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Length of time to take Vitamin D2 (50,000) for osteoporosis
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 3 11:48am | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
Yup...I think I may just go ahead and be a bad patient and go with Vitamin D3...can't imagine why not. sometimes doctors recommend or prescribe the cheaper (insurance covers prescriptions not OTC) and (in their minds) easier (once a week for some is easier than remembering every day). That is part of the argument with Reclast...once a year and you are done! How easy and convenient! Which makes a lot of us concerned - if one has problems it isn't a pill or anything you can just stop until a year! Did have an infustion a month ago; so far so good. Also, I took K on my own MK4 but have read that MK7 may be a better choice? Any thoughts on that from anyone?
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I think the folks on the MK7 bandwagon may have a misinterpretation of the studies showing that MK7 stays in the blood longer than MK4. They reason that if MK7 stays around longer that's more time you'll be getting the benefit. What I think is more likely is that the body prefers MK4 and uses it quickly. MK7 not so much, so it hangs around in the blood stream.
Also, your body sometimes converts K1 and I think other K2 variants into MK4. Your body does not choose to convert anything to MK7. I got that bit of info from Chris Masterjohn.
And finally if you scan comments on Amazon of MK7 supplements you will see a number of folks reporting some kind of unpleasant stimulation so that they cannot take MK7 or cannot take it at night.
That's my two cents!