raises the vit d status of elderly residential home residents.
I've also tried dropping the contents into massage oil,
stirring till dissolved, and then massaging with it.

I can think of no reason why this wouldn't be an effective way
of ensuring an adequate intake. I suspect, but have no
evidence to prove this, that it may be a safer way as it more
closely equates with the way the body naturally deals with
this substance. Would welcome any other views. This Risk
Assessment for Vitamin d3
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/85/1/6 shows
unequivocally the safety of much higher than usual consumption
though I cannot see the point of taking high amounts while
also getting regular exposure to sunlight. http://www.ncbi.nl-
m.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstr-
actPlus&list_uids=17170736 These results are consistent with
the proposal that the vitamin D system in skin may be part of
an intrinsic protective mechanism against UV damage

[Tom]

Do you have any reference? I do not mean sales references.
Those are a waste of time to read, with so many things to
read. Does any one have an academic reference? Vitamin
absorption "in vivo", instead of "in vitro" should be
interesting (maybe the proper latin spelling is en vivo?).

Tom

"RArmant" <rarmant@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:kphlv2h1jfbtl9612n3m2ll41aee8u8huk@4ax.com...
> This is the edited opinion of Dr. William R. Davis:
>
> Vitamin D must be an oil-based capsule, a gel-cap, not
> a tablet.
>
> In other words, vitamin D tablets do not work. It is
> shameful. I see numerous women taking calcium tablets with
> D--the vitamin D does not work. I've actually seen blood
> levels of zero on these preparations.
>
> You may have to look, but if you want to enjoy the
> extraordinary benefits of vitamin D replacement, it must be
> an oil-based capsule. Carlson's and Vitamin Shoppe have
> excellent prepartions. They raise blood levels substantially
> and consistently, and they're inexpensive. We pay $5.99 for
> a bottle of 120 capsules.
>
> The unedited blog can be found at -- http://heartscanblog.b-
> logspot.com/2007/03/vitamin-d-must-be-oil-based.html