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[suspire]

Reading a number of threads and blogs on Vitamin D (like Whole Health Source), it seems that increased Vitamin D requires increased Vitamin A. I am planning on radically bumping up my Vitamin D intake from 1,000 IU to 5,000 IU per day. But I am a little worried that I'll end up being deficient in Vitamin A. This is an even greater issue for my parents, especially my mother who is diabetic, who I also plan to put on a high Vitamin D regimen; I can't get her to eat enough naturally high Vitamin A foods. I also plan to put both of them on Vitamin K2.

What are people's thoughts on Vitamin A needs when on taking high levels of Vitamin D? How much per day is required? Any recommendations on supplemental forms of Vitamin A?

[Dmitri]

Reading a number of threads and blogs on Vitamin D (like Whole Health Source), it seems that increased Vitamin D requires increased Vitamin A. I am planning on radically bumping up my Vitamin D intake from 1,000 IU to 5,000 IU per day. But I am a little worried that I'll end up being deficient in Vitamin A. This is an even greater issue for my parents, especially my mother who is diabetic, who I also plan to put on a high Vitamin D regimen; I can't get her to eat enough naturally high Vitamin A foods. I also plan to put both of them on Vitamin K2.

What are people's thoughts on Vitamin A needs when on taking high levels of Vitamin D? How much per day is required? Any recommendations on supplemental forms of Vitamin A?

There was a Vitamin A thread a few days ago in which the issue came up. These were some of the replies:

I believe that you shouldn't take a high amount of vitamin A, and your vitamin D intake should consist solely of vitamin D3, and should be higher than your vitamin A intake. So maybe something like: 5000IU vitamin D3, and 2000IU natural vitamin A (total supplemental + food intake).

Read the following, and after you are done, stay on the extra safe side by instead of a 10:1 ratio of A to D, stick to a 6:1 ratio of D to A. 6000IU of vitamin D3 to 1000IU of natural vitamin A (retinol).

http://www.realmilk.com/vita.html

http://www.greenpasture.org/node/115

http://www.westonaprice.org/men/vitaminabodybuilding.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/vitaminasaga.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition...mina-osteo.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition...ifications.html


http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition...dateDec2008.pdf

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition...pdate-dec08.pdf

[suspire]

I just found that other Vitamin A thread. Admins can delete this one.

Sorry for the repeat.

Edited by suspire, 01 January 2009 - 07:15 PM.

[Dmitri]

Reading a number of threads and blogs on Vitamin D (like Whole Health Source), it seems that increased Vitamin D requires increased Vitamin A. I am planning on radically bumping up my Vitamin D intake from 1,000 IU to 5,000 IU per day. But I am a little worried that I'll end up being deficient in Vitamin A. This is an even greater issue for my parents, especially my mother who is diabetic, who I also plan to put on a high Vitamin D regimen; I can't get her to eat enough naturally high Vitamin A foods. I also plan to put both of them on Vitamin K2.

What are people's thoughts on Vitamin A needs when on taking high levels of Vitamin D? How much per day is required? Any recommendations on supplemental forms of Vitamin A?

There was a Vitamin A thread a few days ago in which the issue came up. These were some of the replies:

I believe that you shouldn't take a high amount of vitamin A, and your vitamin D intake should consist solely of vitamin D3, and should be higher than your vitamin A intake. So maybe something like: 5000IU vitamin D3, and 2000IU natural vitamin A (total supplemental + food intake).

Read the following, and after you are done, stay on the extra safe side by instead of a 10:1 ratio of A to D, stick to a 6:1 ratio of D to A. 6000IU of vitamin D3 to 1000IU of natural vitamin A (retinol).

http://www.realmilk.com/vita.html

http://www.greenpasture.org/node/115

http://www.westonaprice.org/men/vitaminabodybuilding.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/vitaminasaga.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition...mina-osteo.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition...ifications.html


http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition...dateDec2008.pdf

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition...pdate-dec08.pdf

Ah, thanks! Wouldn't happen to have the link to that thread, would you? Can't seem to find it.

And I am trying to find a Vitamin A supplement that is less than 10,000 IUs. Kind of hard to go with a 6 to 1 D to A ratio when the Vitamin A supplements generally start at 10,000 IUs.

What Vitamin A supplements do folks here take?

Here's the link: http://www.imminst.o...showtopic=26533