Vitamin d

ejbushart
ejbushart Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Why does this app not track vitamin d?

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  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    Why can't you keep a notepad if you care? Also, premium.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    ejbushart wrote: »
    Why does this app not track vitamin d?

    Because vit D is not listed on food labels

  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    LazSommer wrote: »
    Why can't you keep a notepad if you care? Also, premium.

    rude. We could all keep a notepad for counting and tracking. But since this is easier we dont.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,364 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    ejbushart wrote: »
    Why does this app not track vitamin d?

    Because vit D is not listed on food labels

    This, and because food is not a good source of Vitamin D at all. The best is sun, but has to be balanced with risk of over exposure (sunscreen will block a good deal of absorption), so if you're low you are best taking a supplement.
  • meganjcallaghan
    meganjcallaghan Posts: 949 Member
    Thanks for the reminder. I'm supposed to take a buttload of Vitamin D supplement and I keep forgetting. Whoops!
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Take the vit D with fat or oil. It is absorbed better.
  • TheDevastator
    TheDevastator Posts: 1,626 Member
    I try to take 5000 iu a day unless I go outside that day for 15 mins in the sun.
  • minniestar55
    minniestar55 Posts: 350 Member
    I'm D & calcium deficient too...trying to be better at taking my supplements. Unfortunately, in UK, not as many foods are fortified as in US. Bummer!
  • Hope228
    Hope228 Posts: 341 Member
    My Dr just told me to start taking 50,000 IU's once a week. ( I have ms) I have yet to find them at that strength
  • Torontonius
    Torontonius Posts: 245 Member
    minniestar55 wrote: »
    I'm D & calcium deficient too...trying to be better at taking my supplements. Unfortunately, in UK, not as many foods are fortified as in US. Bummer!

    if you are going to supplement don't forget magnesium. the "conventional wisdom" of 2:1 cal:mag ratio has been debunked, but you need both - and vitamin d is synergistic.

    as an earlier poster noted, take D supplements with some fats as D is fat-soluble. i take mine with fish oil capsules.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    Hope228 wrote: »
    My Dr just told me to start taking 50,000 IU's once a week. ( I have ms) I have yet to find them at that strength

    Mine was a prescription
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    The body can only absorb so much vitamin D at a time so if you have to take a mega-dose, take it three or four times a day. Vitamin D and Calcium work well together so if you need to supplement both, take together.

    Vitamin D and A are fat soluble vitamins so that is why often dairy is supplemented with these two.
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    Hope228 wrote: »
    My Dr just told me to start taking 50,000 IU's once a week. ( I have ms) I have yet to find them at that strength
    My father in law takes that. I'll ask where he gets it. I take 3000 iu a day.
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    Hope228 wrote: »
    My Dr just told me to start taking 50,000 IU's once a week. ( I have ms) I have yet to find them at that strength

    Instead of a prescription, my doc told me to take 8,000 IUs a day.
  • Erfw7471
    Erfw7471 Posts: 242 Member
    evileen99 wrote: »
    Hope228 wrote: »
    My Dr just told me to start taking 50,000 IU's once a week. ( I have ms) I have yet to find them at that strength

    Instead of a prescription, my doc told me to take 8,000 IUs a day.

    Same for me (except I'm on 5000 a day). Doc said the prescription D2 isn't nearly as effective as supplemental D3 because body doesn't utilize D2 properly.
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