Hi I’ve recently been diagnosed with type 2 and have been reading about the importance of vitamin D so I’m thinking of taking a supplement. Has anyone got any advise on dosage, brand, benefits etc?
Vit D can cause calcium levels to rise, but the solution is to take it with K2, which channels calcium into the bones, where it's meant to be, rather than into joints, arteries etc.Of you have high serum calcium levels you are advised not to take vit D
Carol
Surely you should check if you are deficient first? A blood test?
I'm deficient always and have been prescribed tablets.
My doc refused to run the test for me (around 3 years ago), he said vit D deficiency was just the latest fad.
So I paid £28 for it privately - and was most definitely deficient.
And judging by the symptoms that disappeared once I was supplementing, i had been deficient for years.
Curiously, i have since changed doc and had a conversation with my new practice nurse (last year). She was delighted to hear I was supplementing, and said that the majority of UK residents are deficient in D and K2, and that no one should ever take D without K2. She supports supplementing with a maintenance dose, all year around, self funded, since giving people Vit D on the NHS is a massive financial drain because of the huge numbers who need it.
Hi I’ve recently been diagnosed with type 2 and have been reading about the importance of vitamin D so I’m thinking of taking a supplement. Has anyone got any advise on dosage, brand, benefits etc?
There is plenty of evidence that Vitamin D supplementation to get up to healthy levels (around 50ng/dl) will improve insulin sensitivity and glucose control. To get to around 50, from low levels of 20 or less, you may need 5-10,000iu a day. Check through cheap blood tests.
Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia ?When I first had a blood test in 2009 my serum calcium levels were high and I had a parathyroid test which came back normal ,finally after 2 24 hour urine tests and calcium blood tests every 3months I was diagnosed with famiial hyper calcium something calcium something else !!! or words to that effect !! I don't take vit D supplements but I do take K2 and my calcium serum levels have not come down
Carol