Vitamin D and D3

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laurissa
laurissa Member Posts: 773
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
What is the differance? I never heard of D3. I need to start taking calcium and D during my Zometa treatment for bones. Doctor didn't mention D3.

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  • Balentine
    Balentine Member Posts: 393
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    here is website that explains it better than I can
    http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-vitamin-d-and-vitamin-d3/

    Lorrie
  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 Member Posts: 950
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    Hey Laurissa!
    I don't know
    Hey Laurissa!
    I don't know the diff. either but I was at a wellness conference today and the speaker said to take D3 too. Maybe D is what we get from the sun.... :) She said 20 min. of sunshine a day gives you all the D you need...But I'll probably take D3 too...also vitamin C is supposed to be really good for us...some other things I didn't know about were mushrooms! We also need zinc and copper...who knew! I'll write up all the recommendations she gave us and post them...it was really quite informative...
  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 Member Posts: 950
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    Hey Laurissa!
    I don't know
    Hey Laurissa!
    I don't know the diff. either but I was at a wellness conference today and the speaker said to take D3 too. Maybe D is what we get from the sun.... :) She said 20 min. of sunshine a day gives you all the D you need...But I'll probably take D3 too...also vitamin C is supposed to be really good for us...some other things I didn't know about were mushrooms! We also need zinc and copper...who knew! I'll write up all the recommendations she gave us and post them...it was really quite informative...
  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 Member Posts: 950
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    Hey Laurissa!
    I don't know
    Hey Laurissa!
    I don't know the diff. either but I was at a wellness conference today and the speaker said to take D3 too. Maybe D is what we get from the sun.... :) She said 20 min. of sunshine a day gives you all the D you need...But I'll probably take D3 too...also vitamin C is supposed to be really good for us...some other things I didn't know about were mushrooms! We also need zinc and copper...who knew! I'll write up all the recommendations she gave us and post them...it was really quite informative...
  • mickeymom
    mickeymom Member Posts: 117
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    dyaneb123 said:

    Hey Laurissa!
    I don't know
    Hey Laurissa!
    I don't know the diff. either but I was at a wellness conference today and the speaker said to take D3 too. Maybe D is what we get from the sun.... :) She said 20 min. of sunshine a day gives you all the D you need...But I'll probably take D3 too...also vitamin C is supposed to be really good for us...some other things I didn't know about were mushrooms! We also need zinc and copper...who knew! I'll write up all the recommendations she gave us and post them...it was really quite informative...

    Wellness conference?
    Hey dyaneb123 - were you at the wellness clinic at Fred Hutchinson today? I went to a wellness clinic there today and heard the same things you are talking about!

    It's my understanding that D3 is more easily metabolized than D2.
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
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    Balentine said:

    here is website that explains it better than I can
    http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-vitamin-d-and-vitamin-d3/

    Lorrie

    Thanks for the website
    Thanks for the website Lorrie! I take Vitamin D too and get as much sun as possible.

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