Alternatives if not swallow pills or not absorb vitamin D
Ways to increase your vitamin D levels even if you:
- Do not like to, want to, cannot remember to swallow pills/capsules
- Have a poorly functioning gut
| Source of vitamin D | Not Swallow | Not Absorb | Notes |
| Sun/ UVB | Great | Great | Sun is best, UV is good , vitamin D is OK - but lowest cost and easiest to get |
| Sublingual/liquid | Great | Great | Several suppliers, 3X to 5X the cost of vitamin D in capsules, which is still low cost |
| Bio-emulsified drops | Great | Great | Designed for this purpose, amazingly just as low cost as vitamin D capsule |
| Injection | Great | Great | Lasts many months, requires going to doctor each time |
| Calcidiol | ? | Great - if inject | click on chart below |
| Calcitriol | ? | Great - if inject | click on chart below |
| Skin Patch | Great | Great | Expensive? |
| Vaginal | Great | Great | |
| Use powder from capsule | Great | perhaps water-soulable | Bio-Tech and several others |
| Bulk | Great | no | Add it to juice, food, etc. |
Getting Vitamin D into your blood and cells has the following chart
See also Vitamin D Life
Vitamin D from low-cost UVB lamps
Vaginal suppository of 6300 IU vitamin D stopped vaginal infection – Feb 2011
Spray vitamin D inside cheek in case of emergency - Nov 2012
Optimize vitamin D from the sun
Topical vitamin D raised blood level to 38 ng (used Aloe Vera gel) – RCT March 2014