Taking D3 supplements…

Hi Carolyn,

I buy my 1000mg D3 vitamin from Life Extension and no, my doctor didn’t recommend this form, it was suggested in the newsletter from The Vitamin D Council. Carlson’s Cod Liver oil is what my cardiologist suggested, but there’s the vitamin A consideration. I might switch to the cod liver oil at a later time – I took it years ago, so I’m not worried about taste etc. The pills are just so easy so I’m just going to stick with those for now. I would like my grandchildren to take the cod liver oil though. Kids are a lot more pickier now-a-days, so I’m not sure if they’d be “willing” to swallow / taste it.

Here’s the link for Life Extension:
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I take the D3 with my evening meal along with about 3000mg of calcium (Bone Up). Also, you need to take D3 with some “fat” — so sometimes if I’m just having a salad for dinner, then I take my D3 with some cottage cheese. This is my winter regime. In the summer time, if I had been out in the sun I probably wouldn’t take any D3 supplement.

Also, I take Coopers Complete Multivitamin (w/ Iron). It also has 1000mg of D3 in it. And I take Jarrow (brand) Bone Up for my calcium. It also has some D3 in it.

Since I take so many supplements and each one can have some of same ingredients, I decided to create a Excel spreadsheet with columns for “brand”, “purpose”, “ingredients”, “description”, “amount”, etc. I typed in all the ingredients and the amount I would be taking based on my dose — then I sorted the document by the “Ingredient” column. This way I can keep a close eye on how much of any one vitamin I’m taking. For example, I want to be careful on how much vitamin A I’m taking. Too much vitamin A can be toxic. I’m just very cautious about my supplements — I treat them like they’re medicine.

Also, when I go to the doctor I just print a copy of my supplement document. It’s come in very handy. Anyway, this is what’s working for me.

Be sure to consider getting the blood test before you supplement – you need the benchmark to measure against.

Best wishes… hugs and all the positive energy I can pass on through these keys! And yes, I agree that a team accomplishes more — so lets all agree to share what we learn.

Jann