Guest guest Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Hi. I'm new and have a quick question. Does anyone know if coconut oil is an appropriate oil to take at the same time as vitamin D? I need to have fat with my vitamin D supplement (fat soluble) and considering that the first vitamin D process is in the liver (2nd process is the kidney) and coconut oil (MCT) bypasses the lymph/gall system to go STRAIGHT to the liver, I thought that it would be helpful to take it with my vitamin D...to get the supplement to the sweet spot sooner. But perhaps its more complicated than just that. Anyone? Background: I am just starting coconut oil. I want to take a tbsp each morning with the supplemenst and then cook/prepare food with it the rest of the day. I take about 5000IU of vitamin D this time of year (I just started the vitamin D and it has helped me greatly) Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 isn;t 5000 iu of vitamin d too much? Sherry Goudas <sherry@...> wrote: Hi. I'm new and have a quick question. Does anyone know if coconut oil is an appropriate oil to take at the same time as vitamin D? I need to have fat with my vitamin D supplement (fat soluble) and considering that the first vitamin D process is in the liver (2nd process is the kidney) and coconut oil (MCT) bypasses the lymph/gall system to go STRAIGHT to the liver, I thought that it would be helpful to take it with my vitamin D...to get the supplement to the sweet spot sooner. But perhaps its more complicated than just that. Anyone? Background: I am just starting coconut oil. I want to take a tbsp each morning with the supplemenst and then cook/prepare food with it the rest of the day. I take about 5000IU of vitamin D this time of year (I just started the vitamin D and it has helped me greatly) Thank you. --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 5000IU isn't too much. If aperson is out in the sun long enough for the skin to turn pink they have produced 20000IU of vitamin D.However, most of us don't get enough sun. If you're fully cloth or driving in a car ,UVB is block and your skin will not make vitamin D. I live in north east Ohio and it's rare to see the sun. When the AMA was ask to show proof that taking 10000IU of vitamin D a day was toxic ,they could not produce one case. Some researcher are stating that the risk of cancer and heart disease is greater than any risk from vitamin D that might prevent these diseases. Lack of vitamin D may be the reason flu season is in the winter months when we get less sun. I feel that it is better to take vitamin D in cod liver oil which is high in omega 3's ,instead of capsules. Taking you VCO at the same time is okay too. Lucy Tarallo <Lucy_tarallo@...> wrote: isn;t 5000 iu of vitamin d too much? Sherry Goudas <sherry@...> wrote: Hi. I'm new and have a quick question. Does anyone know if coconut oil is an appropriate oil to take at the same time as vitamin D? I need to have fat with my vitamin D supplement (fat soluble) and considering that the first vitamin D process is in the liver (2nd process is the kidney) and coconut oil (MCT) bypasses the lymph/gall system to go STRAIGHT to the liver, I thought that it would be helpful to take it with my vitamin D...to get the supplement to the sweet spot sooner. But perhaps its more complicated than just that. Anyone? Background: I am just starting coconut oil. I want to take a tbsp each morning with the supplemenst and then cook/prepare food with it the rest of the day. I take about 5000IU of vitamin D this time of year (I just started the vitamin D and it has helped me greatly) Thank you. --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 5000 IU of D isn't too much so long as most of the vitamin A has been removed. Too much A can make one sick, or even kill you. I use Carlson's cod liver oil because they remove much of the A, so it is safe for me to consume a tablespoon a day (1200 IU of D), whereas cheapie cod liver oil would have far too much A to take more than a teaspoon a day. I am suspicious of vitamin D capsules because I never know if the oil is going rancid. And capsules cost a whole lot more than cod liver oil. Alobar On 3/5/08, joe dennis <turtle3fish@...> wrote: > 5000IU isn't too much. If aperson is out in the sun long enough for the skin to turn pink they have produced 20000IU of vitamin D.However, most of us don't get enough sun. If you're fully cloth or driving in a car ,UVB is block and your skin will not make vitamin D. I live in north east Ohio and it's rare to see the sun. When the AMA was ask to show proof that taking 10000IU of vitamin D a day was toxic ,they could not produce one case. > > Some researcher are stating that the risk of cancer and heart disease is greater than any risk from vitamin D that might prevent these diseases. Lack of vitamin D may be the reason flu season is in the winter months when we get less sun. > > I feel that it is better to take vitamin D in cod liver oil which is high in omega 3's ,instead of capsules. Taking you VCO at the same time is okay too. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Those taking statins or cholesterol lowering drugs can't absorb Vitamin D from sunlight because the skin needs cholesterol to take in Vit. D. Is there anything we can do to make the skin absorb Vit D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Stop taking statins. Alobar On 3/5/08, melly banagale <@...> wrote: > Those taking statins or cholesterol lowering drugs > can't absorb Vitamin D from sunlight because the skin > needs cholesterol to take in Vit. D. Is there > anything we can do to make the skin absorb Vit D? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 That's the easy way out--I stopped on my own over a year and a half ago (and I was on 80 mg. of Vytorin)--but some people have a psychological need to take advice from their doctors (after all, they went to school for years, so they MUST know more than we do) and well-meaning friends and relatives. I can't wait until I can afford a heart scan, so I can prove that, even though I have high cholesterol (282 when it was last checked--although the ratios are fine), I have no plaque. People are going to say, though, that I haven't been eating high fat (and several eggs a day) for long enough for problems to show up. People are going to believe what they WANT to believe. J. Re: Re: Vitamin D carrier oil ? Stop taking statins. Alobar On 3/5/08, melly banagale <@...> wrote: > Those taking statins or cholesterol lowering drugs > can't absorb Vitamin D from sunlight because the skin > needs cholesterol to take in Vit. D. Is there > anything we can do to make the skin absorb Vit D? > > > > __________ NOD32 2925 (20080305) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 When one is on a low cholesterol diet, the body makes cholesterol out of dietary carbs, and from what I have read, often makes far more than if one ate less carbs and ate healthy fats containing cholesterol. Vitamin C plus Lysine and Proline help repair damages arteries. Cholesterol builds up in damaged arteries as a patch. Not getting sufficient healthy fats with a goodly amount of omega 3 oils, does not give the body sufficient materials to build healthy arteries. http://www.drrathresearch.org/sci_discoveries/heart_disease.html http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/vitorin_study_2008jan.html Alobar On 3/5/08, J. <@...> wrote: > That's the easy way out--I stopped on my own over a year and a half ago (and I was on 80 mg. of Vytorin)--but some people have a psychological need to take advice from their doctors (after all, they went to school for years, so they MUST know more than we do) and well-meaning friends and relatives. I can't wait until I can afford a heart scan, so I can prove that, even though I have high cholesterol (282 when it was last checked--although the ratios are fine), I have no plaque. People are going to say, though, that I haven't been eating high fat (and several eggs a day) for long enough for problems to show up. People are going to believe what they WANT to believe. > > J. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Stop taking the statins, etc. sol melly banagale wrote: > Those taking statins or cholesterol lowering drugs > can't absorb Vitamin D from sunlight because the skin > needs cholesterol to take in Vit. D. Is there > anything we can do to make the skin absorb Vit D? > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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