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Vitamin D
It seems that suddenly this is the “go to” nutrient for almost anything that ails you. In the
past you really didn’t hear much about D, except in conjunction with bone health, but
now they’re finding that it can help protect against colds and flu (including swine and
N1H1 flu!), certain forms of cancer, depression, diabetes, and more. In one blockbuster
study after another, vitamin D is being revealed as one of nature’s wonder nutrients.
And what’s interesting is that as they are discovering how big of a player vitamin D really
is, they are also finding out that most people are deficient in this “sunshine vitamin.”
Even 83% of the people living in Saudi Arabia, one of the sunniest climates around,
were found to have low levels of D. The Mayo Clinic recently found that 100% of the
African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans they tested had low levels. And in
150 schoolchildren and adults were deficient in D, so it’s an issue affecting an
extremely large portion of the population. This is a serious health problem because
chronic deficiency has shown to play a role in 11 types of cancer, as well as in
inflammatory conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and Crohn’s Disease.
Low levels of D also play a part in heart disease, pain issues, diminishing cognitive
function, and weak, brittle bones.
The body uses D for normal immune system function, to control cellular growth, and to
absorb calcium from the digestive tract. It also helps fight inflammation, which is
basically the body’s reaction to stress or dis-ease. Long term inflammations can lead to
chronic diseases like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic
muscle pain, heart disease, depression, dementia and a wide range of cancers,
including skin melanomas. So having adequate levels of D for fighting inflammation is
extremely important.
D3 (cholecalciferol), one of the forms of the vitamin, can inhibit the growth of malignant
melanoma, breast cancer, leukemia, and mammary tumors in laboratory animals. D3
also inhibits angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels that permit the spread of
cancer cells through the body. In animals fed a high fat diet, which normally would
produce a higher incidence of colon cancer, supplements of calcium and vitamin D
blocked this carcinogenic effect of the diet.
And they are finding that as far as bone density is concerned, getting adequate D is
more important than calcium. Dr. Nan Fuchs wrote about this in her newsletter where
she said:
“The results of a study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research may
surprise you. It looked at around 10,000 people of all ages and found that getting
enough vitamin D was more important than getting high amounts of calcium. In fact, it
concluded that women don't need more than 566 mg of dietary calcium a day (and 626
mg for men).
That's right. Dietary calcium. This study found no reason to take high amounts of
calcium in supplements. In fact, the researchers suggested that taking more calcium
may be important only for women with vitamin D levels less than 50 nmol/L! And this
you can get from your diet.
What did they consider to be enough vitamin D? Not 30 nmol/L as many say. Not even
50 nmol/L. You need at least 75 nmol/L. The most common result I've seen in patients
is around 30 nmol/L. That's way too low to protect your bones, your heart, and your
immune system.”
If you want to be kept up to date on the latest findings on this important vitamin you can
sign up for the newsletter put out by Dr. Mayer Eisenstein, a leading proponent of
vitamin D’s importance to overall health. You can also visit www.vitaminDcouncil.org, a
website devoted entirely to getting the word out about D. Here are just a few of the
quotes featured there:
“Because vitamin D is so cheap and so clearly reduces all-cause mortality, I can say
this with great certainty: Vitamin D represents the single most cost-effective medical
intervention in the United States.”~ Dr. Greg Plotnikoff, Medical Director, Penny George
Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
“I believe [vitamin D] is the number one public health advance in medicine in the last
twenty years.” ~ Dr. John Whitcomb, Aurora Sinai Medical Center.
“This is like the Holy Grail of cancer medicine; vitamin D produced a drop in cancer
rates greater than that for quitting smoking, or indeed any other countermeasure in
existence.” ~ Dennis Mangan, clinical laboratory scientist.
“No other method to prevent cancer has been identified that has such a powerful
impact.” ~ Dr. Cedric Garland, Vitamin D expert.
“Vitamin D is, without question, the miracle nutrient of the century. “~ Mike Adams,
natural health researcher and author.
“I would challenge anyone to find an area or nutrient or any factor that has such
consistent anti-cancer benefits as vitamin D. The data are really quite remarkable.”
~ Dr. Edward Giovannucci, Vitamin D expert.
“In all my many years of practice of medicine, I've never seen one vitamin, even vitamin
C, have such profound effects on human health.” ~ Dr. Soram Khalsa, board-certified
internist and medical director for the East-West Medical Research Institute.
