Adequate Vitamin D Vital

It seems that the operative word is “adequate” and the levels necessary to stay healthy, prevent problems (including cancer), and reverse dis-ease conditions are much higher, measured in nannograms per milliliter (ng/ml), than traditionally thought. Also vital is the type of Vitamin D — the natural type is D3 cholecalciferol. D2 is synthetic. Optimal measured blood levels vary, from 50 to 90 ng/ml and it may take 5,000 or more units per day to achieve that. The key is proper testing, and Dr. Mercola specifies the best labs.

Dr. Mercola’s October 10 newsletter carries the video from www.grassrootshealth.net and a complete article with interesting reader comments regarding all the issues involved with testing, levels, varying conditions, supplements, sunlight, safe dosage, balance with Vitamin A, etc. Here’s the link:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/10/Vitamin-D-Experts-Reveal-the-Truth.aspx

I’ve been reading about the significance of Vitamin D at Mercola’s site (and elsewhere) for a couple of years, but this will certainly spur me to go and get our levels checked.

I had ordered a bottle each of very special fermented cod liver oil and high Vitamin A butter oil from Green Patures.org after reading about the debate over cod liver oil and vitamins A and D in the Spring 2009 Wise Traditions publication from the Weston A. Price Foundation. I am ready for another order, especially for fall and winter. Will blog in more detail about this here and at HealthAYC.com.

In The Gluten Connection, Dr. Shari Lieberman mentions the use of “high doses of vitamin D” with specific cases (pp. 46, 47, 126), but this issue is still not high enough on the radar (if at all) of many practitioners and writers regarding gluten issues.

It truly is “more than gluten.”