Vitamin D Myths - OTHER

• Oil-based Vitamin D is OK
  • Nope - Oil-based D is not OK if no oil at the meal or no gallbladder
• Only need Vitamin D
  • Nope - Cofactors are needed if take >4,000 IU (Magnesium, Vit K, Omega-3, etc)
• Can get enough Vitamin D from food
  • Nope: No longer does meat, lard have much Vitamin D as it used to
  • Nope: No longer do people eat much fatty or wild caught fish
  • Nope: No longer do people often eat organ meats
  • Nope: No longer does food have enough Magnesium to utilize Vitamin D
• Very little Vitamin D in meat and eggs
  • Nope: Studies rarely consider the semi-activated form Vitamin D
  •     underestimated the amount available from meat and eggs by a factor of 6 to 9
  •     the total Vitamin D (un-activated and semi-activated) is still ~5X less than it had been
• >10,000 IU can be toxic
  • Nope - Large doses are OK if cofactors are taken correctly
• Blood test: Indicates how much Vitamin D is getting to tissue
  • Nope - Vit D can be limited by one or more of 5 genes downstream from Vit D test,
  •     especially the Vitamin D Receptor gene
• Short URL = is.gd/MythsOther

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See also in Vitamin D Life

• Vitamin D Myths - OTHER
• Vitamin D Myths - SUN
• Vitamin D - Facts and Myths much longer, but older list