18 barriers to vitamin D supplementation solved

Potential barriers:

1. Fear high cost
   • Capsules can cost as little as 50 cents/month *
   • Bulk Vitamin D costs <1 cent/month
2. Hassle of getting it
   • Can buy on the Internet, grocery store, pharmacy
3. Think that a doctor's approval is required
   • 19 organizations agree 4,000 IU daily is OK and 6 say up to 10,000 IU
4. Need a vitamin D test? (fear of needles, hassle, and cost)
   • Note: Testing is rarely needed, but if you want it an in-home test costs about $50
5. Toxicity fear
   • Vitamin D has lower toxicity than water, ZERO deaths from vitamin D supplementation in 10+ years
6. Fear long-term consequences - to self, fetus, child
   • The only long-term consequence taking lots of vitamin D was a huge reduction in Type 1 Diabetes
   • People have been taking high-dose vitamin D for >100 years - with no long-term consequences
7. Difficulty in swallowing pills
   • Can break open a capsule and add the powder to drink/food *
   • Can use liquid, spray, topical forms
8. Worry about forgetting to take a pill
   • Can just take a 50,000 IU dose several times a month
   • Put the capsules in a cup at the start of the month and be sure they are taken by the end of the month
   • Alternately, just add Vitamin D to food/beverage to be consumed over 2-4 weeks
9. Worry that the pill casing may be made from animals *
10. Might have to modify current drugs/supplements typically none: possible exception:
    • Reduce Calcium,
    • Chemotherapy
    • A few prescriptions increase in potency with Vitamin D
11. Have to know enough about Vitamin D to be able to justify supplementation to family/friends
    • Taking a single capsule (50,000 IU) once every 2 weeks can be hidden from family *
12. Concerned that others you know are not taking vitamin D
    • Lots of evidence of many others taking vitamin D, for example, Australia
13. Might forget to take the capsule at a particular time of day
    • Can take Vitamin D any time of the day: before, during, or after meals - but not after supper
    • However, better response if taken with the largest meal of the day
14. Unsure of how much to take
    • 4,000 IU or 5,000 IU daily or 50,000 twice a month is a great place to start.
15. Have an adverse reaction to Vitamin D
    • Rare adverse reaction to lots of Vitamin D is often due to lack of Magnesium
    • Adverse reactions to D are far less common than reactions to gluten, lactose, peanut butter, etc.
    • See also Getting Vitamin D into your body for other forms, types of Vitamin D - including SUN and UV lamps
16. Unsure if Vitamin D will help, and not want to wait for months to find out
    • Take a loading dose and see results in as little as a week.
    • 50,0000 IU daily for a week is a typical loading dose
17. Believe that food (still) has the right nutrients needed for health
    • However, food today vs 100 years ago has 3X less vitamin D
18. Your country does not (yet) allow sales of capsules containing >1,000 IU of Vitamin D
    • Many people buy larger doses over the internet from other countries
    • Hint - Buy only a few bottles at a time - so as to not concern the customs agents about re-sale

Note: No single person will have all of these barriers
* Many companies (such as BioTech) make 50,000 IU capsules which eliminate the barrier

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See also Vitamin D Life

• All items in category Follow-thru Vitamin D 9 items

Reasons

• Why are doctors reluctant to accept vitamin D
• 10 Reasons why children no longer have healthy levels of Vitamin D
• 10 reasons why seniors need more vitamin D
• 10 reasons for poor response to Vitamin D (race, binding protein, etc.) – Nov 2017
• Reasons for Low Vitamin D and what to do
• 5 Reasons why Vitamin D levels are crashing
• Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough
  • Doctors are still trying to determine a single vitamin d level for all health problems

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