Calcium with or without vit. D

[Irena]

I know that vit. D is one of those which can be harmful if overdosed. That is why I always buy calcium without vit. D. Staś gets vit. D in his multi. But that is probabaly the amount needed to absorb calcium in the multi. Shall I be afraid of calcium supplements containing vit. D?

Again I am trying to find replacement for the supps that I order abroad. There are loads of calcium supplements in Poland but they all have vit. D. Maybe I shall assume that the amount of vit. D is balanced with the amount of calcium if they come together in one supplement and there is no risk of overdosing it?

Does calcium need to be chelated as well? We've been using New Beginnings' Chelated Calcium so far. But most supps here seem to have carbonate (or lactogluconate - this is chelate, isn't it?).

 

Thank you,

Irena

[kim]

Irena,

 

This was one of the articles that I referred to in the PM.

 

http://www.thorne.com/media/vitamin_d10-2.pdf

 

It says that controlled studies should be done but....

 

Conclusion

There is ample and compelling evidence that

a blood level of 30-50 ng/mL is necessary for optimal

health. In the absence of adequate sun exposure,

1,000 IU vitamin D daily for children and adults is

required to achieve these levels.

With the recent announcement that health

care expenditures in the United States reached $1.7

trillion in 2003, accounting for 15.3 percent of the

U.S. gross domestic product,201 more effort must be

made to maintain optimal health and prevent disease.