Vitamin D3 Gelcaps with Soybean Oil

Desny ~  The type of soy we absolutely need to stay away from are soy isolates, which are modified (not whole soy), as found in soy protein powder and things made with soy protein, like most energy bars.  Some women have been told just to stay away from soy, period, but my medical team (which includes nutrition & integrative medicine docs) teaches that whole soy food products, like tofu, are fine in moderation.

The other concern about soy is how contaminated with pesticides it may be.  Some women avoid all forms of soy for this reason. 

Personally, I take a lot of supplements, and if I can find them without soy, I prefer it.  But if I happen to buy something that contains a bit of soybean oil, I don't stress over it, but maybe keep an eye out for an alternate choice in the future.

Like everything else, we just have to look at all the often-conflicting reports and decide what we're most comfortable doing.    Deanna 

NOW sells D3 without soybean oil for your next batch.  I stay away from soybean oil and soy lecithin because of the chemical residues that remain in the finished product.

I have been taking d3 in powder capsules. Seems to be working great. Does anyone know if the capsule powder is good or bad??????

Patty

I hadn't heard or read anything of note about Vit D3 until this week. Then I listened to a fascinating guest on Coast to Coast Am a couple of nights ago and now I find this post. Wow. Anxious to get a supply and start supplementing. The guest on the show was a Dr Holick and he has spent 30 years studying Vit D, specifically. Fascinating program. He says that vit D is actually a hormone! web site : http://www.vitamindhealth.org/

I just learned this week about the soy added to vitamins. I checked and found soy in my calcium/vit D/ (Kirkland brand - from Costco) and it is also in my "One a Day" women's vitamin....so I will be looking for new brands of these. I had no idea that soy is added to almost everything we eat which is scary when we try to stay away from soy or at least try to control it. Does anyone know if Miso is fine for women taking Arimidex. I think I read that it would be fine but am not sure.

I take 5000 IU of D3 everyday. My ND recommends this dosage. When I was first dx back in March, my level was in the low 30s. At least test, last month it was up at 67 - perfect! I take a small dry capsule made by Thorne. The description of the other ingredients is:

Cellulose, Hypromellose (derived from cellulose) capsule, Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols), Leucine, Silicon Dioxide. This product is made without the preservatives commonly found in other vitamin D products

Most vitamin D capsules are very small so the amounts of soy oil in those that use Soy as a carrier are not great. However there are some that use Medium Chain Triglyceride oils as the carrier and because MCT is extremely stable (very unlikely to go rancid) and easily metabolised (it's used more like glucose than a fat) it's less likely to be stored. The brand I use is Country Life and they can be found with a google search from many sources. I live in the UK and find Iherb post cheapest to UK but that may not be the same evlsewhere. 

Dr Cannell of the vitamin d council recommends the dry powder filled capsules so there is no need to worry about these. It makes sense to take them with a fat containing meal.

There is some research showing vitamin d taken with the largest meal of the day gets the best response but I think it's best to be regular and if you have a set routine that helps you remember that is more reliable than trying to remember when you're eating out, away from home, or with company. However if you remember you've forgotten for a few days it's perfectly safe to use catchup megadoses. There is very little measurable difference between those who take vitamin D3 daily and those who take it weekly or fortnightly (providing the total amount taken is the same.

So if 7 x 5000iu once a week =35,000iu is more convienient than 5000iu daily for 7 days =35,000iu that's fine.

When people are gaining weight vitamin D can get locked up in fat cells and this is only released when they lose weight. So generally overweight people have low (deficiency status) circulating vitamin D levels. Vitamin D is an anti inflammatory agent and as fat cells secrete pro inflammatory cytokines the little vitamin D that is circulating in obese people gets used up fighting chronic inflammation.

Overweight people generally require MORE vitamin D than normal weight. 1000iu per 25lbs daily is a rule of thumb to start from.