Vitamin D3 Vegan is a unique Vitamin D3 product specifically developed for vegans, strict vegetarians, or for those who prefer a 100% plant-based form of vitamin D3.
Sourced from algae, this plant-based natural form of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) provides 5000 IU of vitamin D3 for healthy bones, mood, and immune system function.
Vitamin D3 Vegan contains D3V®, registered with the Vegan Society and the Vegetarian Society.
Many people have an increased need for vitamin D, such as the elderly, children and people who do not go outside, have dark skin or are veiled. In England they go a step further. Now that many people stay at home, the Public Health England advises everyone to take a vitamin D supplement on a daily basis.
Benefits of Vitamin D Vegan 5.000 IE:
- 100% plant derived Vitamin D3
- suitable for Vegans and Vegetarians
- made from algae, a naturally vegan source of D3
- each capsule provides 5.000 IE of vitamin D3
- very high bioavailability
- easy to swallow plant based capsules
- very good price/performance ratio
Vitamin D3 Vegan: The potent and active form of Vitamin D3
Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) is the form of Vitamin D produced by the body after sun exposure. Common vegan Vitamin D supplements are Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol), which is a derivative of ergosterol and is not produced by land plants or vertebrates.
The healthy debate continues regarding whether D2 offers equivalent efficacy to D3 in the body, with the majority of the Scientific community suggesting Vitamin D3 is superior. Vitamin D3 seems to be the more natural and bioavailable form of Vitamin D for the body.
Do other Vegan Vitamin D3 products exist?
Many Vitamin D3 products on the market claim to be Vegan suitable. By looking at them more closely, a number of products promoted as Vegan Vitamin D3 actually contain only vitamin D2 or conventional Vitamin D3 from sheep's wool (lanolin).
There may well be other vegan suitable sources of Vitamin D3 out there, but we we think, that Vitamin D3 Vegan von Vitality Nutritionals is superior. With this product you get a purely vegan Vitamin D3, starting from the Vitamin D3 raw material used all the way to the vegetable capsule shell.
Many people are deficient in essential vitamin D
The unfortunate fact is that Vitamin D deficiency affects so many of us. Because the modern lifestyle often mean that we just don't get the level of Vitamin D from the sun that our bodies are designed to obtain.
Dietary sources are minimal and a frightening proportion of society is Vitamin D deficient. Figures vary in the media but are ever-increasing.
The health benefits of Vitamin D are both preventative and reparative
Individuals with a suitable level of Vitamin D in their diet and those who supplement are typically much better equipped to fight off colds and ailments. There are links to preventing many types of diseases by consuming adequate Vitamin D.
It also has reparative properties and often high levels of Vitamin D3 are given to patients during treatment to recover from different illnesses and diseases associated with Vitamin D deficiency, including bone, muscular, growth, blood conditions.
Vegetarians, Vegans and dark skinned people are at higher risk of deficiency
Oily fish is the most common dietary source of Vitamin D. This is of course missing from the diets of Vegans and many Vegetarians, hence why supplements are strongly recommended for them.
Some studies have found that vegans have lower vitamin D intakes than do lacto-ovo vegetarians or meat-eaters. This may be because cow's milk (also a source of vitamin D) is a more common part of the daily menu for non-vegans than vitamin D fortified foods are for vegans.
Also, people with darker skin are at higher risk of Vitamin D deficiency, as these skin types are naturally better at blocking out UV rays and therefore reducing the body's natural ability to produce Vitamin D.
The many health benefits of Vitamin D
Vitamin D is linked to benefitting many ailments, illnesses and diseases including some serious conditions. Those reported to benefit from Vitamin D include:
- Autoimmune disorders
- Influenza
- Bone disorders (inc. Rickets)
- Osteoporosis
- Back- and bone pain
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Heart diseases
- Hypertension
- Immun system disorder
- Muscle weakness
- Psoriasis
- Rheumatism
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Neurologic disorders
- Mood and sleep rhythm disorders
- PMS
Vitamin D and Vitamin K2 should always be taken together
Anyone who regularly takes high doses of Vitamin D3 as nutritional supplement, has an increased need for Vitamin K2. Because as a result of the intake of Vitamin D, increased amounts of calcium will be taken out of the food by the intestine.
Vitamin K2 prevents calcium from being stored in those places where it is not desired, such as for example, in the arteries. Vitamin K thus prevents arteriosclerosis and at the same time, insures strong bones, since it is vital for the storage of calcium in the bones.
Therefore we recommend to everyone, who regularly takes high doses of Vitamin D3 in form of capsules or drops, to take an additional 200 mcg Vitamin K2 per day.
