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METABOLIC CROSSROADS. "Vitamin D3 is believed to play a role in controlling the immune system (possibly reducing one’s risk of cancers and autoimmune diseases), increasing neuromuscular function and improving mood, protecting the brain against toxic chemicals, and potentially reducing pain." https://lnkd.in/eCK43Ue View in LinkedIn

IMPORTANT MOLECULE. "Vitamin D3 deficiency can result in obesity, diabetes, hypertension, depression, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, osteoporosis and neuro-degenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease ... vitamin D deficiency plays a role in causing seventeen varieties of different cancers as well as heart disease, stroke, autoimmune diseases, birth defects, and periodontal disease." https://lnkd.in/eCK43Ue View in LinkedIn

WRONG RDA FOR VITAMIN D. "The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D is ten times lower than what we actually need, say two teams of researchers who have challenged the US's National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), both responsible for the RDA." https://lnkd.in/eUCYVjB View in LinkedIn

HUMAN PHOTOSYNTHESIS. "Solar ultraviolet B photons are absorbed by 7-dehydrocholesterol in the skin, leading to its transformation to previtamin D3, which is rapidly converted to vitamin D3. Season, latitude, time of day, skin pigmentation, aging, sunscreen use, and glass all influence the cutaneous production of vitamin D3." https://lnkd.in/eJwebrk View in LinkedIn

SURPRISING DATA. "Even in the sunniest places, such as Saudi Arabia and Australia, 30% to 50% of adults and children have deficient or insufficient levels of vitamin D. At the latitude of Edmonton, Alta, 90% of children have deficient or insufficient levels." http://www.cfp.ca/content/57/1/16.full View in LinkedIn

TOO MUCH D. "Vitamin D 1000 μg (40,000 IU)/day causes toxicity within 1 to 4 mo in infants. In adults, taking 1250 μg (50,000 IU)/day for several months can cause toxicity. Vitamin D toxicity can occur iatrogenically when hypoparathyroidism is treated too aggressively." https://lnkd.in/eDUgFEU View in LinkedIn

UNEXPECTED BOMBSHELL. "Over 90 per cent of healthy and active young people are suffering from low levels of Vitamin D." Worldwide. Not just a lifestyle illness like diabetes. https://lnkd.in/e5pd2zH View in LinkedIn

"VITAMIN D TOXICITY can cause non-specific symptoms such as anorexia, weight loss, polyuria, and heart arrhythmias. More seriously, it can also raise blood levels of calcium which leads to vascular and tissue calcification, with subsequent damage to the heart, blood vessels, and kidneys." This is at high doses, uncommon. https://lnkd.in/eVmSxuR View in LinkedIn

AN EPIDEMIC OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY is "sweeping across the world, and it’s an epidemic of such magnitude and seriousness that is not only alarmingly widespread but a root cause of many serious diseases such as rickets, multiple sclerosis, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, tuberculosis and heart disease." https://lnkd.in/e5pd2zH View in LinkedIn

VITAMIN D MANDATE. "Both the United States and Canada mandate the fortification of infant formula with vitamin D: 40–100 IU/100 kcal in the United States and 40–80 IU/100 kcal in Canada." How did this come about? What is so out of whack we have to mess with nature? The kid in the cot in the morning sun? https://lnkd.in/eVmSxuR View in LinkedIn