I have been taking 20,000iu D3 for over 30 years !! Never got COVID.... and in the past 8 years haven't caught a cold !!! I will stick to what has kept me heathy and I am 75 years old now !!!

My current Vitamin D levels are at 98. I have so much energy, and I am much stronger in the gym.

My mom was your patient for a few years, I would take her to her appointments. You were always so convincing and still are. I have to share something very interesting with you all. A few years ago, I kept on getting mouth sores that wouldn’t go away with anything I tried. For years I suffered. It wasn’t until I had my vitamin D levels were checked that my MD prescribed the once a week vitamin D supplement. After that, my sores went away, and my thinning hair started to fill in To this day, I take a minimum of 5000 units daily without skipping Otherwise, the mouth sores return, and that’s how I know that I’m low on my vitamin D again.

Your advice has changed my life and kept me away from having a serious surgery a year ago. I won’t go into details but thank you. Keep doing what you’re doing.

I get close to an hour a day of sunlight and take 15,000 iu day on top of the sun. Never had Covid cannot remember the last time I had a cold and take my K2 also. Thanks doctor.

I completed a blood test in February 2021 my Vitamin D then was 80 nmol/l. Most recent test from July 2024 was 265 nmol/l. Only difference was I take 10,000 IU daily and have been for the past 18 months. I've dropped the dose to 5000 IU since the last test. I take vitamin K2 alongside the Vitamin D I've never been sick with any type of cold or flu including COVID since having high levels even though I spend lots of time around people who are sick for hours at times due to my line of work. Every other colleague of mine has fallen I'll at some point during the past 18 months.

Not unimportant, what the doctor forgot to mention, is that people with a dark skin color have a natural UV-b filter due to the melanin in their skin, which makes it more difficult / slows down the production of vitamin D. The darker the skin color, the greater the risk of vitamin D deficiency. I take 10,000 IU of vitamin D per day from October to the end of March April through September 5,000 IU per day. Daily all year round vitamin K2mk7 200 µg - zinc 20 mg - vitamin B12 1,000 µg - and magnesium 155 mg. I live near Antwerp at about the same latitude (51° N) as London. Since I've been doing this, now a little over 2 years, I don't suffer from colds anymore, which used to bother me for a long time, especially in winter.. I only regret not starting it earlier.

Magnesium Glycinate with Vitamins D3 😊

I had a 93 level and my NP responded extremely angry and noted Hypervitaminosis on my medical record. She didn't even ask me questions about it. I was working outside, biking and taking 2000 in multivitamin and an intermittent 1000 IU ( Thorne liquid w/k2) in evening.

A good clue to know if you re getting enough is that: I used to burn and never tan when exposed to the sun. After a month of vitamin D 5000 IU, I don’t get sunburns anymore if I expose myself to sunlight and I m almost always tanned

Thank you so much for this helpful information. My son has low levels of vitamin d, they are around 19 on the test his doctor took from his blood work. His levels are going up and part of the reason is do to the information in this video. Thank you!

A true doctor and a genius!! Much love and respect

Dr Janine Bowring says she takes D3 in the morning together with magnesium (as D3 depletes magnesium) + some MCT oil. In the evening around bedtime she takes K2 (MK7 variant) because calcium absorption happens during sleep. The separate intake of both vitamins makes sense (one commenter added) because D3 and K2 compete for absorption. Dr Eric Berg says the best ratio of D3/K2 is 2.5 / 1

Excellent! Even though I live in Florida I still have to take 10,000iu D3 per day to achieve 83ng/ml. There was a study in Minnesota for 7 years 9000 patients. One individual developed hypercalcemia taking 40,000iu and a calcium supplement. No one dies from D3 although thousands die every year from aspirin. High doses of D3 100,000 to 700,000 iu is used during the Coimbra Protocol for MS patients with a doctors monitoring.

Jeff T Bowles recommend taking Vitamin D3 with K2 (mk-7 and mk-4), Magnesium and Zinc. Palpitation is probably from D3 using up Magnesium or Zinc in your body.

When I was young we spent our summers in New Hampshire and we were outdoors all day long for three months but we were diagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency and had to take cod liver oil everyday

Ha ha ha love the mentioning of Joseph Mercola. Good sense of humor Mr. Gundry😂

I like this doctor a million X's better when he's NOT trying selling all his plethora of products. Advice should be salesmanship free...