And if all that praise doesn’t convince you to up your D intake, here’s some research
data that might:
• “We estimate that vitamin D deficiency is the most common medical condition in
the world.” ~ Dr. Michael F. Holick, Vitamin D expert
• There is an association between lower levels of D and risk of anemia, breast
cancer, secondary hyperparathyroidism, and intellectual disabilities in the elderly
• Supposedly raising our D levels to above 60ng/ml (in the past 25ng/ml was
considered healthy) could make a 67% dent in breast cancer
• Influenza epidemics are inversely correlated with vitamin D deficiency
• D levels are lower in obese people (D suppresses leptins, which are correlated
with obesity)
• Higher doses of D have been linked to a reduction in falls and fractures
• A person’s level of vitamin D may actually be a predictor of his or her ability to lose
fat, especially in the abdominal area
• D may be of benefit to patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and patients with
chronic kidney disease
• Vitamin D and probiotics may help offer protection for asthma and allergy
sufferers; D may even help cure asthma
• Complications of pregnancy, such as preterm labor/birth and infection, were
lowest in women taking 4000 IU a day (only 400 IU has been the RDA for years);
women taking only 400 IU/day had double the pregnancy complication of the 4000
IU/day group
That’s just a very short list of some of the findings now coming out, but enough to make
it clear that everyone should be getting plenty of D. If you don’t spend time in the sun, or
always wear sunscreen and are therefore having to rely on your diet for adequate
amounts of this vitamin, you may be in for trouble. Food sources of D are rather
limited—mainly cod liver oil, milk, eggs, fortified cereals and certain varieties of
mushrooms—so you may want to rely on a supplement to make sure you’re getting
enough.
Vitamin D supplements have always been readily available, and there are even more
now that it’s showing itself to be such a powerhouse. And in light of recent findings,
many companies are putting out versions of D with much higher doses than before.
Now’s Liquid Vitamin D-3 (you can get it for one of the best prices around through the
Swanson link on the right-hand side of this page or the To Your Health page on this
site). Each drop equals 100 I.U. and a dropper-full is 5000 I.U., so it’s easy to take the
dosage you feel is right for you and not have a lot of pills to swallow. It’s taste-less, so
that’s a plus, too (you can even add it to your salad dressing and get your dosage that
way).
Just be sure when buying any D that you’re getting D3 (cholecalciferol), not D2, an
inactive form of D that’s about 10 times less effective because it’s hard for the body to
absorb and use. Also, since D is fat-soluble, always take it with some fat/oil containing
food(s), and be sure you're taking enough to have a preventative effect—many
researchers, doctors, and healthcare practitioners are now saying that the RDA
recommendation of 400 I.U. is way too low, and that we should be getting between
2000–5000 units a day (some set therapeutic dosage as high as 50,000 I.U. a week).
The old fear of over-supplementing with D3 is a myth and has largely been debunked
by independent research. They’ve found that people have taken very high doses for as
long as a year with no ill effects. However, as with anything, use good judgment when
deciding how much you should take.
(If you would like a free 4-page report by Dr. Nicolas Hedberg about how to fortify your
immune system against swine flu and other “bugs” by using vitamin D and other
natural substances, go to the What’s New or To Your Health page and send in a
request.)
It seems that suddenly this is the “go to” nutrient for almost anything that ails you. In the
past you really didn’t hear much about D, except in conjunction with bone health, but
now they’re finding that it can help protect against colds and flu (including swine and
N1H1 flu!), certain forms of cancer, depression, diabetes, and more. In one blockbuster
study after another, vitamin D is being revealed as one of nature’s wonder nutrients.
And what’s interesting is that as they are discovering how big of a player vitamin D really
is, they are also finding out that most people are deficient in this “sunshine vitamin.”
Even 83% of the people living in Saudi Arabia, one of the sunniest climates around,
were found to have low levels of D. The Mayo Clinic recently found that 100% of the
African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans they tested had low levels. And in
150 schoolchildren and adults were deficient in D, so it’s an issue affecting an
extremely large portion of the population. This is a serious health problem because
chronic deficiency has shown to play a role in 11 types of cancer, as well as in
inflammatory conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and Crohn’s Disease.
Low levels of D also play a part in heart disease, pain issues, diminishing cognitive
function, and weak, brittle bones.
The body uses D for normal immune system function, to control cellular growth, and to
absorb calcium from the digestive tract. It also helps fight inflammation, which is
basically the body’s reaction to stress or dis-ease. Long term inflammations can lead to
chronic diseases like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic
muscle pain, heart disease, depression, dementia and a wide range of cancers,
including skin melanomas. So having adequate levels of D for fighting inflammation is
extremely important.
D3 (cholecalciferol), one of the forms of the vitamin, can inhibit the growth of malignant
melanoma, breast cancer, leukemia, and mammary tumors in laboratory animals. D3
also inhibits angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels that permit the spread of
cancer cells through the body. In animals fed a high fat diet, which normally would
produce a higher incidence of colon cancer, supplements of calcium and vitamin D
blocked this carcinogenic effect of the diet.
And they are finding that as far as bone density is concerned, getting adequate D is
more important than calcium. Dr. Nan Fuchs wrote about this in her newsletter where
she said:
“The results of a study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research may
surprise you. It looked at around 10,000 people of all ages and found that getting
enough vitamin D was more important than getting high amounts of calcium. In fact, it
concluded that women don't need more than 566 mg of dietary calcium a day (and 626
mg for men).
That's right. Dietary calcium. This study found no reason to take high amounts of
calcium in supplements. In fact, the researchers suggested that taking more calcium
may be important only for women with vitamin D levels less than 50 nmol/L! And this
you can get from your diet.
