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I really wouldn't take 10 of those. Those ingredients were
approved GRAS ("generally regarded as safe" by the FDA for the sizes and doses they accompany. Taking a huge number of them? Not wise.

These Vit D supplements are so inexpensive they don't create
enough financial burden vs the risk of taking 10 of the remaining ones.

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Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 950480)

Thanks mrsd. Sure enough which goes along with what I have read here my doc sent me a prescription for D2. I don't know the dosage as I don't plan on taking that. Everything I have read here and elsewhere recommends D3. I ordered that online and hope I get it today because I am ready to start feeling better. Also I hope you are doing better!

get the chewables as they do not have fillers and wont constipate you

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Originally Posted by razzle51 (Post 953487)

get the chewables as they do not have fillers and wont constipate you

Thanks but I already got them :( They are the gel kind. Haven't felt better yet but I know it takes time...

A chewable version of D is almost all some sort of filler.

The actual amount of D is a tiny microgram, like tiny grain of salt, (not like a chunk of sea salt .)

All the rest in a chewable is a "filler" of some kind.

These are the fillers in NOW chewables:

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Other Ingredients: Xylitol, Sorbitol, Cellulose, Natural Fruit Flavors (fruit punch, strawberry, raspberry), Beet Powder, Stearic Acid (vegetable source), Ascorbyl Palmitate, Citric Acid and Silica.

This is TwinLab Mega D dots:

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Other Ingredients: Xylitol, mannitol, natural tangerine flavor, microcrystalline cellulose, citric acid, silica, magnesium stearate.

Looks like lots of fillers to me.

This is what my Puritan's pride D3 5,000 has for fillers:
they are very small gel caps--about 2 drops of oil in my estimation:

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Other Ingredients: Soybean Oil, Gelatin, Vegetable Glycerin, Corn Oil.

Vitamelts NatureMade D3: one would think not much in there but look at the ingredients:

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Other Ingredients: Mannitol, Corn Starch, Stearic Acid, Polyvinylpyrrolidone, Maltodextrin, Acacia, Sugar, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavors, Sucralose, Modified Food Starch, Color Added (Caramel).

I'll stick with my simple Puritan's product which is amazingly inexpensive.

another article on vit d and constipation

http://www.sophisticatededge.com/can...l#.UQ7hCjVivgg

At the end of that first page is this QUOTE:

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Quote: "When asked about the side effects of high doses of vitamin D, Vieth said that severe cases-that is, consuming more than 40,000IU/day for many months-cause circulation calcium levels to increase. This amount produces constipation, excessive urination, reduced reflexes, and higher calcium in the urine."

Source: Frank Murray Sunshine and Vitamin D eBook(April 21, 2007)

Source: Frank Murray Sunshine and Vitamin D eBook(April 21, 2007)

When learning about supplements it is best to stay on sites, with information that is backed up by research. Keep away from watered down sites that have been reworded by a science or less, author.
Often misinformation is passed on thru these sites. Most commonly
are the vegan ones that commonly state a vegan does not need B12 supplementation. That erroneous information continues unfortunately on the web.
Linus Pauling Institute (gives research bibliography that is recent)
And NIH:
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Vit...hProfessional/ This link is somewhat outdated, but still has some useful
information.

But keep in mind when doing searches on a common topic like "constipation" you will find it linked to just about everything!

You cannot live with low levels of D...in the single digits for long.
It will be a slow decline in organ and immune functions which
can be averted. Vit D will help prevent bone loss, and collapsed vertebrae, and most importantly will help avert pneumonia or other fatal infections, which kill many people every year.

Keep in mind that whatever you find on the net about Vit D, may be outdated, and opinionated. Vit D research is now moving out of the old phase and into new areas in medicine.
And even its NAME is not accurate, as it is NOT a vitamin at all.

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Originally Posted by razzle51 (Post 953948)

another article on vit d and constipation

http://www.sophisticatededge.com/can...l#.UQ7hCjVivgg

although you scared me a little with your comment about you can't live very long with single digit D. I am really worried about my number and I have been supplementing and not feeling better. Plus it seems to upset my stomach. Anyway I feel so awful all the time I didn't realize it was this serious...should I expect to start feeling better soon?

I think the low D will rear up when you are exposed to infectious agents. One is more likely to get colds/flu which then may lead to
pneumonia. Since both hubby and I have been taking D3 more than 4 yrs now...we haven't had one cold/flu since then.
We never get flu shots either.
Pneumonia statistics:
http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/inf...act-sheet.html

But what is really interesting now are the new studies on breast cancer.

Check this out:
http://news.yahoo.com/vitamin-d-leve...162400428.html

in fact check out the last 2 pages of the D thread here:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread92116.html

The initial research suggested cancer prevention, and now further studies are clarifying that proper D levels, result in lower
breast cancer incidence.

Levels lower than 30 are also well know to cause osteopenia and osteoporosis, which are silent, until your bones give way.

If oral Vit D products upset you, then there are creams you can purchase. And try to get some sun exposure daily as well.