Is Vitamin D the same thing as Vitamin D3?

Robin.booboo · Post by **Robin.booboo** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:59 pm

Hi Ya'll,

I went to my local Sprouts market today to pick up some Vitamin D, 5000 mg, which is what I think I have seen recommended here. I could not find anything that said "Vitamin D" - all I could find is "Vitamin D3" in 5000 "IU". Is that the same thing?

Thanks,
Robin

sarkin · Post by **sarkin** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 7:22 pm

Robin,

Vitamin D3 is the form you want - the D2 form is pretty useless. (It is, of course, the one in fortified foods, and prescription forms of Vitamin D - go figure!)

Do check ingredients when you shop - I seemed to be reacting to something in the original Vitamin D3 I was taking. I now take one without a capsule (liquid drops), and without a lot of inactive ingredients. (It's Carlson brand, but that's not the only one that's safe by any means.) Each drop is 2,000 IU, so I have either 2 or 3 drops daily, depending on how much sun I've been getting. (Or, if I'm sneezing and suspect I've been exposed to something that's going around, I err on the high side.) So if you can't find an irritant-free formulation that's 5,000IU, go ahead and get a different strength, and adjust from there.

Robin.booboo · Post by **Robin.booboo** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 7:31 pm

Thank you!!! I was hoping that was the right stuff. I will go ahead and try it.