Members Mark Vitamin D-3

[Donna-1]

Members Mark Vitamin D-3 is labeled "gluten-free".  But as soon as I started taking it, my old Celiac symptoms started happening again.  Mainly pruritis (all over body itch) which I had been free from for years on a gluten-free diet.  Also rash is returning on my back.  And nagging upper abdominal pain that doesn't respond to anything.  Along with bloating, discomfort, flatulence.  One of the excipients is "gelatin" and I'm wondering if that gelatin is where the gluten lies.  I knew I was having symptoms but it took me a few weeks to tie it to the time I started taking this particular D-3.

So be careful.  If you need Vit D-3 try another brand.

[cyclinglady]

I worry about the safety of our supplements as I also worry about genetic pharmaceutical drugs.  

“The FDA also has limited capabilities when it comes to overseeing manufacturing standards for supplements. There are by most estimates at least 15,000 domestic and international manufacturers of supplements sold in the United States, with most of the raw materials originating overseas. Across all of these manufacturers, FDA conducts just 400 inspections of their facilities a year, the researchers say. The agency finds significant deficiencies in about two-thirds of all the inspections it conducts, with most facilities cited for multiple, serious violations.”

https://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2015/find-way-to-focus-on-dietary-upplement-safety-experts.html

Did you know that most Vitamin D is produced from the lanolin from sheep’s wool?  

https://www.consumerlab.com/m/answers/which-source-of-vitamin-d3-is-better-from-lanolin-in-sheeps-wool-or-from-fish-oil/vitamin-D-source-lanolin/

I hope you recover fast.  I once blamed an antibiotic for triggering a huge flare, but I will never really know for sure.  It is frustrating!  

Edited November 25, 2019 by cyclinglady