Customer Reviews

Nature Made Vitamin D 1000 IU 300 Tablets

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After taking this brand of Vitamin D for nearly a year my Vitamin D levels went up by only 1 point. I did some research and learned that one needs to take an oil based Vitamin D in order to get good absorption. The body hardly absorbs any Vitamin D from these white tablets. Get an oil based vitamin D gelcap instead.

These are the same ones that you would find in any Walgreens or CVS. I would suggest waiting to buy them in the store because they typically go on sale to "BOGO" or "BOGO half off". This was very convenient as it saved a trip to the store.

I have a hard time taking supplements because I am bad at taking pills at all. Also I did take the oil version but it made me sick.

I tried these and found that if you chew them they don't taste bad at all and can be broken up easily with no bad after taste. They are perfect for me and don't make me ill. I can take them on the run and just need a swig of water.

I did not want to run in to town for vitamins. So I looked on Amazon for the D vitamins that I buy. Low and behold they have them. The bottles bigger than I normally buy and contain more tablets.

I have seen a lot of research about the positive effects of taking vitamin D and I feel better when I take it, especially in the winter. I live in Wisconsin and we just do not get enough sun in the winter.

If you are interested in the positive effects of Vitamin D, I suggest you google it.

I've been taking these Vitamin D tablets for nearly a year. I won't make any wild claims, but I do believe that taking this supplement has been beneficial. But I mostly want to address a couple of negative reviews regarding quality and price.

First, as to quality, it's certainly true that dietary supplements are not regulated in the U.S., so it definitely pays to be vigilant. If you're concerned about the quality of Nature Made Vitamin D supplements, be sure to check out the National Library of Medicine's Dietary Supplements Labels Database. You'll learn that these supplements were verified by U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) in 2009, as to the label claims, absence of contaminants, efficacy of the supplement, and manufacturing processes. Here's a link to the NLM entry for this supplement:

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Now, in regard to price, you can just do a bit of math to find out that these supplements cost just over a nickel each. So, an entire year's supply of 1000 IU tablets runs less that $[...] a year.

So, all things considered, I'd say that these supplements are an excellent value.

I cannot believe how much better I feel since I started taking 1000 IU/day of Vitamin D. It took a couple of weeks to really feel the difference - but wow!

And these are some of the worst offenders. Not just the V D's here, but any of them. For starters, you can get Thorne 5000 IU vitamin D's for only a dollar more. And they digest and absorb so much better. When I first started vitamins I didn't know any different and got these from the drugstore. Days after, I started noticing my body putting off an odor, and (not to be too personal) but they gave me bad bad gas. Stopped taking them, all symptoms stopped. Went to a natural products store, they introduced me to Thorne and New Chapter, and life's been good ever since. You get what you pay for here. A cheap and inferior substitute to vitamins that will actually do you some good without adverse effects.

The Nature Made ones are overpriced. You can get better quality ones (softgel) for far cheaper on Amazon.com

Be careful with this particular brand of Vitamin D. There are reports that they actually don't have any Vitamin D in them at all. See: [...]


From the blog:

She starting 25-hydroxy vitamin D blood level was 18.1 ng/ml. Severe deficiency, no surprise.

On her 10,000 units per day, Vitamin Shoppe brand, her 25-hydroxy vitamin D level was 76.2 ng/ml--perfect. It stayed in this range for about two years.

She then changed to the Nature Made brand gelcaps she picked up at Walgreen's. Repeat 25-hydroxy vitamin D level: 23 ng/ml.

This has now happened with five different people, all taking the Nature Made brand.

I just recently found out I could order vitamins from Amazon. I am delighted. The service is great, product arrived in good time, and is cheaper than I can get the same product at the drug store.

This is how I will order all my vitamins from now on.