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Mercola has a good article (link below) but he wants your email before you can read it. So:

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If you take supplemental vitamin D3, you also need to be mindful of taking extra vitamin K2 and magnesium

It’s important to increase your vitamin K2 intake when taking high-dose supplemental vitamin D to avoid complications associated with excessive arterial calcification

You need 146% more vitamin D to achieve a blood level of 40 ng/ml (100 nmol/L) if you do not take supplemental magnesium, compared to taking your vitamin D with at least 400 mg of magnesium per day

Vitamin D improves magnesium absorption, but taking large doses of vitamin D can deplete magnesium, as magnesium is required in the conversion of vitamin D into its active form

Combined intake of both supplemental magnesium and vitamin K2 has a greater effect on vitamin D levels than either individually. You need 244% more oral vitamin D if you’re not concomitantly taking magnesium and vitamin K2

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/01/11/vitamin-d3-k2-and-magnesium.aspx

Mercola has a good article (link below) but he wants your email before you can read it. So: Story at-a-glance If you take supplemental vitamin D3, you also need to be mindful of taking extra vitamin K2 and magnesium It’s important to increase your vitamin K2 intake when taking high-dose supplemental vitamin D to avoid complications associated with excessive arterial calcification You need 146% more vitamin D to achieve a blood level of 40 ng/ml (100 nmol/L) if you do not take supplemental magnesium, compared to taking your vitamin D with at least 400 mg of magnesium per day Vitamin D improves magnesium absorption, but taking large doses of vitamin D can deplete magnesium, as magnesium is required in the conversion of vitamin D into its active form Combined intake of both supplemental magnesium and vitamin K2 has a greater effect on vitamin D levels than either individually. You need 244% more oral vitamin D if you’re not concomitantly taking magnesium and vitamin K2 https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/01/11/vitamin-d3-k2-and-magnesium.aspx

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[–] • 4 pts

Why not spend some time in the sun rather than take supplements?

[–] • 4 pts

Because it was 7 below zero today. Does everyone live in Florida?

[–] • 3 pts

There is studies and evidence to show some of the vaccines given in childhood disrupt vitamin d production in the body for life. It means you also sun burn when you shouldn’t and you grandparents who are the same color as you never needed sunscreen.

[–] • 3 pts

Can you link the studies? I would like to read them.

[–] • 0 pt

I will search my computer for them, I have them saved somewhere…

[–] • 2 pts

Motherfuckers. It wasn't until that school required jab that I started getting sunburn. I used to play all day without any sunscreen and just get a nice tan and have my hair become an even lighter shade of blond. Now I can get sunburn in the fucking winter in under 20 mins.

[–] • 1 pt

I used to get dark as fuck with ghost white hair until I was 6 or so (I have pics of me in Mexico). When I was 7, i burned all the time . 6 for me was first grade, I wonder how it corellates...

[–] • 1 pt

Welcome to my world. It’s shitty and makes you angry beyond belief doesn’t it.

[–] • 1 pt

Thanks for the comment. I'll look into this.

[–] • 1 pt

Uhhh wintertime?

[–] • 0 pt

there is still sunlight outside.

[–] • 2 pts

BAM you got me. I'll just walk around outside for hours in minus 30 weather in a t-shirt and shorts. Thanks man for correcting my thinking.

Idiot.

[–] • 1 pt

Just a question that sounds sarcastic, but it’s not really meant to be…..It is 25º at my house right now. Sun will be up in a few hours. There is a wind. If the sun is visible today, how long do I need to stand out there with just my face and hands visible to get a proper dose of Vitamin D? Or, what would get me first if I went outside in a shorts and short sleeves- hypothermia or a dose of vitamin D? 🤔

[–] • 1 pt

Good idea, but in the winter that is not always so easy. We live in Alaska and being out in the sun in the winter isn’t so easy. I try to sit on the deck longer in the summer. 😉

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Yes, but D depletes quite fast. I read that any summer accumulated reserves of D is depleted by Jan. 1. Then everyone has turned into an Eskimo with total body coverings except, perhaps, the face. That's why D is so low in patients admitted to the hospital in late winter.

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That's the best way to get Vit D, but it isn't enough for me. I have fair skin and live in a northern area. Even in the summer when I spend a lot of time outdoors in the sun, my D levels are way too low. This is the situation for a lot of people, especially the nuts who won't go outside without sunscreen. You won't know for sure unless you get a blood test. I get my D levels checked every year as part of my routine physical exam, and I definitely need to supplement.

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

In Australia, lack of vitamin D is a big problem due to our "slip slop slap" campaign in the 80's.

Edit: readability.

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

Patriot, we take D3 with K2 . Thank you for sharing this information, And also for pointing out the importance of magnesium.

People may also want to look into Copaiba and Lomatium and research the health benefits.

[–] • 0 pt

ThanQ Lakota, that perked up my ears. Gonna check out the two herbal medicines moar. God bless.

[–] • 1 pt

Contrary to popular belief, you cannot have too much Cholesterol, which is supposed to contribute to arterial narrowing. Not only does it not, you cannot to have too much Cholesterol. This is why they give a shit ton of eggs to a burn victim. The whole idea is to give them a very high amount so their body can rebuild skin faster.

This is just tangentially related though.

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Boron, too. Most of us are deficient in boron bc our soil has been so depleted, plants are not providing the nutritional value of boron (or any other nutrients) as they used to.

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Thank you for posting this info! I'm on the Zelenko preventative protocol and knew to increase Magnesium for D3 absorption, but wasn't aware of the Vitamin K2 aspect being beneficial. I looked through the whole 11-page study document and couldn't find what the recommended Vit K2 mg/day dosage though. So I suppose I'll just have to take wild guess, based on recommended daily allowance or something and increase that number.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I use lef.org (Life Extension Foundation) to look up recommended dosages and things like that. They have excellent supplements too.

[–] • 0 pt

Check out Life Extension's Super K. I take 10,000 IU vitamin D plus 1 Super K daily and that has improved my health tremendously. I check my D levels twice a year. twice a year.

[–] • 0 pt

I found that "Life Extensions Super K" supplement on Amazon and put it in my shopping cart. :-)

[–] • 0 pt

Oh drats, I already ordered a different brand of Vit K2, but I'll note your recommendation for when I run out of what I just ordered. Thanks again!

[–] • 1 pt

God info thanks.

[–] • 0 pt

That’s good to know, thank you. I take vitamin d sometimes but not the others.

[–] • 0 pt

Thanks. I forgot about my bottle of Mg.