Vitamin D3 (50,000 iu)

Vitamin D 50,000 IU can be used as a weekly dose for maintaining healthy levels of vitamin D in the body.

Supports:

• Bone Health
• Cardiovascular Health
• Brain Health
• Immunity
• Healthy Aging

High dose vitamin D has been safely and effectively used in critically ill patients in hospital settings to rapidly improve blood levels of vitamin D and help the patients have shorter hospital stays, be less likely to die in the hospital, and to have a better immune response. Vitamin D3 was were typically given as 50,000 to 100,000 IU per day for 5 days, for a total dose of 250,000 to 500,000 IU. Vitamin D3 has been shown to shorten hospital stays and lessen mortality in those patients who were deficient in vitamin D.

If a person gets a serious viral infection when in a low vitamin D state, he or she can take very high doses of vitamin D to quickly replenish vitamin D. Three days of a dose of 150,000 IU per day will work very well for this, followed by a weekly dose of 50,000 IU. Vitamin D3 is oil soluble, so it is best absorbed when taken with food containing oil or fat.

**Who shouldn’t take high dose vitamin D without consulting their physician**:

• People with high levels of calcium in their blood
• People with kidney disease
• People with sarcoidosis
• People with parathyroid disease