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Advice About Vit D And Vit B12

Mari

By Mari
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Mari Contributor
Mari
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Lab tests showed that my Vit D and B12 livels are very low. I have been trying to find a Vit D which I can tolerate but so far no luck. It may be that they have some fish oil and I can't eat fish. Having the same problem finding an OK Vit E.

Anybody else have this problem? What do you take?

The Dr also advised sub-lingual B12. I have started increasing stomach acids (Betaine-HCl) but want to do the supplement for a while. Any advice?

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Twenty4isours Rookie
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If you can't tolerate fish, I recommend a D3 supplement I take by TwinLab called "Allergy D3 Caps." They are Fish-Free/Gluten Free/Soy Free/Dairy Free.

rosetapper23 Explorer
rosetapper23
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Trader Joe's has an excellent B complex sublingual supplement (with B12), and it's inexpensive. I've taken it for years...and I also can't eat fish.

As for Vitamin D3, I take Bluebonnet brand. Their supplements are so easy on my system, I can even take their magnesium/calcium liquid supplement with no problems.

Katie B Apprentice
Katie B
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I get B12 injections - I couldn't absorb any oral B12. Works like a charm!

Mari Contributor
Mari
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Thanks to you all - I'll go check them out. Rosetapper - the Cal-Mag liquid may work for me, too, good suggestion. KatieB, Hope that I'm not next in line for B12 injections - hoping the increased stomach acids will help me enough to get the B12 from my foods. Twenty4 - I have seen that other Celiacs take TwinLab supplements.

tennisman Contributor
tennisman
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For Vitamin D , I take Adcal D3

WheatChef Apprentice
WheatChef
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Non-fish based sources of vitamin D include liver, poultry egg yolks and pasture fed animal fats. None of them are really strong sources (most normally just provide about 15-18 IU/ serving) so you'll still need supplementation but they help add to the overall total when used on a daily basis. Just be sure when looking for Vit-D supplements that you're not getting the D2/ergocalciferol type, it's only the precursor to the type of D that humans need and doesn't convert readily into D3 (the good type) especially in the coming winter months.

As far as Vitamin E goes, it's another one of those meta-vitamins. There's actually a lot of different types of Vitamin E and our body has uses for most of them. Because of this you'll probably want to find a food source instead of just a supplement source which often times will only contain alpha-tocopherol, which is merely the best studied of the Vitamin-E's but one of the weaker forms compared to the tocotrienols. Sources to try and include in your diet would be tree nuts, sweet potato or even hellman's mayo (no clue on miracle whip but you shouldn't be punishing your taste buds with that anyways).

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sa1937 Community Regular
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I just bought some Bluebonnet Chewable Vitamin D3 (raspberry flavor).

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Free of milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans.

Also free of yeast, gluten, barley, rice and sodium.

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