Guest guest Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Hi all, Can anyone recommend very high dose vegan Vit. D, which I guess would be the D2? My dr at Kaiser claims my dexa bone scan results put me in the " oseopenia " danger range, and the blood draw result for Vit D was incredibly low. She's recommending 50,000units/week of Vit. D. Rainbow is out of their only vegan Vit. D, and it's only 400IU's anyway, so I'd have to take a mountain of them. She's waiting for someone at the pharmacy to return from vacation to ask whether Kaiser's own Vit. D,which she's willing to prescribe for me, is animal based or not. She's also recommending 1500mb Calcium/day, either by supplements or diet. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 VegLife makes a 2000iu Vegan D2. Here's a link from Vegan Essentials: http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/veglife-supreme-vegan-vitamin-d2-capsules.htm I special ordered it from Whole Foods. When I looked into it last year, the 50,000iu at Kaiser had gelatin in it. So, I had it made in a liquid at a compunding pharmacy. Here's a link to compounding pharmacies in California. http://www.findings.net/sucompoundingCA.html But when I took that high dose for 16 weeks, it barely raised my Vitamin D level... Melissa On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Janice Rothstein <bikegata wrote: Hi all,Can anyone recommend very high dose vegan Vit. D, which I guess would be the D2?My dr at Kaiser claims my dexa bone scan results put me in the " oseopenia " dangerrange, and the blood draw result for Vit D was incredibly low. She's recommending 50,000units/week of Vit. D. Rainbow is out of their only vegan Vit. D, and it's only 400IU'sanyway, so I'd have to take a mountain of them. She's waiting for someone at the pharmacyto return from vacation to ask whether Kaiser's own Vit. D,which she's willing to prescribe for me, is animal based or not.She's also recommending 1500mb Calcium/day, either by supplements or diet. Any ideas?Thanks in advance,Janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Janice,You really should read this from NPR if you are worried about osteopeniahttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121609815 Deborah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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