Need help

[navi_3]

Hi I am new here and I have deficiency of vitamin d and ferritin what food should I eat ?

[BadHare]

Has your GP prescribed supplements?

If so, make sure it's iron sulphate which is more gentle on the digestion than some types, & that you have vitamin D3, cholecalciferol, & not D2 which is synthetic.

It's important that you take the supplements with food that will help absorption, & in the case of iron, well away from foods that contain other minerals such as calcium in milk, or tannins in tea & coffee.

Iron is absorbed better when taken with vitamin C. If you eat it with an orange that will help, & will also provide your body with important folate. I eat an orange or grapefruit mid-afternoon inbetween lunch & my evening meal, & take my iron then.

Vitamin D is best absorbed when eaten with foods containing fat. I take mine when I eat nuts & seeds with a meal, or sometimes something cheesey.

[navi_3]

Yes my gp prescribed HuxD3 20,000 IU

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to navi_3]

When was your appointment with the doctor? Did they give you a list of what you can and can't eat, navi_3 ?

[navi_3 in reply to Activity2004]

My appointment was on Thursday last week and he only gave me vitamin d supplements nothing else

[sociallisa]

I took iron supplements and iron infusions- did the trick.

[navi_3]

My vitamin d is 23 and I know I have to take this high dose of d3 . Main thing I want to know is there is any side effects of taking high vitamin d

[navi_3]

Thank you