Grassroots Health unpublished data
Data read from chart
| Magnesium | 10,000 IU | 20,000 IU | |
| 0 mg | 62 ng | 96 ng | |
| 600 mg | 80 ng | 120 ng | |
| % increase | 29% | 25% | |
Vitamin D Life
Response
- Overview Vitamin D Dose-Response
- How you might double your response to vitamin D
- Dose response equations for Vitamin D
- Huge variation in response by bodies to vitamin D supplementation – personal vitamin D response index – Dec 2016
- Dose response equations for Vitamin D
Magnesium
- Magnesium supplementation raises Vitamin D if initially less than 30 ng – RCT Dec 2018
- Hypothesis: Magnesium accounts for some of the variation in vitamin D response – Oct 2013
- Magnesium and Vitamin D very synergistic – Aug 2013
- If at high risk of vitamin D deficiency, get a higher response if take more Magnesium – Sept 2013
- Reasons for low response to vitamin D just the Magnesium portion of the table
| Occurence | Reason for low response | Typical % extra Vit D needed | Comments |
| Common | Magnesium - low (Gut needs Mg to absorb Vit. D) | 30% | Many reasons - which include low stomach acid and antacids |
Increase of 30% was estimated in 2012
Jan 2019 chart of Magnesium and Vitamin D from Grassroots Health
This chart is for any amount of Magnesium