Even If You Live in Sub Tropical Environments You Can Be Vitamin D Deficient

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Seeking Answers — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:49:52 GMT

I would like to know what dosage of D3 is recommended, can you go by body weight? I know I am probably low because I do not go out in the sun much, plus the other factors mentioned in this thread.

Does anyone know a rule of thumb dosage per body weight for someone in the Northwest U.S.?

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merrymg — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:45:11 GMT

I'm 65 years young and I am so fortunate to have a co-op on South Beach.

I have learned the hard way by illness that you must be careful of products you put on your skin, the foods you eat etc.

I live in New Orleans and South Beach.

I do not use sun screen, but I go to the beach every day for 30 minutes to 1 hour unless I am swimming or body surfing if the waves get are right.

I have never felt better in my entire life then when absorbing the sun!. I know what Dr. Mercola is saying and I so totally agree, by the way I feel when in the sun. I have never burned except in my youth 1 time and my forehead the last time I was on the beach.. will not do that again..

There is so much that needs to be brought out.

Modern medicine is (except for pain and immune problems) is a way to die earlier.

What bothers me, is that when one get cancer, the medical profession insist on chemo, killing everything, and if you are lucky and it kills the cancer and not you, you are a mirical that survived the odds.

I know a doctor that refused chemo. He had colon cancer and he chose radiation and vitamin C iv's and of course diet with no sugar... (sugar feeds cancer) He survived and did not have to have the 'bag'.

Also there are ozonation of the blood done in Mexico (illegal here), that will also help with cancer along with diet and vitamin c IV's.. Amazing things are done in medicine in other parts of the world.. Chelation for clogged arteries, I am so amazed. I ended up doing EDTA IV chelation to remove heavy metals and talked with alot of people who did it to keep from having open heart surgery. It worked and no open heart surgery.. Diet plays a huge part.. hydrogenation.. bad.. bad.. bad.. that is one of the things that causes cloged arteries... not eggs, not butter.. stupid us.. we listened.. and we died..

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curious7 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:58:25 GMT

Big Pharma and others have an investment in the illnesses of the world, the sicker we are as people the more money these con-men are able to squeeze from government and so forth. Then there is the big lie about sunscreens, likely designed to block the very rays that are responsible for causing the body to manufacture Vitamin D. Couple that with an ignorant public and there are millions to be made.

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Perka — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:33:31 GMT

Uncle Russ: Where are you? I miss your comments.

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nomorenurse — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:49:22 GMT

Make sure you supplement with the correct vitamin D. Even the expensive Dr's prescription will be for vitamin D2 which every study says is useless. The drug companies make a fortune off it. With insurance, it cost me $30... Then I read on the internet how useless it was, and that D3 is the only usable form that gives measurable results. So $6.00 later, I had my new bottle of D3, which is cholecalciferol....and threw out my $30 bottle that the Dr. and drug company screwed me with.

Why did the Dr order D2? Because he "knows" best? Nah...Dr's only deal with prescription stuff and rarely bother to learn about any alternatives that are non-Big-Pharma. Once again, this ex-nurse knew better than the doctor she pays out the ass for.

I'll be sure to point that out on my follow up visit, along with a copy of the most recent article in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that talks in detail about the superiority of D3 over D2.

PS. I ran to check my bottle of Whole Foods vitamins from Dr. Mercola to see which kind of D he included in them, and he has D3. Good boy!

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Mary_Ascher — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:47:38 GMT

Earlier this week, I checked into having my blood tested for vitamin D as Dr. Mercola had recommended. I was advised that the test would cost about $250, and would not be covered by insurance (and my insurance is normally pretty good). Does that amount sound reasonable to you? I'm afraid I won't be choosing to afford that, even though I'd like to know my vitaman D levels. Is there a lower-cost option out there?

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HeatherM — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:40:56 GMT

The advice to avoid sunscreen conflicts with antiaging skin experts, such as Paula Begoun www.cosmeticcop.com.

Her research says sunscreen products are formulated to stay only in the upper layers of the skin & aren't absorbed into the body. The number one antiaging cream is daily sunscreen, at least on the face, neck & upper chest. I stopped using it, as Dr. Mercola recommends, (taking antioxidants), but have since noticed increased pigmentation, so I'm going back to sunscreen on the areas I most want to keep looking young.

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Neil2007 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:32:57 GMT

I like this article because now it goes a bit deeper than saying sunlight can replace vitamin D tablets. I guess it's depends on skin color etc. Being dark skinned I have to balance between skin exposure and taking vitamin D. It's great preventive vitamin, according to Natural Standard there is good scientific evidence that it works for Psoriasis, muscle weakness and pain, as well as Osteoporosis and cancer prevention. See the Natural Standard flash card here.

www.rvita.com/.../flashcard-vitamind.htm

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Seattlegirl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:00:10 GMT

I am very fair skinned and have completely stopped using sunscreens and switched to virgin coconut oil on my skin daily. It allows me to stay in the sun longer without burning. But if you're near a pool or in extreme heat/sunlight, it needs to be reapplied often.

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Hmmmmm — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:55:44 GMT

Without the lifestyle, it is just too hard to contrive to get sun exposure. I vote for supplements, as this is a quick fix for a lot of deficiency problems. At least with supplements, there is a lot less guess work as to what you are actually getting. With vitamin D, there is reliable testing as to whether the supplementation is working. Along with cod liver oil, I am also taking a 2,000 capsule of vitamin D; it feels almost like a mood elevator. This, along with magnesium supplementation, are miracle cures if there ever were such.

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COMPLEMENTARY MD — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:41:11 GMT

GLUTEN removes Vitamin D. Your blood type dose NOT dictate what foods you can eat. Your DNA does. Ever watch CSI: DNA = 1 in a billion. YOU are celiac.

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bagarino — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:35:05 GMT

Hi All,

Good to see this topic rising to the top of the pile even in the regular media. For those of you living at high latitudes you might find the following shareware useful:

sunrisesunset.com/sun.html

Not only does it give you (if you programme it properly) your sunrise and sunset but it gives you the timing of the sun's apogee (the point when it is highest in the sky) for your location on that day of the year. If like me you work from home you can programme your sunbathing (if there is any sun) to the most efficient point in the day. Mistakenly it's shown as 'time when the sun will be directly overhead' - 12.10 pm for me today ... but it's cloudy :-(

Even in mid-winter, with the air temperature at 3°C (38°F) I find I can take a bare-chest sunbathe of 40 mins (20 minutes either side of the apogee) on a sheltered balcony as long as it isn't too breezy. I'm at 45°N.

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Caroline_Hill — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:31:00 GMT

A very interesting article and comments. I wonder if the SAD lights have any bearing on this subject, especially for those of us who cannot get out of the office during daylight hours, let alone for sunlight. I include a link to a sunlight lamp site. www.electronichealing.co.uk/.../litepod.htm

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Deborah Howlett — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:51:43 GMT

Many years ago when Europeans were sick, they would go to Swiss sanatoriums, where one of the main treatments was sun bathing. They certainly knew of the healing power of sunlight and Vit D.

Now, with sun phobia, rickets, cancer, osteoporosis, depression etc are becoming far more prevalent. Remember the healing power of sunlight.....its free and it feels great!