vitamin D3

Four monthly oral vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) supplementation on fractures and mortality – (03-04-03)

December 4, 2013 by James Bogash

Four monthly oral vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) supplementation on fractures and mortality.

This is an interesting concept–giving a weekly dosage of Vitamin D (a fat soluble vitamin that gets stored rather than washed out like water soluble vitamins).

bmj.com Abstracts: Trivedi et al. 326 (7387): 469

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SUPPLEMENT CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D3 TO PREVENT FRACTURES – (05-23-05)

April 22, 2012 by James Bogash

Calcium and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) for prevention of fractures

Doesn’t this appear to fly in the face of what “they” tell us? If you read the above article, and if you realized that osteoporosis is a disease of lifestyle that will not be fixed with only one or two approaches, than the above article should come as no surprise.

Osteoporosis prevention/treatment needs to consist of a plant based diet (to achieve an alkaline balance rather than acid balance), supplements to include adequate vit D (see above!) and calcium (along with a good bone support formula to contain micronutrients such as molybdenum, strontium, magnesium…) and weight bearing exercise.

Regular readers will of course, not be surprised that I left out dairy. Which is ironic, because that would probably be the first thing most people would list as was to prevent osteoporosis. Remember that the literature is weak, and any studies showing a positive effect have usually not adjusted for Vit D intake, and that dairy, as we know it today, is fraught with many negative health consequences.

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SAFETY OF HIGH-DOSE VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENTATION IN SCHOOL CHILDREN (05-04-09)

February 8, 2012 by James Bogash

Short- and Long-Term Safety of Weekly High-Dose Vitamin D3 Supplementation in School Children

It is funny to be in the middle of the research on just how much vitamin D we really need for optimal health. The research is incredibly supportive on the safety and efficacy of dosages in the 1,000-4,000 IU / day range, and yet the RDA sits solidly at 400 IU. I wonder just how long it will take before those numbers start to budge. 1 year? 10? 20? This will be a great indicator of just how delayed implementation of the research is at the public health level.