Vitamin D3

We continue to learn more about vitamin D3. This prohormone never ceases to amaze. With action on 2000 genes (translated: it may work in 2000 different ways) in over 30 separate areas in our body, its long‐term effects are profound. We have seen it partly reverse Alzheimer’s dementia, temporarily (for months) aid in cancer reversal, fix muscle aches, improve mood while reducing sleep needs, and substantially improve autoimmune disease. We probably have done more vitamin D tests than anyone in the state of Kentucky, and therefore recognize how common and undertreated vitamin D deficiency is. We also are finding, to achieve optimal improvements in brain function, it takes blood levels in the upper half of the ‘normal’ range. In those with deficiency, it is essential to do follow‐up testing to confirm that optimal levels are being achieved. Interestingly, an anecdotal report from a nurse in a fertility clinic suggests that optimal doses of vitamin D are having a major impact on fertility. The vitamin D blood test is probably, in my opinion, the single most important test in predicting future health.

Vitamin D is so important for brain health! It:

1. Greatly increases brain glutathione levels. Glutathione is –
   a. the main detoxifying nutrient in the body
   b. one of the most powerful antioxidants.
2. Promotes growth of brain cells
3. May interact with estrogen receptors in the brain.

Who especially needs vitamin D testing and vitamin D?

1. Pregnant women during their first prenatal visit, and monthly until
   optimal levels (50 – 90 ng/ml) are achieved, and again during mid‐winter
2. Newborns, toddlers, and preschool children need aggressive
   treatment for brain health and to greatly reduce type 1 diabetes, multiple
   sclerosis, and Crohn’s disease
3. School children, to optimize brain heatlh and reduce respiratory
   infections
4. Elderly, to prevent falls and nursing home admission
5. Working Americans, to prevent heart attacks and cancer

The Midway Foundation for Integrative Medicine, a 501(c)3 tax‐exempt organization, and offshoot of the Midway Center, is now urging all Kentuckians to be on optimal doses of vitamin D3. Through once a week dosing, we can achieve very good blood levels in our elementary school children for less than a penny a day. We can substantially reduce illness and, in my opinion, substantially improve productivity. In fact it has been calculated in a major study that optimal vitamin D blood levels would reduce death in Americans by 7%! We calculate that a Kentuckian dies nearly every two hours from vitamin D deficiency.

Filed under: Hormonal Health — admin @ 6:52 am

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