What did they consider to be enough vitamin D? Not 30 nmol/L as many say. Not even
50 nmol/L. You need at least 75 nmol/L. The most common result I've seen in patients
is around 30 nmol/L. That's way too low to protect your bones, your heart, and your
immune system.”
If you want to be kept up to date on the latest findings on this important vitamin you can
sign up for the newsletter put out by Dr. Mayer Eisenstein, a leading proponent of
vitamin D’s importance to overall health. You can also visit www.vitaminDcouncil.org, a
website devoted entirely to getting the word out about D. Here are just a few of the
quotes featured there:
“Because vitamin D is so cheap and so clearly reduces all-cause mortality, I can say
this with great certainty: Vitamin D represents the single most cost-effective medical
intervention in the United States.”~ Dr. Greg Plotnikoff, Medical Director, Penny George
Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
“I believe [vitamin D] is the number one public health advance in medicine in the last
twenty years.” ~ Dr. John Whitcomb, Aurora Sinai Medical Center.
“This is like the Holy Grail of cancer medicine; vitamin D produced a drop in cancer
rates greater than that for quitting smoking, or indeed any other countermeasure in
existence.” ~ Dennis Mangan, clinical laboratory scientist.
“No other method to prevent cancer has been identified that has such a powerful
impact.” ~ Dr. Cedric Garland, Vitamin D expert.
“Vitamin D is, without question, the miracle nutrient of the century. “~ Mike Adams,
natural health researcher and author.
“I would challenge anyone to find an area or nutrient or any factor that has such
consistent anti-cancer benefits as vitamin D. The data are really quite remarkable.”
~ Dr. Edward Giovannucci, Vitamin D expert.
“In all my many years of practice of medicine, I've never seen one vitamin, even vitamin
C, have such profound effects on human health.” ~ Dr. Soram Khalsa, board-certified
internist and medical director for the East-West Medical Research Institute.
And if all that praise doesn’t convince you to up your D intake, here’s some research
data that might:
• “We estimate that vitamin D deficiency is the most common medical condition in
the world.” ~ Dr. Michael F. Holick, Vitamin D expert
• There is an association between lower levels of D and risk of anemia, breast
cancer, secondary hyperparathyroidism, and intellectual disabilities in the elderly
• Supposedly raising our D levels to above 60ng/ml (in the past 25ng/ml was
considered healthy) could make a 67% dent in breast cancer
• Influenza epidemics are inversely correlated with vitamin D deficiency
• D levels are lower in obese people (D suppresses leptins, which are correlated
with obesity)
• Higher doses of D have been linked to a reduction in falls and fractures
• A person’s level of vitamin D may actually be a predictor of his or her ability to lose
fat, especially in the abdominal area
• D may be of benefit to patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and patients with
chronic kidney disease
• Vitamin D and probiotics may help offer protection for asthma and allergy
sufferers; D may even help cure asthma
• Complications of pregnancy, such as preterm labor/birth and infection, were
lowest in women taking 4000 IU a day (only 400 IU has been the RDA for years);
women taking only 400 IU/day had double the pregnancy complication of the 4000
IU/day group
That’s just a very short list of some of the findings now coming out, but enough to make
it clear that everyone should be getting plenty of D. If you don’t spend time in the sun, or
always wear sunscreen and are therefore having to rely on your diet for adequate
amounts of this vitamin, you may be in for trouble. Food sources of D are rather
limited—mainly cod liver oil, milk, eggs, fortified cereals and certain varieties of
mushrooms—so you may want to rely on a supplement to make sure you’re getting
enough.
Vitamin D supplements have always been readily available, and there are even more
now that it’s showing itself to be such a powerhouse. And in light of recent findings,
many companies are putting out versions of D with much higher doses than before.
Now’s Liquid Vitamin D-3 (you can get it for one of the best prices around through the
Swanson link on the right-hand side of this page or the To Your Health page on this
site). Each drop equals 100 I.U. and a dropper-full is 5000 I.U., so it’s easy to take the
dosage you feel is right for you and not have a lot of pills to swallow. It’s taste-less, so
that’s a plus, too (you can even add it to your salad dressing and get your dosage that
way).
Just be sure when buying any D that you’re getting D3 (cholecalciferol), not D2, an
inactive form of D that’s about 10 times less effective because it’s hard for the body to
absorb and use. Also, since D is fat-soluble, always take it with some fat/oil containing
food(s), and be sure you're taking enough to have a preventative effect—many
researchers, doctors, and healthcare practitioners are now saying that the RDA
recommendation of 400 I.U. is way too low, and that we should be getting between
2000–5000 units a day (some set therapeutic dosage as high as 50,000 I.U. a week).
The old fear of over-supplementing with D3 is a myth and has largely been debunked
by independent research. They’ve found that people have taken very high doses for as
long as a year with no ill effects. However, as with anything, use good judgment when
deciding how much you should take.
(If you would like a free 4-page report by Dr. Nicolas Hedberg about how to fortify your
immune system against swine flu and other “bugs” by using vitamin D and other
natural substances, go to the What’s New or To Your Health page and send in a
request.)