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EPIDIOMIOLOGY OF D. "A number of epidemiologic studies using vitamin D status or season as the exposure have found an inverse association between vitamin D and incidence of several infections, including influenza, upper respiratory tract infection, HIV infection, and bacterial vaginosis." Clinical trials are confounded by different designs. https://lnkd.in/e2BPkP3 View in LinkedIn

ANTIBIOTIC D. "The hormonal form of vitamin D up-regulates anti-microbial peptides, namely cathelicidin, to enhance clearance of bacteria at various barrier sites and in immune cells." https://lnkd.in/e2BPkP3 View in LinkedIn

DATA COMING IN. "[I]t is concluded that the evidence that sunlight is a protective factor for colorectal, prostate, breast cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is still accumulating. The same conclusion can be drawn concerning high vitamin D levels and the risk of colorectal cancer and possibly breast cancer." https://lnkd.in/enKX4U6 View in LinkedIn

MICROBES ARE THE POWER CELLS of our bodies and of plants. Ancient bacteria entered our early cells, and those of plants, and became the autonomously replicating powerhouses, namely mitochondria and chloroplasts. Their relatives drive the vast elemental cycles of the globe. We have given scant attention to these tiny Giants, and have barely harnessed their vast capabilities. View in LinkedIn

SOME CLINICIANS STRONG ADVOCATES. "Video by Dr. Coimbra – 95 percent of auto-immune cured with vitamin D in high doses - April 2014" https://lnkd.in/eCAN7jy View in LinkedIn

UNTESTABLE HYPOTHESIS. Are we humans just hardware for our internal microbiotic software that has co-evolved with our own genes to co-direct them, or possibly even be the primary driver? The ubiquity, durability, diversity, and adaptability of these tiny creatures speaks to their immense drive to control the planet. Idle thought. View in LinkedIn

VITAMIN D has a "therapeutic and disease-preventive potential in osteoporosis, but also in different types of cancer, in several infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, and in autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis." Excellent review. https://lnkd.in/eezfc3H View in LinkedIn

THE MICROBIOTA drives our bodies, directing our emotional development, social behavior, cognition, motor control and health. This ecosystem of bacteria, viruses, fungi and phages appear to work with swarm intelligence to do remarkable things. They could probably drive programmable material, robots and AI with equal ability, given the chance. View in LinkedIn

VITAMIN D HITS 3K GENES. "Scientists have identified nearly 3,000 genes that are influenced by vitamin D levels, and vitamin D receptors have been found throughout the human body." https://lnkd.in/enKX4U6 View in LinkedIn

MOTHER'S MILK is 85% to provide nutrition for the baby, and a reamarkable 15% to feed the stomach bacteria dominant only in early life of the baby, called Bif. Infantus. (evolve BioSystems). Without Bif. Infantus, due to C-Section, antibiotic use, or use of formula feed, later adverse health effects occur. It illustrates an enormous co-evolution between humans and the microbiota within. View in LinkedIn