Vit d at 5

[honeybee7]

Can anyone help me, i have pernicious anemia, i get b12 shots but today i was told my Vit d was 5, very low, i was given oral supplements but wil they be absorbed as i have pernicious anemia?

[fbirder]

I can't find any connection between PA and problems with Vit D absorbtion. As Vit D is fat-soluble make sure you take it with food, preferably a large meal. Don't take more than the advised dose as too much Vit D isn't very nice.

[honeybee7 in reply to fbirder]

Great, ill be able to get my levels back up, Thank you !

[LolalalalalaLola]

Hi, I was diagnosed with Vit D deficiency here is a excerpt from a book I bought relating to it, you might find it interesting. Vitamin K 2 and the Calcium Paradox How a Little- Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life by Kate Rhéaume- Bleue

This is an excerpt from a book on K2.

Vitamin D increases the absorption of calcium from the intestines, which is a good thing for bone health. Certainly, vitamin D and calcium supplementation together have been shown to increase bone density better than either one alone. However, once calcium is absorbed into the blood stream, vitamin D has no power over what happens to it, which is a potentially bad thing for heart health. Some calcium will find its way into your bones, but more of it might wind up in your arteries. Vitamin K 2 tips the balance in favor of bone and artery health by putting calcium in its place.

When vitamin D is lacking, vitamin K 2 can't do its job escorting calcium away from arteries and into bones.

The sunshine vitamin truly is a wonder nutrient, if it has all the necessary allies needed to fulfill its potential. More vitamin D is better for heart health to a certain point, after which more is worse. Exactly where that point is depends on vitamin K 2 . Having plenty of K 2 enables us to profit from vitamin D like never before. If for years you have been following expert advice by dutifully gobbling up calcium and vitamin D, vitamin K 2 not only will allow you to finally reap all the benefits of those nutrients, it might just save your life.

A, D and K 2 : Are Balancing Act Vitamins A, D and K 2 are intricately interrelated in complex ways that modern science doesn't yet entirely understand. That being said, the fundamental importance of these nutrients as the foundation of good health is so critical, yet so underappreciated, that this book would be incomplete without a chapter devoted to their special relationship. As much as “Vitamin K 2 is the ultimate supernutrient!” makes a great headline, the fact is that the benefits of K 2 are dependent on vitamins A and D— and, for many aspects of health, the opposite is also true.

[boydsfoolishrose]

Try taking what's called Dry Vitamin D. It's easier to absorb. My D has been down to zero..which is called Rickets. It's from not getting enough sunlight but I have a suspicion it is somehow connected to B12 def. It gets worse when my other levels are down. But it could be because I stay in bed more at those times. I do have a sun allergy and get sun poisening at the drop of a hat. So I don't spend the 15 minutes a day they say you need for Vit D. Good Luck

[Gambit62 Administrator]

Other absorption problems are quite common with B12 deficiency, including VitD

Most vitD comes from sunlight but I believe that some also comes from diet.

Presumably the tablets you have been given will be high dose so there shouldn't be any reason why, even if the absorption isn't perfect, that you should be able to absorb enough through your gut. Mal-absorption doesn't actually mean no absorption - just that the absorption isn't perfect.