- Researches say that close to 70% of world could be facing an epidemic of D Vitamin deficiency.
- Vitamin D has a huge impact on the health and function of your cells. It reduces cellular growth (which promotes cancer) and improves cell differentiation (which puts cells into an anti-cancer state).
- That makes vitamin D one of the most potent cancer inhibitors — and explains why vitamin D deficiency has been linked to colon, prostate, breast, and ovarian cancer.
- What’s even more fascinating is how vitamin D regulates and controls genes. It acts on a cellular docking station, called a receptor, that then sends messages to our genes.
- That’s how vitamin D controls so many different functions – from preventing cancer, reducing inflammation, boosting mood, easing muscle aches and fibromyalgia, and building bones.
- These are just a few examples of the power of vitamin D. When we don’t get enough it impacts every area of our biology because it affects the way our cells and genes function.
How to get Vitamin D
- Natural Foods: Eggs, Fish like Salmon and Cod, Fish oil, Some types of Mushrooms, Un processed Cheese.
- Supplementation: cholecalciferol-D3 daily supplements. Dosage will be based on individual’s current Vitamin D levels.
- Sunlight: 20 to 30 minutes in mid-day sunlight with majority of the body (mainly bare back) directly exposed to sunlight. People with darker skin may need close to an hour under sun.
Supplementation
Many researches prove that vitamin D supplementation is beneficial for
- Bone disorders and calcium metabolism issues in body
- Bone loss in people taking drugs called corticosteroids
- Weak and brittle bones (osteoporosis)
- Psoriasis
- Underactive parathyroid (hypoparathyroidism)
- Cavities
- Hearth health
- Immune system health
- Respiratory health
- Sexual reproductive health
- Brain health and nervous system health
Certain individuals may not activate vitamin D to a usable state. These people may find themselves at risk of vitamin D deficiency and may need regular supplementation, including:
• older people
• people with darker skin
• people who are obese
• people with kidney or liver disease
References:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15989379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6337085/
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