Amazing Facts on Vit D:
- Vitamin D really isn’t a vitamin at all but a crucial neuroregulatory steroidal hormone influencing more than 2,000 genes. That is one of the primary reasons it influences so many diseases (as seen in the table below).
- It has become very clear that vitamin D deficiency is a growing epidemic across the world and is contributing to many chronic debilitating diseases. 85% of Americans are deficient.
- Exposing your body to sun behind window or glass doesn't give you vit D because most of UVB rays are blocked by glass.
Where can you get Vit D from?
here are 3 sources of Vit D: Sun, safe tanning beds, pills. Sunlight gives UVB and UVA rays. Your body needs UVB rays from the sun to produce vit D. Vit D is not found in food, only in small amounts in a very few foods. You are not meant to eat vit D, you are meant to get it from the sun. Taking VitD tablets is also an option but there are 2 major disadvantages: first, you don't get all the benefits that you would get from the sun, but it's better than nothing. Second, you have to take care of the doses and do continuous blood checking to make sure you don't get overdose and suffer from toxicity and it also affects your calcium level. On the other hand, getting UVB from sunlight is balanced and metabolized by your body automatically so you don't have to worry about overdosing.
Notes to take into consideration when exposing yourself to the Sun:
- don't use soap on the skin after exposing it to the sun before 1hour until vit D is absorbed by your bloodstream
- the more skin you expose to the sun, the more efficient and greater amount of vit D absorption
- the longer exposure to the sun, the greater amount of vit D absorption, don't worry about overdose, your body will do you need. Just be careful of sun burns
Testing Your blood for Vit D
- Even if you are getting your vit D from the sun it's advisable to test your blood to make sure that you are getting the right sun exposure. So what do you test for? Ask to be tested for 25-hydroxy vit D3 not 125 Hydroxy D2, it's a common mistake among doctors to ask for the second test which doesn't reflect the real amount of vitD in your blood.
- Results of the test: Deficient <40-50ng/ml Optimal 50-65ng/ml Cancer 65-90ng/ml Excess>100ng/ml
The Truth about Sun Blocks:
Even though we live in the desert with year-round sun, we are not exposed to the sun and whenever we are, we wear Sun block which actually blocks 95-99% of UVB rays which are needed for our bodies to produce vit D. Surprisingly most sun blocks since the 80's are not only blocking the good UVB rays but also not blocking UVA rays (which are harmful and really need to be blocked). Plus sunscreens have alot of toxins and everything you put on your skin goes into your bloodstream. While the media and sunblock companies have been scaring us for years from skin cancer due to sun exposure, new strong research has been proving that actually sun light is crucial for preventing and curing skin cancer. Sun burn ofcourse is harmful but tanning and daily 30minutes exposure to sun is not only safe but crucial to your whole healthy body functions.
Cancer
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Hypertension
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Heart disease
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Autism
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Obesity
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Diabetes 1 and 2
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Multiple Sclerosis
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Crohn"s disease
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Flu
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Colds
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Tuberculosis
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Septicemia
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Aging
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Psoriasis
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Eczema
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Insomnia
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Hearing loss
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Muscle pain
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Cavities
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Periodontal disease
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Athletic performance
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Macular degeneration
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Myopia
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Pre eclampsia
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Seizures
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Fertility
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Asthma
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Cystic fibrosis
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Migraines
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Depression
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Alzheimer"s disease
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Schizophrenia
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