Some studies suggest to check the Parathyroid hormone/parathyrin (PTH) levels to see if currentl Vitamin D have the desired effect. PTH should be in the lower third of the recommended range. If higher, increase Vit D intake slightly. If too low, then decrease Vit D intake.

The palpitations come from lack of magnesium which D3 will cause. So not only you need to take it with K2 but Magnesium, Zinc and Boron for the best benefit.

Maybe I am an exception, but I have experienced many times the effects of Vitamin D toxicity when I take 2000 IU every day for more than a few days, even when I take Vitamin K2 and magnesium with it. I have never measured my blood vitamin D content, but I have learned to regulate my intake as soon as it gets hard to slide dental floss through my teeth. If I ignore this sign, my joint mobility all over my body starts to stiffen until I can hardly bend my arms and legs, and start walking like a robot, and I become depressed, with low energy. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, as the signs of lack of vitamin D are similar to the signs of excess, like depression and achy joints.

I exposed myself to the sun, now I'm on a list.

Gracias por compartir sus conocimientos y los consejos para mejorar nuestra salud Dr Gundry!

It's really really important to get magnesium supplement if you are taking vitamin D. As dr mentioned I had the palpitations and could never eat vitamin D supplements even though I was deficient. It was not until I learnt and corrected it by taking magnesium, my levels shot up like anything even with a low vitamin D dose.

At lunchtime I take my vit d 2000i.e daily non stop and try and sit out on a sunny day thanks

I grew up on Okinawa in the 60s and 70s, five years, and I funny remember many cloudy days! I have Okinawan weather in my weather app and it's amazing how consistently within a narrow range the temperature year round. Warmer than San Diego in winter. I lived there in high school and my parents lived there for over 40 years.

Need magnesium also, question is what is the optimal level of magnesium we should take daily?

I have read that placing mushrooms bottom side up in the sun will increase the vitamin D level significantly, so worth a try. I have upped my intake and always use capsules instead of tablets. Many sources in these capsules: fish oil, wool oil/lanolin, soybean oil, etc.

Thank you Dr for sharing much Love and appreciation from Guyana South American 🙏❤️

I take D3 4000 iu for about two years and got COVID last year and take me about a week to recover. I have not vaccinated yet. When i got COVID i boost up with 10000 iu for a week. I also take 1000mg of vitamine C everyday. I'm 65 year old.

My 15 year old daughter had blood work done last week. Her Vitamin D levels are EXTREMELY low. Like a 5.6, her pediatrician is recommending 1000iu's, but some how i don't think thats enough...however im not finding much info on teens. For reference, we're black, she doesn't spend a lot of time outdoors, shes 5'10 and 190lbs....i feel like she should be dosed like an adult.

Thanks for your lessons learned... greetings from Roermond in the Netherlands 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

100,000IU D/480mcg K2 and it fully suppresses my post-menopausal allergic rhinitis-no issues

The rainy season in Okinawa is monsoon season. I loved it there.

OK, don't hate me but I'm not a plant paradox kinda gal. I'm more of a Dr. Fuhrman fan. But on the subject, of D, I do prefer Dr. Gundry's recommendation. I take 8000 a day but am now considering taking more.

Dr. G, I just saw a short video with you dressed as a peanut! You're just so cool! 💜 I have a question and a couple of requests. Question: Have you or your wife had Covid? Requests: Could you do a video on Covid resulting in heart damage, and one on psoriasis? Thank you for all you do for us. 🤗

Some good sources of Vite D information tell us that supplementing with magnesium will prevent heart palpitations. Anyway, very good video.

Okinawa people also take much more fish meat and shells. Indirectly, they take more Taulin than any others in the world. The result is very clear that they have longer longevity.

if you are having palpation when taking Vitamin D it means you are deficient in magnesium. magnesium is a cofactor for vitamin D so the more vitamin you take the quicker it depletes magnesium which can cause heart palpitations. easy fix just stop vitamin for a short while and dose magnesium daily for a while then start back up on vitamin D again. goodluck

Great information sir 🫡

When is the best time to take Vitamin D? Morning, noon, afternoon or evening??

