Doctor's Best Vitamin D3 2500IU with Vitashine D3, Non-GMO, Vegan, Gluten & Soy Free, Regulates Immune Function, Supports Healthy Bones, 60 Count

Blood test results confirmed…

My Vitamin D levels have always been notoriously low. Several times over the decades I have been put on an Rx strength of Vitamin D through various physicians because it's THAT low. The last time I was tested was several years ago and it tested low again but, at the time, I was too lazy to get the pills from my doctor and ignored it... until recently I decided to research what happens to people who go for a long time with a Vitamin D deficiency. Well, immediately I bought these, chose this brand because it's vegan. I've used it for a while now, on my second bottle, and I got my blood test results back this morning and the lab work is 'perfect' (that is the word my doctor used - that one, and "EXCELLENT!"). Been vegan for a little over 4 years now and I am quite pleased that all my blood levels are in wonderful condition. My doctor said my results are amazing, the best she's seen, and to "keep doing whatever it is that I'm doing." Well, that's easy enough- it's a whole foods vegan diet- plus this vitamin D supplementation. So yes, doc, I certainly will! :) Great product -- my lab work proves so

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Allergic to normal D3 (made from wool). Like that this is from algae not mushrooms.

Works for me as my skin breaks out when ever I take normal D3 because it is made from lanolin which is sourced from sheep's wool. I have always been reactive to wool. I feel better taking a plant-based product anyway because as you can see I am the Plant-based Grandma and I promote (blog/vlog) about plant-based living for health reasons. Besides it wouldn't be natural to eat wool. As a former nurse and biology teacher and scholar with two Master's degrees I go by what the empirical evidence says. For instance, scientists are now learning about the importance of fiber to feed the good bacteria in your gut to prevent diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity just to name a few, I think it is important to eat this way. Plus, animal-product eating gut bugs produce TMAO out of carnitine and lecithin. This chemical is responsible for depositing cholesterol in your arteries. By the way, taking a TMAO test is the greatest predictor of death and cardiovascular events out there; way above taking your cholesterol or any other test. And that is not the only harmful substance created from meat by the bacteria in your gut. Anyway, I digress (but I thought it was important for you to know this). Being mostly plant-based (with very rare excursions into the dairy and egg world and meat-eating only on holidays), I can't get Vitamin D3 from my diet. Plus I live too far north to get it from the sun in the winter (and I am not so sure that is too healthy to do either). So I must supplement. You can't really get it naturally from foods because any foods which have it are typically fortified with D2. Vitamin D3 is the most bioavailable form of Vitamin D. So I might as well take a pill. I prefer this form to the mushroom form because mushrooms are a fungus and I am still suspicious of fungi due to all I learned from Doug Kaufmann on Know the Cause. Though, it is probably okay. I trust Doctor's Best as a company because they have Good Manufacturing Practices

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Cured my everyday fatigue

Honestly I was scrambling to find out what was wrong with me. I was constantly tired, no matter how much sleep, caffeine, food, water, and so on I got. Even after seeing my psychologist nothing seemed to help. I decided to give this a whirl and I'm seriously blown away. It gave me my energy back and more! I can work way longer than I could ever remember and I don't yawn nearly as much throughout the day. I definitely recommend if you feel like your energy is depleting and you're unsure why. Thank you for making this suitable for vegans. I would absolutely without a doubt purchase this again

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Blood test confirms this is working

As a vegan I have been taking vitamin supplements for years containing vitamin D2. Even with taking high doses of D2 supplements, my blood tests always showed I was deficient in vitamin D. Now that I have been taking this vegan D3 for a month, my latest blood test showed vitamin D right smack in the middle of the normal range

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Multiple Sclerosis Sufferer Endorses This Vitamin For MS

As someone with MS, I've been looking high-and-low for a good vegan-based D3 vitamin. As you may know, if you have MS, is that there is a confirmed connection between low D3 levels and MS exacerbations. I am so happy to have finally found these. Note that some D vitamin caps are quite big, but these are much smaller than those. If you're thinking of a large Vitamin E cap or something, think about a capsule that's about 1/2 that size -- that's what these are like. Inside each capsule is the D3 in white power form. I won't go into the many health benefits that many have ascribed the vitamin D. Leave that to the health and supplement professionals. However, I have noted many tangible gains and improvements since taking these -- and yes, I take them along with my multi-vitamin daily. Note that with 60 caps in a bottle, it's easy to use the Amazon subscription service for these. I like that, as taking them one-per-day means that a new bottle arrives just in time for the last one to be emptied out

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Really, lol

I know the bottle says 60 veggie caps, and I expected 60, but bro the capsules are filled up to only 1/3 or the jar. Might as well make a smaller bottle or put more caps in

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I don't care if it is placebo effect

My MD said my Vitamin D was "slightly low" and recommended supplementation -- after a few weeks, I have noticed a difference in energy level, especially being able to actually wake up in the morning without feeling exhausted. I read an article about how prescribing Vitamin D supplements is a trend right now -- but if this is the placebo effect, I'll keep taking it because it's working

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Fantastic Vegan option.

If you're like me and avoid the sun as much as possible then you need a vitamin D supplement. In my opinion everyone should take a Vitamin D supplement because the sun is so harmful. BUT I won't go there today. Let me just say that this is a fantastic vegan Vitamin D3. Apparently vitamin D3 is superior to D2. And finally, there are vegan options on the market. I take one pill everyday. And I also open a capsule and pour about 1/3 of this into my 20-month-old daughter's daily green smoothie. I highly recommend. The price is also amazing

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Strange pills found in bottle!

I am extremely concerned and upset with finding these four round yellow pills in your VeganD3 2500 IU bottle. They do not look anything like the other ones in the bottle (the white cylinder pill on the right in the photo, which is the correct pill). The four small round yellow pills have no identifiable markings. The bottle was sealed so it could not have been a return that's been tampered with. I have reached out to the company and am waiting for a reply

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We buy these regularly.

They are easy to swallow, small cap. We know they work, as we get monthly blood tests in the house to prove it. Best value and they're VEGAN! Yea. Vegans, take these! You can get much needed Vitamin D folks, without paying for animal exploitation

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