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Vitamin D Supplement

Tigercat17

By Tigercat17
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Tigercat17 Enthusiast
Tigercat17
Posted

HI everyone,

I've been doing really good on the gluten free diet and ever since I stopped all my vitamins seven months ago.

Just some past information- I got extremely sick for vitamins that were supposed to be gluten free last year.

I feel really good now, but I just got my blood work back and I'm a little low on vitamin D. It was 23. So now my doctor wants me to take a vitamin D supplement, but I'm really scared to take any vitamins even if they say gluten free.

Does anyone take a vitamins D supplement that they trust and are super sensitive?

My endo doctor suggested taking a 5,000 prescribed dose once a month that he was going to prescribe for me , but I'm not sure about that either.

Thanks everyone! :)

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sa1937 Community Regular
sa1937
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Have you checked into Bluebonnet vitamins? I'm taking their chewable Vitamin D3 (2000 IU) that I buy at my local health food store. Open Original Shared Link

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

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

Hope this helps...

rosetapper23 Explorer
rosetapper23
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I agree--Bluebonnet is a good supplement manufacturer, and I've used a number of their products. Currently, I take a Vitamin D supplement (50,000 iu) from a compounding company, and it also has never given me any cc trouble.

By the way, 5,000 iu on a monthly basis is an extremely low dose. Many of us take 10,000 iu daily....and now I'm forced to take 50,000 iu several times a week during the winter months.

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domesticactivist
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Fermented cod liver oil is a good way to get vitamin d and a. Green pastures tests for mercury and has good practices. They are having a really good sale right now so it might be a good time to try it out.

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dilettantesteph
Posted

Hi, I am another who felt much better when I stopped taking vitamins and supplements. Then, I too tested low for vitamin D. I looked into liquid vitamin D. I thought that with the most concentrated form possible, the little bit that I would have to take would be unlikely to cause a reaction. I got one for which my daily dose is a fraction of a drop. I diluted it with a bit of safe oil so that I need one drop a day. It is labelled gluten etc. free. It's LifeExtension Vitamin D3 2,000 IU Liquid Emulsion.

In the summer I don't take it since I spend enough time outdoors.

Tigercat17 Enthusiast
Tigercat17
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HI everyone! Thank you for taking the time to reply. I really appreciate all the advice. :)

My doctor just called me and he's going to put me on 50,000 vitamin D once a week for 6 weeks and then recheck my vitamin D counts. I'll have to call the pharmacy to find out if it's gluten free.

No wonder I'm getting colds more often... in the last two months I got three colds. When I was gluten free and taking vitamins I never got sick, but I know I was still getting CC from a lot of the gluten free vitamins. And then all of the sudden I got extremely sick from them. I would really love to find a multi that I could take. Even though I eat pretty healthy, I'm sure I'm not getting all the vitamins I need. I'll have to start another post just for multi's. :D

Hugs to you all! Thank-you! :)

TeknoLen Rookie
TeknoLen
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Sounds like you are all set going forward. I have had good luck so far with Xymogen brand D3 drops, 5000 IU per day...

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Tigercat17 Enthusiast
Tigercat17
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By the way, 5,000 iu on a monthly basis is an extremely low dose. Many of us take 10,000 iu daily....and now I'm forced to take 50,000 iu several times a week during the winter months.

Sorry -I meant to say 50,000 iu. :D

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Scotslass Newbie
Scotslass
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Hey..:)

I'm in Scotland and I get calcium and vitamin D3 chewable on prescription so its free.. I have to take it because my bone density test showed I had a degree of osteopenia.. :(

So like living with coeliacs I just have to get used to taking that for the rest of my life.

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abaker521 Rookie
abaker521
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I am discovering I'm a "super sensitive" celiac too and got sick off several vitamins that were organic and labeled "naturally gluten free." I too just discovered I was low on vitamin D (my level was at 19 when normal is around 30-40). My doctor recommended 400IU daily.. which seems very minimal compared to other dosages I'm reading here. I went to Walgreens and got D3 in the "Finest Natural" brand. I have been fine using it so far. It makes me laugh because I used to buy the most expensive, organic vitamins and they all made me sick.. but a $3.00 brand from Walgreens works best for me. My body is silly. :rolleyes:

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