Amazing information! I will follow you for more

During the surge of CoVid19. I was working 15 to 18 hours a day and received very little sunlight. I had trouble concentrating, felt weak, and was experiencing dizziness. My lab tests showed no substantial traces of Vitamin D. I was put on 10,000 Units of a Vitamin D3 with K2 combo. Within 6 months, they did another Vitamin D test and found I had extremely high levels of Calcium in my blood and acceptable levels of Vitamin D. Due to worsening symptoms, further tests were done and have now shown a Parathyroid issue and I need surgery to remove a few nodules. I am told I can no longer take Vitamin D as it can be dangerous and this may now lead to bone issues for the rest of my life. I think you may need to caution people about excessive Vitamin D intake unless they are having lab tests frequently to monitor some side effects.

I was initially taking 10,000 IUs of D3, 200 mcg of K2 and 600 mg of Magnesium Glycinate daily. I was also on blood pressure meds. I increased K2 to 400 mcg and my blood pressure dropped significantly. I can see my veins popping out on my hands and feet.

Sir, I came across a video on You Tube which talks about which vitamins shouldn't be taken together. One was Vit D3 and Vit K, etc. Sir I will share the link and please advice whether is it so. After watching that video I was confused bcoz most of the supplements have these vitamins together. The title of the video is 10 Vitamins you should never take together - Dr Janine. Please watch this video and help us all.

Yes I'm one of those women. I had heart palpitations two different times while taking vitamin D3. I stopped taking it and the heart palpitations go away. But I'm back taking it again, now with the k vitamin included, and it's not the gel pills. So we'll see. The gel pills have other ingredients.

Good job Dr Grundy

Thanks Dr G. I do take my Vitamin D with MG and Calcium.

I appreciate this message 💯

Plenty of water and sun.🙏

Heart palpitations with D3 - people need to take Magnesium

Vitamin D may not be toxic by itself per se, but my understanding is that it can seriously drop your magnesium levels. Many nutritionists report that Vitamin D requires magnesium for proper utilization. A lot of people may have higher levels of Vitamin D in storage but not circulating in the blood serum preciously because they don't have the magnesium to manage it. So adding Vitamin D to a body that's not equipped to manage it can spell problems. that's why people get the palpitations and so forth from high Vitamin D usage. They probably have a magnesium deficiency brought about by Vitamin D usage. So I would recommend people take some magnesium, which is probably low in their diet anyway and a great thing to take anyway. Taking high magnesium can also cause issues, so there's a lot of things to consider to keep everything in balance. The Root Cause Protocol people are experts in this (formerly called the Magnesium Advocacy Group). New users of magnesium can have diarrhea and too much mag can cause potassium and sodium shortages, so you have to balance all that with adrenal cocktails if your magnesium gets too high and you have to start taking magnesium slowly so your body can adapt to it.

I experienced vertigo when my vitamin D level hit 110. Doctor said to cut back a bit.

Some people say to take magnesium with vit. D?

I take 50000 UI every other day

Can I swallow the vitamin with a glass of orange juice ? Will it absorb.

If 60,000 IU taken once a week then how much k2 require to

I think esp if u have health problems - chronic illness... U can take appropriate doses..

Vit d high dose can cause palpitation bcs high vit d causes high calcium and low magnesium in your system thus causing electrolyte disbalance in heart muscle cells

I was stationed on Okinawa when I was in the Marine Corp.

Great work, thank you!

What about vitamin D3 and Thiazides/

He forgot taking magnesium hours before VIT D intake

My Vitamin D levels are 18 , which dosage of vitamin D should i take?!!

Hi, I first learned about you from Plant Paradox. So, why cant the FDA, or the Surgeon General, or the Center for Disease Control revise the RDA suggestions for vitamin manufacturing? It sure would cost Medicare and Medicaid less money if the general population took an affordable and effective multivitamin.

Is absolutely nuts that my pcp advised me to “ cool it with the D” 😆 I told him I literally was taking 2,000 iu’s Needless to say… He’s no longer my pcp 😆

If you look at the packages, organic mushrooms don't have much vit D, so you should put them.on your windowsill in sun before you use them I read.

Hy dr gundry , can i translate your videos to Arabic, because a lot of arab people suffering from Lack of information

correct, just test b 4 u do anything with supplements....

I am on prescription Aspirin after a bypass surgery. I hesitate to take K2 (and consequently D3) as I am not sure if it will impact the blood thinning impact of Aspirin. Appreciate your comments.

