Vitamin Supplements

Please be careful of the supplements you take. I just found out today that my daily dose of 5000UI of Vitamin D capsules has an effect on my calcium blood calcium levels. Apparently there is an interaction with Vitamin K as well.

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That is a high dose 5000ui. It's not so much the taking of vitamins and minerals it's the fact of not researching enough. Vitamin D can cause a build up of calcium in the body to dangerous level's if taken in too higher dose and without enough magnesium.

We live and learn.

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Well apparently the main place for vitamin d says 5000ui is the new standard.... I don't think so.

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If you took magnesium along with it which turns it into its active form maybe it might have been ok. I still think 5000 is high though. Crazy. Hope you feeling ok.

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I was prescribed D3 after a blood test showed I was deficient in D, he gave me 1000iu strength tabs which to my mind is all you need, I also take calcium and magnesium combi (Boots brand) tabs daily, I agree with the others that 5000iu does seem rather high.

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How do you know? I take vitamin d and calcium