Pro D3 800 IU - Vitamin D3 (30 Daily Tablets)

These are relatively high cost - 20p per little blue tablet when many of the same dose online are 5 to 7p a tablet. They are marked as kosher, halal, gelatine free, lactose free and peanut free. European guidelines are that an adequate daily intake of Vitamin D is 15 micrograms (600IU) daily. The European Menopause and Andropause Society recommends postmenopausal women consume 15 micrograms/µg (600 IU) until age 70, and 20 µg (800 IU) from age 71. One of these tablets contains 20 µg (800 IU) – so a relatively high dose. Easy-to-swallow small flat tablets. I find it is increasingly common for middle-aged people like me, with indoor jobs, to get a blood test back saying they are deficient in Vitamin D. As we get older, our bodies get less effective at manufacturing Vitamin D from sunlight. Other risk factors can include having darker skin, covering up a lot in a temperate climate, avoiding animal-based foods, and not eating the UK English staple foods that have Vitamin D added to them – like non organic milk and substitutes, margarine, and cereals. A 10g serving of my olive spread contains 0.5 micrograms of Vitamin D, an egg contains just over 1 microgram, and 100ml of non-dairy milk contains 0.75 micrograms, so it can be quite hard work getting enough Vitamin D from a low meat or vegetarian diet.