Increasng Vitamin D levels

Does anyone (Gina??) have recommendations for raising a low vitamin D level?

 

My latest lab results show my vitamin D levels at 27.6 ng/ml (the recommended range is 30.0 to 100.0 ng/ml). I do very comprehensive lab work and all other results are in a healthy range.

 

I take 50,000IU vitamin D a day (& have for more than 2 years).

 

For reference, here are the daily totals for my supplements:

 

DHEA 10mg

Opti-zinc 120mg

Vitamin D 50,000IU

Vitamin E- 800 mg

Vitamin A 125,000IU

Lutein  30mg

Zeaxanthin 30mg

Vitamin B-1 500mg

Chromium Nicotinate Glycinate 200mcg

MSM 1000 mg

Coenzyme B-Complex 80 mg

Vitamin B12 1000mcg

Gentle Iron (Bisglycinate) 200 mg

Copper, Chelated* 12mg

Potassium Citrate MEQ 45mg

Calcium Citrate & Malate 3000mg calcium citrate

Magnesium Citrate 1800mg 

Biotin 5000mcg

Gotu Kola 1900mg

Vitamin K2 (MK-7) 100mcg

Vitamin K1 1000mcg

Boron Chelate 3mg

L-Tryptophan/5-HTP 1000mg

Valerian (standardized) to sleep

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

Tricia

You might try increasing your vitamin K2 up to 600 mcg a day-300 in the AM and 300 in the PM. You could also increase the dry vitamin D3 to 100,000 IUs for a month or so and go back to 50,000.  When do you test again? 

--g

Thank you SO much! 

I'll increase my vitamin D to 100,000IU for 4-6 weeks (as it will be less costly) and then re-test. If that doesn't resolve things, I'll then increase the K-2 as you suggested. 

I'm pretty good with my supplements but just couldn't get my head around taking more than 50,000IU's a day.

I really appreciate your expertise. 

Tricia

Just making sure that you're taking Dry D, right?  The prescribed oil capsules are worthless to us.

Definitely! All my fat soluble supplements are dry (including those for my eyes).

Thanks for checking.

Tricia

I take 100k of D per day. Some days I take 150k. ...it's very hard to OD on D when you have the DS>

Thanks for your response.

I just started the 100,000IU's today, so hopefully that will take care of the problem.

Tricia

I'm on 100k myself.  You might also try to take one of them on an empty stomach. I've heard some discussion
that because the vitamind D from Biotech (I'm assuming this or some equivalent) is water miscible that it might be more
effective taken slightly away from food. You may be doing that already but something to think about.

 

Pete

I'd never heard that it may be better taken away from food. I just added the second dosage to my dinner supplements (I take the first one with breakfast), and now can't differentiate it from some of the capsules but moving forward. If i stay on the higher level, I'll separate it out moving forward.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Tricia

I thought it might be worth trying especially since you will be taking 2 a day. One might fit into that kind of time slot.

It's not like I've seen any studies that would prove this one way or another. It's just a remark I hears on a Dr. Kesheshian webinar
so I thought it would be worth it to try. It's hard for me to tell but I think it added 6 or 7 points to my D level. Once I went to 100k 
I was happy in the mid to high 50's and my latest labs put me at 67 but as with everything there are so many variables that it is 
hard to say exactly what caused the increase.