Would a sub-lingual pathway of D3 prove to be more efficient than gel capsules? Almost any form of substance may be amenable to sub lingual administration if it dissolves easily in saliva. Vitamin D3 is fat soluble and not water.

So I'm quite confused, What say ye on these?











D3 5,000 IU by Superior Source


Size Price Qty 100 Instant Dissolve Micro-Tablets
$13.74

Link here:
https://www.evitamins.com/product.asp?pid=13488#;

I personally think any liquid form of Vit D3 would be better than a hard tablet.
One that Dr David Williams reco'ed in his Oct '09 health bewsletter is
Liqui-D3 by RX Vitamins, saying it can be found in drops form at Naturamart
800-383-6008 or www.naturamart.com
I haven't checked it out yet.

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Hi Earlybird/jw9725,

I've been thinking about getting Vitamin D3 in liquid form too - I've been looking at the Bio-D Mulsion Forte Liquid by Biotics Research or the Now Foods Liquid Vit D3 and am wondering which you think would be best to go for.

The Bio-D Mulsion Forte has water, acacia emulsifer base, and sesame oil as other ingredients, the Now Foods one has MCT Oil and the RX Vitamins one posted above has olive oil as its base. Do any of those make the absorption better or do they not really matter

Thanks for any opinions.

Well sesame oil seems to be between 35%-50% omega 6. So I'd go with the MCT instead.

Hi jw8725,

Thanks for that - I was thinking the MCT Oil would be best too. I can only find it to buy from the US, though, so I guess I'll just need to wait interminably for the post!! Also it's only 400iu per drop so I'd need to take a full dropperful to get 5000iu a day.

If there are any other Liquid D3 brands out there that are reputable and worth considering I'd be grateful for a heads up. Thanks.

I should also add this:

From the Weston A. Price website:

The assimilation and utilization of vitamin D is influenced by the kinds of fats we consume. Increasing levels of both polyunsaturated (i.e. omega 6) and monounsaturated fatty acids in the diet decrease the binding of vitamin D to D-binding proteins. Saturated fats, the kind found in butter, tallow and coconut oil (i.e MCT) , do not have this effect. Nor do the omega-3 fats. D-binding proteins are key to local and peripheral actions of vitamin D.

Thanks jw8725 - it does seem like the Now Foods liquid in the MCT oil is the best bet and maybe taking it at the same time as a spoonful of coconut oil just before eating breakfast couldn't hurt either!

Did you decide to try the sublingual one you posted at the top of the thread? I'm wondering why it has lactose in it

jw8725, I like that subligual product. Sublingual should be the best. It bypasses most of the digestive system. I think that Twinlab has one that also contains k2, if you need support for getting calcium into the bones.

Tablets contain fillers. Gel caps are manufactured with formaldehyde. Capsules can also contain fillers. Powders are excellent.

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I'm wondering why they put that in too. I'm lactose intolerant but these actually pass the gut and go directly into the blood stream. I'm currently using these:

https://www.vitacost.com/Country-Life...U-200-Softgels

I did ask Ted Hutchinson about this on his blog:

https://vitamind3.blogspot.com/2009/0...vitamin-d.html

Hi jfh - Thanks for this. I found a description of the Twinlab product you were talking about HERE and it certainly is worth considering. The more I've read about K2 the more I've thought I should be taking some to make sure I'm getting enough so this might be the way to do that. Thanks.

Thanks for the link to Ted's blog - his answer on this made sense. I do suffer from digestion problems at times hence why I though liquid/sublingual would be best for me but it might still be worth trying the gelcaps in MCT oil to see how much they raise my levels (my level before taking any Vitamin D was 16ng/mL so woefully low but pretty average for us sun-starved UK folk )