Factors affecting Vitamin D absorption

June 6, 2022

Does providing high doses of vitamin D Increase Its Absorption?

Not necessarily.

Certainly, you have often encountered with information that high doses of vitamin D are more effective.

Many experts outdo each other in the proposed doses of vitamin D, which you really should take.

What doses are optimal and how to make the supplement we take effective?

When it comes to vitamin D, not only the number of units taken counts. The dose taken in this case is not the most important.

So what determines the action of vitamin D?

Well, there are factors that inhibit the effects of vitamin D, and their occurrence means that even increased doses of this vitamin do not work a expected.

It turns out that we should focus on the factors of decreasing the absorption of vitamin D, and not on taking ever larger and larger doses.

Magnesium deficiency is the first important factor in the vitamin D absorption.

Vitamin D needs other nutrients for its effective action. This is due to the fact that vitamin D needs to be metabolised in our body (in the liver and the kidneys), in order to create an active form.

Only such converted form of vitamin D has a health -promoting effect.

What's even more important, taking large doses of vitamin D while having magnesium deficiency can be harmful for your body.

It has been confirmed that vitamin D supplementation with magnesium deficiency may intensify atherosclerotic changes in coronary vessels and contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease.

You can read more about why you should take Vitamin D with Magnesium together in this www.betteryou.com blog post.

The second reason for which the vitamin D we take does not work may be Zinc deficiency.

When we think about vitamin D, we usually come to mind connections with Calcium or Vitamin K2 (BIOCANNOVEA supplement is the perfect vitamin D3 + K2 combination). However, it turns out that also Zinc in some aspects intensifies the health-promoting potential of our vitamin D.

We need it so that vitamin D can effectively affect health. Zinc increases the activity of vitamin D.

The European Food Safety Office (EFSA) confirmed the beneficial effect of vitamin D3 and Zinc on the immune system. Thanks to the complementary and synergistic action, they support their intern and congenital resistance and take part in combating upper respiratory tract infections. The combination of these ingredients gives better health effects. To protect yourself from respiratory infections, it is worth taking care of your health and apply preventive actions that support immunity.

Read more about Zinc and Vitamin D connection here.

Obesity is the third factor inhibiting the correct absorption of vitamin D.

In people with obesity and overweight, fat tissue simply absorbs vitamin D and thus blocks its action.

This is because this vitamin must circulate in the blood to work, and not be absorbed by fat.

The greater overweight, the greater the amounts of vitamin D inaccessible to our cells and tissues.

This applies to both vitamin D from supplements and the sun exposed.

The fourth cause of the vitamin D absorbed absorption is improper use of it.

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble substance, so its absorption may be reduced. The minimum amount of oil that is often used as a carrier of the active substance is not sufficient to let it absorb properly.

For that reason, vitamin D should always be taken after a meal reach in fat like butter, olive oil, oil, fatty meat or avocado.

The type of fat does not matter. Lack of fat when taking vitamin D is an important factor reducing of it's absorption.

Another way to maximize vitamin D's bioavailability is to take its micellised form.

Micellation is a natural method that does not require the addition of synthetic ingredients like stabilisers, anti caking agents and flavour enhancers. The absorption of active substances, which amounts to about 3 to 5% with commercially available preparations, with micellation, can be increased to an efficiency of almost 100%. On top of the above the micelles have a high thermal, mechanical, sensory and microbiological stability. As a result, the nutrients in the body also get to where they are needed. They even survive the acidic environment of the stomach unscathed.

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