Can vitamin D save your life? - Yes
Vitamin D is the vitamin
superstar, affecting so much more than bones and teeth. The brain, immune
system, hormones, cancer prevention and gene expression all rely to some extent
on Vitamin D.
The "sunshine"
vitamin impacts all areas of our health, and is hailed as a "miracle"
vitamin by some experts. It reduces the risk of several cancers, heart disease,
diabetes, arthritis, and a host of other ailments.
Five ways to get more vitamin D:
1- 15 minutes of sun three times a week
2- Fatty
fish and cod liver oil
3- Fortified dairy products
4- Multivitamins
5- Vitamin D supplements
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Fatty fish such as wild (not farmed) salmon and sardines have roughly 400 i.u of D in a 3 ounce serving. Liver and pastured egg yolk have a tiny bit – 40 i.u. in 1 egg or 3 ounces liver. That’s a lot of liver, eggs and canned fish to get a dose of 1000 to 7,000 i.u. daily.
How Vitamin D can save your life:
1- The immune system Vitamin D supports the “Killer cells”
of the immune system, helping white blood cells kill infections. We get sick
less often and get well faster. Vitamin D is also a potent immune
modulator for the prevention and resolution of autoimmune diseases like MS and
inflammatory bowel disease.
2- DNA repair and gene regulation. It doesn’t get bigger than this! Vitamin D impacts all the
bad genes (turn off!) and all the good genes (turn on!), changing your
entire future.
3- Keeping a healthy brain Vitamin D affects production of serotonin which
affects sleep, depression, PMS, weight, mood, digestion and more. It helps
prevent Parkinson’s by enhancing the transmission of electricity to your
neurons and by detoxifying your cells. Dementia, Alzheimer’s, memory and
information processing are all affected by low D. Vitamin D activates and
deactivates enzymes in the brain and the cerebrospinal fluid involved in neurotransmitter
synthesis and nerve growth.
4- Heart disease People with insufficient D have an 80 percent
greater risk of narrowing of the arteries according to a long-term study at
Johns Hopkins. Vitamin D is important for reducing hypertension,
atherosclerotic heart disease, heart attack, and stroke. One study showed
Vitamin D deficiency increased the risk of heart attack by 50 percent. Vitamin
K2 plays a huge role here also. Don’t take D without K2, as the K2 prevents D
from hardening the arteries or forming calcium deposits incorrectly anywhere in
the body.
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5- Vitamin D stimulates insulin production and is important for Diabetes management and for weight loss.
