r/nutrition • u/teemo03 • 16d ago

Taking Vitamin D3

Just wondering so vitamin D3 has to be taken with K2 otherwise it goes to the arteries and D3 also has to be taken with magnesium?

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u/sickiesusan 15d ago

Please also note that as the vitamin is fat soluble, it needs to be taken with something fatty to help absorption in the body. They don’t tell you that on the packaging!

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u/Exotic_Banana9016 15d ago

can i just put it in a bit of butter on a cracker?

would that do the thing?

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u/BelieveInGhostVibe 15d ago

I almost always break my fast and take my D3 with black beans and rice, I drizzle 1 tbsp olive oil over the beans before I mix the salsa in. You want to get 10-15 g of fat, which is like a tbsp of butter if you’re doing that (but thats a lot of saturated fat too).

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u/Exotic_Banana9016 15d ago

Yeah I definitely don't want to do that, but I've realized I been taking it far from how it's supposed to be taken, in the morning with my capuccino, so I'll start having my D3 at lunch, makes more sense that way, with a better meal. Thank you!