just a bit of personal information that might help others... a while back I read on a different forum about Vitamin D definancy with diabetics and that it would be helpful to supplement. Anyway without my Doc's knowledge I went ahead and purchased some from the healthshop and after some investigation from various souces decided to take 6 capsules a day.. at 1000 per capsules. When I got my script to have blood works done I asked my doc to do a Vit D test... he was aghast that I would waste taxpayers money on this test! Why when we live in Australia (espcially West Australia) would I need a Vit D test... go and sit in the sun .... which I do, but told him to I was supplementing with 2 caps a day ( didn't want to scare him with the six!) anyways when my results came in today... guess what? the average range is from 75 onwards. With my six caps - my levels were 85 (?)! Told the doc exactly how much I was taking and his response was.... keep taking them 
