Vitamins, was: Re: Hypothyroid

March 18, 2008

Thanks, Bee. I was surprised that my doctor recommended such a high dose,

but then I realized that she probably did that because of my Crohn's, and I

take cholestyramine powder, which inhibits absorption of vitamins. Makes

sense to me now. Speaking of the cholestyramine, the kind I take now has

nutra sweet in it. I take one scoopful a day. I know nutra sweet is

terrible for your health, but the only other option is cholestyramine with

sugar. Which do you think would be the less of two evils? I wish I could

drop it altogether, but when I do, I can't function.

Sorry for all the questions lately! Thanks for your patience!

> ==>Hi . I recommend 800 to 1200 IUs of vitamin D per day, and

> some people need much more. My friend was taking 4,000 IUs per day

> to get her vitamin D levels up; she was being tested every 3 months.

> But vitamin A and D work together, and I recommend 20,000 t0 30,000

> IUs of vitamin A too, along with omega-3 of course. All 3 nutrients

> are found in cod liver oil, or IF you get enough vitamin D from the

> sun (see my article for a description of sun exposure required) you

> take fish oil for omega-3 plus vitamin A.

>

> However, all of the " good " fats and other supplements and the diet

> work together. There are 2 pathways in the body where it processes

> oils, fats and oil soluble vitamins and all of them need to be

> present.

>

> It is very difficult to overdose on oil soluble vitamins IF they are

> natural sources like cod liver oil and fish oil. Only synthetic

> forms can create overdose conditions.

>

> Please re-check my supplements list and also see the Folder in our

> Files on " Cod Liver Oil " . There is a separate folder " Candida

> Supplements " as well.

>

> Luv, Bee

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