Vitamin D: Get More of It ASAP

Lynn's picture
Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 12:34pm.

This is something Weston A. Price-type folks have known for a while: Vitamin D can dramatically cut cancer rates and is critical to just about every aspect of health. That's the second major study to come out this month on Vitamin D; the first one found that Vitamin D may help lung function.

It's why I am not a sunscreen fanatic. It's why I struggle to get cod liver oil down myself and the kids, and why I'm gonna start dosing John until he gives up cigarettes. It's (one reason) why I have chickens and eat a lot of eggs. We've been lied to about nutrition for decades in this country, and I'm not entirely sure whether it's deliberate or just cluelessness. Traditional foods grown and prepared traditionally, and exercise (whether I like it or not), are the key to health.

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Becky's picture

vitamin D

Submitted by Becky on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 4:23pm.

My aunt had a vitamin D deficiency and her doctor told her to sunbathe nude at noon every day, in her backyard, for 15 minutes or she would have bad things happen to her kidneys. Right about that time, she started getting asked on more dates from the neighborhood widowers than she had gotten since her divorce 20 years before. Now she has a very sweet boyfriend and they expect to get married in the next couple of years. So vitamin D is very important.

Lynn's picture

ROFL!

Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 4:29pm.

Becky, you crack me up.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor

Shaun's picture

For real?

Submitted by Shaun on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 5:11pm.

Becky, if you could tell me that is a true story you would make my day! (Hey, you have an interesting family, it could happen . . .)

Becky's picture

For real!

Submitted by Becky on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 7:47pm.

Yes, this is a true story.

Now, I'll add that my aunt and her boyfriend have been friends for years-- his late wife was a good friend. So he wasn't just a random neighborhood guy. And I think she did put on a bathing suit rather than sunbathing COMPLETELY nude, at first.

The amazing thing is that a blonde woman in southern California managed to be vitamin D deficient! Nude sunbathing happens around these parts all the time, but not vitamin D deficiency.

silverbear's picture

Cod Liver Oil, Fish Oil, etc

Submitted by silverbear on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 5:30pm.

I'm a firm believer in its benefits.
We currently take Coromega Supplements. It's made from fish oil, and marketed as an Omega 3 supplement. I'm not sure how its Vitamin D content compares to cod liver oil. It comes in a very kid-friendly form - individual packets with a pudding-like texture.
Becky, you are too much!
Lynn, do you have any thoughts on Dr. Andrew Weil's philosophies? His website is usually the first place I turn for guidance on health related issues.
Rose

Lynn's picture

I like him as far as it goes

Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 5:39pm.

We disagree on animal fats and proteins, but otherwise his advice is very common sense.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor

Andrea's picture

vitamins

Submitted by Andrea on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 6:00pm.

Lynn, hnow much Vit. D are they recommending?

Rose, do you get Vitamin D in that? I can't tell. So your son takes that also?

We take the fish oil (Sun Valley) I buy at Wally World. I have been taking two a day for seasonal depression and it seems to help, plus I know it's good for my heart.

silverbear's picture

Good all around

Submitted by silverbear on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 6:34pm.

Yes, DS8 has been taking it since August. His ability to focus at school and at home seems to have improved greatly. It could be a natural developmental progression, but I really believe that the Omega 3's have been helping. Also, he has not picked up any of the bugs that have gone around the school this year - touch wood!

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Vitamin D and MS

Submitted by angelb on Sat, 12/31/2005 - 6:42am.

There is also some evidence that there's a connection between MS and vitamin D deficency. (Can't find the link just now. As soon as I find it I'll add it.) The evidence is still very preliminary, but it does seem to fit with the fact that rates of MS decline the closer one lives to the equator.

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