Vitamin D3
Why you need it
Vitamin D deficiency is common in modern women, especially in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Your body steals from your Vitamin D stores for your breast milk, prioritising your growing baby. Ensuring you get a daily supply is critical for your own wellbeing.
Vitamin D works with calcium from your diet for strong teeth and bones, as well as promoting healing, boosting immune function and reducing anxiety and depression.
We provide your full daily requirement.
Our form
Plant: Lichen
Supplier: Vegetology
Source: London, United Kingdom
Dose: 10mcg
D3 is the form of Vitamin D produced by the body after exposure to sunlight. D3 supplements are usually not vegan - made from extracts of sheep's wool or fish.
Most vegan supplements use Vitamin D2 from mushrooms instead - it's cheap and easy, but the latest science isn't convinced it's as bio-available.
We offer the best of both worlds - D3 from the world's only vegan source, lichen extract.
The research
Explore the vitamin D3 research that guided our choices.
Maternal vitamin D supplementation to improve the vitamin D status of breastfed infants: a randomized control trial
Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Dec; 88(12): 1378–1387.
High-dose vitamin D3 supplementation in a cohort of breastfeeding mothers and their infants: a 6-month follow-up pilot study.
Breastfeed Med. 2006 Summer;1(2):59-70.
Vitamin D3 Supplementation During Pregnancy and Lactation Improves Vitamin D Status of the Mother-Infant Dyad.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2017 Jan - Feb;46(1):135-147.
Does high dose vitamin D supplementation enhance cognition?: A randomized trial in healthy adults.
Exp Gerontol. 2017 Apr;90:90-97.