[vegandan]

Wow I am jealous of your Vit D level. Last time I measured about 4 years ago mine was 30ng/ml and I started taking 2000iu of D2 daily. I did D2 because I am vegan. I have since learned a lot about Vit D. I now take a vegan version of D3 at 10,000 iu daily which includes K2/Mk7. The K2 works synergistically with Vit D to enhance bioavailability and help with calcium transport throughout the body. Most people are low in zinc and magnesium. Vegans are even more so since we depend on the soil uptake in veggies for our minerals. I recently had a Ca+PTH test and looked at the reference range for calcium and the indication is >10.2 indicates hypercalcemia. Adding K2 to your regimen might help modulate the calcium.

[Charles l]

@vegandan touches on the key point. When you take higher levels of VItamin D (D3 is more important than D2), then you should take Vitamin K2 as well. Vitamin D (among it’s many, many benefits) helps with calcium absorption which is good, but K2 helps direct the calcium to the bones which is where it is needed. Without K2, the calcium is more likely to end up in your arteries walls or as kidney stones.

I take 5K IU Vitamin D3/day + K2. The K2 is purely a precaution at that level. There are multiple books available of people who have taken 50k-100k+ of D3/day to heal problems and improve their health. Those are extreme cases, but they reinforce the importance of K2.

[Gwen Foris]

Yes, to this! I took D3 for years without ever hearing of the need for K2 with it — and developed some heavy calcification in my aorta! I also now have a heart murmur, not sure it’s related. But I dutifully take 200mcg K2 with my 5,000iu D3. I do fine, still, even with fairly heavy exercise, so I probably lucked out. Whew! But I wish I’d known earlier.

[seedsower12]

Thanks for the K2 info.

Just had labs done today for annual physical next week. I’ve backed off the D3 a bit, so I’ll post new level, to see how much it’s dropped from 114ng/ml.

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but have been doing intermittent fasting for about 6 months, with great success.

Also came across a really cool app from Europe “Yuka”. scan barcode on food product & see it’s rating 0-100.

Red, Yellow, green rating, listing product positives, negatives, food additive number & rating (hazardous, limited risk, risk free category for each additive).

It uses the European standards for additives, so what’s permitted here, shows problematic in the app.

App is free, but I happily sent them a donation.

http://www.yuka.io/en/

yuka.io

Yuka - The Mobile App That Scans Your Products

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[Wendy Farrow]

I was taking 10,000IU per day (with K2) drops under my tongue for 2 years and my D levels are top of the range. My new naturopath just about fell off her chair when she saw the number and told me I was the ONLY patient she has ever had (in her 30 yr career) who’s D levels were up there. She suggested I lower my dose down to 5000 to see how well my body will maintain it. I see her again in Feb and if it has fallen lower than I want it to be, I’ll be increasing back up depending on where I end up.

[Wendy Farrow]

From what I understand, if you take blood thinners, you can’t have K2. I’m not on thinners, but I’ve been taking D3 with K2 for over a decade and my vitamin D levels are so optimal. It makes my naturopaths eyeballs bulge. lol

[Gwen Foris]

Interesting! I have a dear friend on blood thinners, who takes D3 but says she cannot take K2 because of the clotting potential. How much K2 do you take with your now-5,000iu of D3? I wish she had either a functional med doc or a naturopath, but in the area we’re in, it’s matrix medicine all the way. Given my issues, above, I will pass on whatever info so thank you!

[Wendy Farrow]

the brand I use is Ortho molecular products Vitamin D3 with K2 liquid. 25mcg D3 (1000IU) per drop with 10mcg (400IU) K2 per drop