Vitamin D3 Supplementation for Older Men & Women Done Right: Dietary Fat Can Increase the Bioavailability by 30%
Taking vitamin D pills on their own may be less effective than taking them with a meal containing 30% of the calories from fat - at least for older men & women and high doses of vitamin D3 This is science. Only 6 months ago, I wrote in an article about the effects of fat on the absorption and bioavailability of fat soluble vitamins that vitamin D would be the fat soluble vitamin with the lowest dependence on the co-administration of fat. Rather than the amount, it appeared as if the change in plasma 25OHD (nanograms per milliliter) during vitamin D supplementation was rather associated with the types of fat, i.e. MUFA = increased absorption vs. PUFA = decreased absorption (Niramitmahapanya. 2011). Now, half a year later, it appears as if another, previously overlooked variables would force me to reformulate previous recommendations: Age and dosage! There are many ways to get your vitamin D learn more the SuppVersity How Much To Take? Leucine, Insulin & Vitamin...