Is Vitamin D, soy?

[Syl]

Because Vit. D is being touted as the vitamin everybody who lives in the northern tier of the U.S. should be taking, I purchased some. Now I read the label and the source is soybean oil. So...how about people who are soy intolerant? Anybody know? Thanks, Sylvia

[tex]

Hi Sylvia,

Not to worry, supplemental D3 is an animal product:

Vitamin D2 is a fungus/yeast-derived product, and it was first produced in the early 1920s by exposing foods to ultraviolet light (Wolpowitz & Gilchrest, 2006). This process was patented and licensed to pharmaceutical companies. Currently, many major prescription forms of vitamin D are actually vitamin D2 and not vitamin D3. Vitamin D2 is synthetically made from radiating a compound (ergosterol) from the mold ergot. Vitamin D3 is made commercially and synthetically in a similar way that it is produced intrinsically in human and animal skin when exposed to UVB light. Wool sources of 7-dehydrocholesterol are used (from cholesterol), and irradiatied to form active vitamin D3.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/589256_4

Tex

[JLH]

I was prescribed some 50,000 unit pill (or something like that) and it was in a capsule with soybean oil........

[JLH]

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... n++soybean

[harma]

The calcium vit d pills I could get from the Pharmacy were all containing soy (probably soy bean oil), like other meds quite often contain lactose. So yes always important to check labels.

[tex]

The soy is usually an additive, not the source of the D3. Many manufacturers think that everything has to contain soy oil, because it's so "healthy", doncha know.

If you need hi-dose D3, try these - they don't contain any of that foolishness:

http://www.vitalady.com/cgi-bin/commerc ... n&key=1070

Tex

[Polly]

I use vitaimin D3 from www.freedavitamins.com online. It completely free of any of the intolerances we might have. Plus, they have a 3000 I.U. pill that is small and easy to swallow.

Polly