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poetkelly · by **poetkelly** » Sep 6, 2011 8:39 pm

I am in the process of transitioning to a vegan diet. I decided not to do it all at once because that seemed overwhelming and because I didn't want to wait until I was prepared to do it completely to make those changes that I can easily make now.

One issue I do not know how to deal with is vitamin D. I had gastric bypass surgery a few years ago and do to this I do not absorb vitamin D very well. I get a blood test to check my vitamin D level every six months, and due to that I know how much vitamin D I need to take in order to keep my level good. I do all right if I take large doses of D3 three or four times a week.

Now, I take D3, not D2, because it's absorbed a lot better. It's my understanding that it is absorbed better in everyone, not just people that have had gastric bypass surgery, but that may be a more important issue to me due to my surgery. Yesterday I was doing some reading and sad to learn that D3 supplements always come from animals. Apparently you can get D2 from plants but not D3.

So I'm wondering what you wise people might suggest. Take the D3 anyway because I really need it? Switch to D2 instead and just take a whole lot more and hope that works? Other options?

Thanks.

wude · by **wude** » Sep 7, 2011 3:43 pm

poetkelly wrote:I am in the process of transitioning to a vegan diet. I do not know how to deal with is vitamin D. I had gastric bypass surgery a few years ago and do to this I do not absorb vitamin D very well. I get a blood test to check my vitamin D level every six months, and due to that I know how much vitamin D I need to take in order to keep my level good. I do all right if I take large doses of D3 three or four times a week.

Now, I take D3, not D2, because it's absorbed a lot better. It's my understanding that it is absorbed better in everyone, not just people that have had gastric bypass surgery, but that may be a more important issue to me due to my surgery. Yesterday I was doing some reading and sad to learn that D3 supplements always come from animals. Apparently you can get D2 from plants but not D3.

So I'm wondering what you wise people might suggest. Take the D3 anyway because I really need it? Switch to D2 instead and just take a whole lot more and hope that works? Other options?

Thanks.

This is one of my concerns that prevents me from becoming totally vegan as well. Another is about getting enough vitamin B12. I believe that the body shouldn't have to rely solely on supplements to get enough of the daily required intake of vitamins that our bodies need to stay healthy. That's why, thirteen years ago, I decided to be an ovo-lacto vegetarian instead of a vegan.

I think that it is possible to trade off with domestic farm animals in an ethical manner. In the case of chickens, the farmer can provide a safe haven for hens to run around freely in exchange for the unfertilized eggs that they lay. As for cows, I think that humans could consume a lot less milk by adding alternative rice or soy or hemp beverages in their cereals, coffee, etc. I have to admit that, once in a blue moon, I have a real weakness for gouda cheese which is rich in vitamin D by the way.

The authors of "The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods" were all once vegans, but now they think that this is not good for optimum health. They are Michael Murray, N.D., Joseph Pizzorno, N.D. and Lara Pizzorno, M.A., L.M.T.

I do not condone, in any way, the consumption of meat however. Well, that's my opinion.

micklejohn · by **micklejohn** » Nov 2, 2011 10:22 am

Good article.......
Once my doctor advised me to stop the using of sun block.........
Vitamin D is so important for our bones, it give power to our bones, but sunblock stop the sun rays which provide us vitamin D........

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