required K2

[Pearipile-55]

Hello! does anyone know what is needed for K2 compared to D3 and calcium?

[CDreamer]

K2 is helpful in the absorption of D3 & Calcium ensuring calcium is absorbed by bones and preventing calcification of blood vessels which is obviously not good. Prescription strength Calcium supplements have K2 included.

[Pearipile-55 in reply to CDreamer]

thanks, K2 of 120 mcg and 8000 IU D3 is enough daily?

[MarkS in reply to Pearipile-55]

I would have thought more than enough. I take 90mcg of K2 and 800IU of D3 p.d. in the winter. I'm outside quite a lot throughout the year so I reckon I get sufficient D3 in the summer naturally but I continue the K2. K2 is particularly good if you're on warfarin as it can help stabilise your INR.

[irene75359 in reply to Pearipile-55]

It all depends what your levels are; have you been tested? There is another extremely long very interesting thread and a few of us have been trying to up our levels.

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[Hilly22 in reply to Pearipile-55]

Hi Pearipile, do you mean 8000 or 800?

[secondtry]

I rely on what I think is a reliable supplier and they do a VitD3/K2 combined supplement.

[Hilly22 in reply to secondtry]

Same here. I use the combined oral spray and it works! My vitamin D levels have gone up from 40.7 nmol/l to 118.8 nmol/l after six months of using it. I’m so grateful to the forum, particularly a knowledgeable member or two who has pointed me in the right direction. It’s so interesting, think I’ve become a bit obsessed by vitamin D and all it’s benefits 😊

[Auriculaire]

I take about 400mg calcium supplement a day as I don't eat a lot of dairy and 100mg K2. I take vitD but cannot say how much in terms of cholecalciferol as I take Calcifediol and don't know how to convert it.

[Pearipile-55]

thanks to those who answered, I did not do a D3 test, I will do it next month, but I am convinced that I have a big deficit..I took 10 days and the ectopic ones also disappeared insomnia.

[Nannie-C]

Have read that a lot of people taking k2 mk7 get palpitations and they are better taking vit k 2 mk4.

[Hilly22]

👍🏼

[Pearipile-55]

very true, after a few days of loading with D3 I started to have bad palpitations with a fast pulse again and I lowered the dose to 3000 IU./day.

[Pearipile-55]

I come back to announce that I was extremely sick after taking d3 for about 15 days, I thought I was dying: tachycardia, arrhythmia, panic attack, all caused by too much d3.Taken in excess can be deadly.D3 is also found in rodent poison, you know?.!

[Hidden in reply to Pearipile-55]

I think folk think if D3 is good for us, the more the merrier. I am sticking to a very moderate supplement, I am wary of too much, it stores in our tissues.