Vitamin D Result - Should I Take A Higher Dose?

[Keenbean]

Dear All,

My vitamin D Result is as follows:

Serum total 25-OH vit D level on 22 January 2019

Result

64 nmol/L

Normal range

50 - 140

Normal

I have 20,000 iu sachets. Was wondering is it worth taking those for a few weeks?

I have also got the vitamin k2 drops from Amazon and magnesium citrate from cytoplan which is 80mg elemental.

So what should the desired dose be for vitamin D, k2 - 3 drops equate to 100 mcg and magnesium is 80 mg.

If I take 20,000 iu of vitamin D twice a week will 100 mcg of k2 and 80mg of magnesium suffice per dose or more is needed?

As usual any input will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and Regards.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Keenbean

The Vit D Council suggests, for your current level of 64nmol/L (25.6ng/ml) to take 3,700iu daily to reach their recommended level of 125nmol/L (50ng/ml)

vitamindcouncil.org/i-teste...

How come you have got such a high dose D3 supplement? It would be better to take the lower dose daily.

If you are going to take the 20,000iu supplement, then I would take 1 sachet every 5 days and take 3 drops of K2 daily.

The magnesium citrate capsules say to take 1 or 2 capsules per day. As magnesium citrate can have a laxative effect start with 1 capsule. I take the powder form and built up slowly and roughly take the same amount as in 1 Cytoplan capsule.

[Keenbean in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you SeasideSusie for your prompt reply as usual. A friend has got me calciferol granules from India by the company called Cadilla. I went to a diabetes workshop last year and these sachets were highly recommended. It's 60,000 iu so I was going to split it into three doses. I take magnesium twice a week but will have it regularly if I'm having 20,000 iu of vitamin D. Should vitamin k2 be taken daily for long. Do you take breaks in between?

Regards

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Keenbean]

I take K2 on the days I take my D3, which at the moment is daily. In the summer I may drop the number of days that I supplement so the days I don't take D3, I also don't take K2. That's just the way I do it.

[Keenbean in reply to SeasideSusie]

Okay thanks. I think I might take 20,000 d3 once a week and k2 three times a week. Will then only take it when I take d3.