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Best time of day to take cod liver oil gels and Vitamin D?

Alright so I bought a bottle of cod liver oil gels and those vitamin D chocolate chewable. I take these right before I go to bed and I am wondering if its good to this. What is the best time of day to take these?

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1. It doesn't really matter *if* your levels are full otherwise I would suggest ASAP. I personally recommend daily supplementation but there seems to be no problem with weekly supplementation (prescription levels are 50,000iu), the body stores lots of vit.D to make it through the winter. March is when levels are at the lowest. I have Fibromyalgia -Vitamin D3 supplementation has cleared the constant muscle pain. I did high levels for 3 weeks & was pain free. I knocked the dose down to 2000iu's a day & a week later the pain was back. After restarting high levels, the pain is managed again after 3 days. I personally did 35,000iu per day for 2 months trying to refill my stores. It is highly recommended that you have your vit.D levels tested but my research shows toxicity only at outrageous, long term levels. I originally did B12 injections daily for a couple of years & then I tried guaifenesin (Dr.St.Amand's protocol) for 10 years but discovered vit.D3 supplementation only recently & that has worked better than anything else! Vitamin D3 is not a vitamin at all but a necessary hormone that effects the immune system & nearly every aspect of health. Having low Vitamin D levels greatly increases risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, MS (& maybe even FMS) I don't think that FMS, cancer, MS, etc. is a vitamin deficiency but being deficient can create or greatly exacerbate health problems. The prescription vitamin D supplements are the wrong type (ergocalciferol ). As warned by the National Institute of Health - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17023693 Luckily you can buy vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) over the counter and the upper limits are extremely high. Current recommendations are for 35iu per pound - a 150# person needs minimum of 5250iu per day & the rda is 400iu. This amount is for minimal needs and does not account for depleted stores. March is when stores are at their lowest. Vitamin D3 deficiency is becoming an epidemic. U.S. RDA are much too low. It is possible that upper atmosphere pollution is blocking the needed UVB light from the sun. I also highly recommend a low carb way of eating to allow the body to regenerate rather than degenerate. http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1560518#i http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/10/Vitamin-D-Experts-Reveal-the-Truth.aspx Dr. Joe Prendergast, an endocrinologist /diabetologist has managed over 1500 diabetic patients and, in the last decade, not one of his patients has had a stroke or heart attack. Only one has even been hospitalized! His secret—50,000 units of Vitamin D3 daily. Dr. Joe further reports: * Reversal of advanced coronary disease * Reversal of advanced lung disease, avoiding a lung transplant! * Cure of multiple sclerosis * Cure of amotrophic lateral sclerosis * Regression of rheumatoid arthritis * Improvement in allergies * Control of many cancers including prostate, breast, colon, brain tumors, leukemia, myeloma, etc * Reversal of osteoporosis * Prevention of influenza * Cure of depression and many other mental disorders * Hashimoto’s hyperthyroidism In summary, the evidence for safety and remarkable efficacy of Vitamin D3 suggests that virtually ALL adults should probably take 50,000 units of D3 daily. This is certainly true for those with virtually any illness. http://enews.endocrinemetabolic.com/2008/05/vitamin-dthe-cure-for-many-diseases.html
2. The best time to take any vitamins and supplements is in the morning, after breakfast. Most supplements produce energy and you will have problems falling asleep.
3. Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin [along with vitamins A, E & K] so needs some fat for its optimum absorption so just make sure you take them alongside a meal that contains some fat, or alongside a nourishing milk drink that contains some fat....such as whole milk. Since you have two i would suggest to take one at breakfast and one with your evening meal. Just be sure also that from the two you aren't getting more than the upper maximum safe dose you can take [2000iu: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp ]. Best wishes.