Supplements I take on a Daily Basis

[illuminati]

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[Griffith]

Like I said fish oil is powerful enough to where you're recommended to get off it before surgery. Also large doses can play havoc with the inflammatory system. Fish oil can even cause palpitations in some. Too lazy to look it up but there's an Rx pharma DHA I think it was for some cardio related issue. The supp-food-drug distinctions aren't that black and white. Recently docs thought maybe my vitamin D supplementation was shutting down my kidneys. Wasn't likely the culprit but 'supps' can be plenty powerful.

What dosage were you taking?

[IroNat]

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[Van_Bilderass]

What dosage were you taking?

I had these 17K caps which were supposed to be taken once every 3 weeks or whatever. I took one a day for a few weeks, then every other day for a few and then a couple of times a week. Kind of a haphazard way of doing it; ideally you'd do blood work to see where you're at and sites on the net say you should do bloods if taking more than 4K a week, while some say 10K should generally be safe. But I started that bottle a year ago maybe and haven't taken any for months but as my calcium levels were sky high I mentioned taking vitamin D a while back. Doc said you don't "need more than 3K a day if it's the active form" and I said it was cholecalciferol but he didn't know that was D3, active. And in any case I think he just pulled the 3K figure out of his ass as that too is more than "recommended" plus they don't even go by IUs here but mcgs.

[Griffith]

I had these 17K caps which were supposed to be taken once every 3 weeks or whatever. I took one a day for a few weeks, then every other day for a few and then a couple of times a week. Kind of a haphazard way of doing it; ideally you'd do blood work to see where you're at and sites on the net say you should do bloods if taking more than 4K a week, while some say 10K should generally be safe. But I started that bottle a year ago maybe and haven't taken any for months but as my calcium levels were sky high I mentioned taking vitamin D a while back. Doc said you don't "need more than 3K a day if it's the active form" and I said it was cholecalciferol but he didn't know that was D3, active. And in any case I think he just pulled the 3K figure out of his ass as that too is more than "recommended" plus they don't even go by IUs here but mcgs.

I'm using Vitamin D3 1000 IU daily, seems to be within the recommended amounts from what I've read.

[unwieldy]

Like I said fish oil is powerful enough to where you're recommended to get off it before surgery. Also large doses can play havoc with the inflammatory system. Fish oil can even cause palpitations in some. Too lazy to look it up but there's an Rx pharma DHA I think it was for some cardio related issue. The supp-food-drug distinctions aren't that black and white. Recently docs thought maybe my vitamin D supplementation was shutting down my kidneys. Wasn't likely the culprit but 'supps' can be plenty powerful.

And Palumbo has said you'd have to be an idiot not to take high doses of fish oil and vitamin D so it checks out. Safest is probably a balanced diet and no supplements at all.

[Flexacon]

I had these 17K caps which were supposed to be taken once every 3 weeks or whatever. I took one a day for a few weeks, then every other day for a few and then a couple of times a week. Kind of a haphazard way of doing it; ideally you'd do blood work to see where you're at and sites on the net say you should do bloods if taking more than 4K a week, while some say 10K should generally be safe. But I started that bottle a year ago maybe and haven't taken any for months but as my calcium levels were sky high I mentioned taking vitamin D a while back. Doc said you don't "need more than 3K a day if it's the active form" and I said it was cholecalciferol but he didn't know that was D3, active. And in any case I think he just pulled the 3K figure out of his ass as that too is more than "recommended" plus they don't even go by IUs here but mcgs.

You need to take vitamin K2 (menaquinone-7) alongside D3 to make sure calcium goes to the right places like your bones, otherwise you can have issues with calcium going places it shouldn't like your organs