Posted by raybakes on October 3, 2004, at 13:53:56
In reply to Re: Supplements for brain fog? » raybakes, posted by tealady on October 2, 2004, at 17:01:04
> I know I have trouble converting carotene form VitD(skin goes an orangy color, at least before thyroid meds)..so I try to get VitD thru sunlight..which is usually pretty easy where I live..and if not in cod liver oil.
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> So now the question is is sunlight this form "1,25(OH)(2)D(3)" ? I knew to always take VitD3 form..
> And what about cod liver ol?Thanks Jan,
I get the orangy skin too....drank carrot juice every morning for six months until people started laughing at me :(
Do you mean carotene to vitamin A though, haven't heard of a carotene vitamin D link?
I do take vitamin A from halibut oil every now and then as I've heard hypothyroid/autoimmune people can't metabolise carotenes or plant Vit A sources - Dr Megson has done a lot research on Vit A for autistic children.
I do try to get my Vit D through sunlight as I haven't found a supplement I can tolerate - from what I can make out Cod liver oil contains D3 (calcitriol or "1,25(OH)(2)D(3)") as do eggs and milk. What I'm not sure about is whether food sources of calcitriol will be seen as the same as D3 from sunlight....do you know?
Like Dr Mercola's pages and links on vit D..
http://www.mercola.com/fcgi/pf/2004/sep/11/vitamin_d.htm
Ray
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