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Vitamin D How Much Should You Take?
To D or Not To D?
© By Lena Sanchez
Vitamin D IS VERY IMPORTANT and an absolute
must to be healthy! The controversy lies in
the amount!
You are confused though because you intended to
purchase some Vitamin D and you went to the
store to purchase Vitamin D but couldn't find
a supplement with large doses that you read should
be taken. When you asked the clerk for higher
dosed capsules you are told that more than 1,000 IU
is toxic and will remove calcium from your body…
Is that true? Why do you need Vitamin D?
How much do you need?
It's spring in half the world and sun is shining with
soon-to-be crispy bodies on the loose.
The other half of the world is getting ready for the cold
wintry seasonal affective disorders (SAD).
The western half of the world is seeing ads for
sunblocks and are told by dermatologists to wear
sunblock when going out into the sun. Is it a
good idea to wear sunblock every time you go
out in the sunshine? Should you listen?
Yes, sunblock is necessary if you spend hours
out in the sun, you will be a crispy soul and
you may become ill! So a day at the beach
requires a "natural" sunblock But be sure to
slather on virgin olive oil at the end of the day!
See "Basting With Oil"
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On the other hand, the half of the world that is heading
into winter and will not get sufficient Vitamin D. No
to sunblock unless you will be outside all day or
all afternoon!
Sunblocks contain a lot of chemicals that is even more
Dangerous to your body than the sun so shop for
natural only!
Without sunlight all kinds of problems occur such as;
Depression, anxiety, SAD, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue
and more. The scientific community now believes that
inadequate sunlight bears a direct link to each of those
problems. Summer does not guarantee sufficient sunlight
to give your body the needed Vitamin D. A full two-thirds
of society are indoor people, whether it be due to
working sunup to sundown indoors or just not finding
the time to get out in the sunlight!
Your problem may be from never seeing the light of
day or it could be from using sunblock that prevents the
body from absorbing the D vitamins that it needs or
not taking a Vitamin D supplement to give your body
the needed amount!
Without Vitamin D intake you can become extremely ill!
Doses as high as 4,000 IU is recommended, if you never
get outside in the sun!
Do you know of any children (or adults) with attention
deficit disorder? This condition is strongly correlated
with unnatural light entering the eyes as well. You see,
when the light hits the optic nerve, it is carried to other
parts of the brain in addition to the vision center.
Particularly it is carried to the hypothalamus where it
is an essential nutrient to regulate hormone balance
and autonomic nerve balance. Lacking vitamin D
ADD!
Also if you want strong bones and heart you need to
absorb calcium. You must have adequate D, magnesium
and other trace minerals such as boron in order to absorb
sufficient calcium.
Since the store clerk may say that over 1,000 IU of
Vitamin D is toxic and will leach the calcium from your
Body, what is the real story?
In 1999, Dr. Reinhold Vieth, perhaps the world's leading
expert on vitamin D toxicity and metabolism, wrote a
review debunking the world's literature and hysteria
surrounding fears of vitamin D toxicity. Two years
later, Heaney, et al, demonstrated the safety of doses up to
10,000 IU a day.
However, there are a few things you should probably
understand before taking large quantities of vitamin D
supplements. The first thing is that there are two types of
vitamin D supplements: vitamin cholecalciferol (D3) that
comes from fish oil, eggs, organ meats, animal fat, and
plant sources, and ergocalciferol (D2) a synthetic form,
which is known to be toxic at the higher doses.
The healthiest form or Vitamin D comes from the sunlight,
so go out and get 20 or 30 minutes a day and be healthy.
But if you can't and do supplement with vitamin D, you
need to pay close attention to which type you're taking.
Natural is always better, synthetic is not!
Read the ABC's Of Minerals
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Be healthy and gets some exercise and sunlight!
Lena
***Lena Sanchez a happy retired Medical Office
Nurse/Administrator/Consultant who took charge of
her life 8 years ago and is committed to helping
others do the same… Editor of ‘Natural Environmental
Health Facts & Your Home Business Coach" Ezines
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