Taking K2 caused a blood clotting problem for me

Just an FYI, here was a recent, very good, study that debunked the K2 theory of anti-artery calcification when taken with D3.

I want my polyphenol oil now I love it.

Can I use a uvb light to increase my vitamin D levels?

What is the best time for D3 intake ?

Regarding palpitations, could it be menopausal? Dr Mary Claire Haver says it can be menopause and I got them all tge time before I began taking vitamin D

Thank you so much you answered my question !

Watch at 1.5x speed.

Could you please discuss eczema. Thank you.

Doctor’s won’t do that these days, if your lucky enough to gets appointment

nothing about vitamin D in seafood, cod liver etc?

No mention of cod liver oil, yes.

When do I take vitamin K2?

I have just been diagnosed with Great Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Reumatica and my specialist prescribe 40 minutes of sun per day. Has to be during midday when the son is on its strongest. The epidemic of vitamin D deficiency is the cause of health nuts that went berserk about skin cancer and to cover up. Again a fad that cause more damage than good. I am in Africa

I’ve rarely had colds, spend all my days in the sun, I’m full of steam, I take 10000 IU of D, yet my levels are low. Hmm, not so convinced the vitamin D parameters are legit.

What is the best time to take vitamin D 3

If you eat 3-4, especially pastured eggs daily your intake of vitamin K2 should reach 100 mcg!

Most people are putting sun screen on and dont stay out long in the sun they don't want a sun burn also even though they use sun screen !

Had my blood work done at the VA Hospital. Doctor I spoke to on the phone told me my Vitamin D levels were high and to stop taking the supplement.

I want to follow your advice about K2 and D3 but can I also take K2 if Im on Eliquis 5 mg * 2 per day (bloodthinner) and Metoprolol 50 mg per day. I had an ablation 6 months ago and my sinus curve is now normal. My doctor still wants me to take them. What is your opinion about this ? Can I take K2 with D3 ? I want to clean my blood vessels. I hope you have time to answer me ?

Hi Dr. Gundry, I developed peripheral neuropathy around Jan/Feb 2023 timframe. After extensive bloodwork through an Endocrinologist and neurosurgeon my vitamin D levels were between 232 and 245 and been told i have vitamin D toxicity causing my neuropathy and also causing osteopenia. I have religiously followed your work since 2018 and my health has been great ip until the neuropathy this year. The rest of the bloodwork results were all normal/ great. I just turned 47 years old, female and weigh appropriately 102 lbs. Any insight you can share will be most valuable and appreciated. Thank you so much.

Hi, I'm wondering. You see, I'm already too high in vitamin K, but I need to supplement with vitamin d. Is it ok to take just vitamin D in my case? My physician says I have to stop taking vitamin K.

Great work we appreciate. Please talk about SCLERODERMA and how to manage it. Thank you

I feel like I get more plaque deposits on the bottom two front teeth if I take 20k units..

What about developing gall stones with too much vitamin D 3 supplements?

There is no evidence for any benefit from a blood serum D level over 100ng/ml. However, most people will be under 100 with a daily intake of 40,000 IU/day of vitamin D3. For me, a maintenance dosage of 11,000 IU/day will maintain a blood serum D level of 83mg/ml, while for my sister this same 11,000 IU of vitamin D3/day will maintain a blood serum D level just over 50ng/ml. Blood serum D tests are not expensive, but it is cheaper to blindly supplement with vitamin D3. The recommendation of 9600 IU/day is based on this fact. I have been tested several times and found that a maintenance dose of 5600 IU/day results in a consistent blood serum D level of 75ng/ml. My target level is between 75ng/ml and 80ng/ml, so I take one 5000 IU D3 plus 100 mcg K2 gel cap every day, and an extra one of these gel caps every other day. My advice is, if you don't want to pay for a blood test, take two of these gel caps per day for 4 months, then back off to one a day with one extra gel cap per day as a maintenance dosage. I get Upnourish Liposomal D3 with K2. It is currently $19.79 for 365 gel caps on Amazon. This is cheaper than a blood serum D test. For me, this is an 8 month supply.

Thank you

Essential for autoimmune diseases with oméga 3 zinc selenium znd magnesium

What is the best form of vitamin D as sometimes I see that it’s lanolin and sometimes it doesn’t really clarify?

When is the best time to take it? At bedtime do u utilize it more?