My latest article - Vitamin D3

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Hi All,

 

Below is my latest article:

 

Vitamin D3 - A Needed Supplement

 

OK, so now I'm convinced I was wrong about vitamin D. I am supposed to

be a " guru " about vitamins. I've known for years that vitamin D is one

of the " fat soluble " vitamins that can be dangerous if overdosed. I

have believed the propaganda put out by Big Pharma and the FDA totally

controlled by Big Pharma) about " dangerous " vitamin D. I, of all people

should have known better.

 

I do live in South Florida, and I get 30 minutes a day exercising in a

pool walking or swimming, so assumed that was enough. (Sunlight

doesn't penetrate water however.)

 

My wife uses an Alternate Health oriented MD, and he advised her to

start taking 2000-4000 IU per day of vitamin D3. The improvement in her

skin and general overall health was noticeable, so I started taking the

same, a month or so ago. I really didn't think I needed it, but what

the heck?.

 

I'm 82 and have spent much of my life in the sun without using any sun

protection except a tan. I've sailed for years, including 3 years

cruising around the Caribbean and lots of sailing. Now, after living in

South Florida, and only getting short exposure, I've developed some

occasional large purple blotches on my arms, plus some smaller

pre-cancer skin areas. They gradually disappear as I take 4 grams of

vitamin C per day, but I admit they are somewhat worrisome all the same.

 

The VA dermatologist took one look several years ago, and was

disgusted. My skin condition was (to him) simply beyond hope. He froze

off a few pre-cancer small areas (which were probably better left to the

vitamin C to get rid of).

 

The first effect of taking 2000-4000 IU of vitamin D3 - the large

purple blotches are gone, and my skin looks and feels much better. This

is from only a month of vitamin D use. Remember that I live in South

Florida. What about those of you who live further north? How about

those of you who are prone to depression? (I'm not.) There's tons of

data linking depression to vitamin D deficiency!

 

Vitamin D is only found in a few foods - eggs, liver and fatty fish. I

eat eggs about once a week or more, but I never eat liver or any fish.

So, my only source of sufficient vitamin D up to recently was the sun.

The sun's rays act on the human skin to transform cholesterol into

vitamin D. By more exposure to the sun, cholesterol is lowered, and

more vitamin D is made.

 

There is a huge amount of data showing clearly that a vitamin D

deficiency is a major cause of depression, and insomnia, and the further

north a person lives is directly correlated to this. We have all been

" brainwashed " about the " dangers " of skin cancer and getting too much

sun exposure, and this leads to more sales of various creams and sprays

(more profits to Big Pharma) to " protect " us. Is this overprotection

(losing vitamin D) what we need? Was Sarah Palin right to use that

" tanning booth while living in Alaska?

 

Maybe, we need a " balance " of sun exposure to get enough vitamin D, but

not skin cancer. Or, maybe we need more vitamin C to avoid skin cancer,

and more vitamin D to avoid depression and other mental problems, not to

mention the skin problems. Vitamin C does kill viral mediated cancers,

and if you've been reading my newsletter you know that I've advocated a

minimum of 4 grams of vitamin C per 150-200 pounds for many years. The

RDA of 75 mg of C for all humans is a joke, and a dangerous one! It

has been said by more than one expert that vitamin C helps every health

problem or disease.

 

Vitamin C does not stop hormone mediated cancers such as breast or

prostate. (Linus Pauling took 18,000 mg per day and died from prostate

cancer.)

 

Got a wart or preliminary skin cancer - mix up a combination of vitamin

E oil and powdered vitamin C to a " sludgy " mix, and put it on such skin

areas twice a day under a Band-Aid. It should be gone in a week or so.

 

Years ago, I found that vitamin A is also one of the fatty vitamins can

be dangerous if overdosed, so most people don't get enough, particularly

as they get older. This " danger " is so over hyped that few people get

enough, particularly older people.

 

Years ago I was a permanent guest on Thursday nights from 7 to midnight

on the Bud Brewer talk show in Orlando. An older woman called in and

asked what she could do to improve her failed night vision. I told her

to go and get a bottle of 100 vitamin capsules of 25,000 IU, and take 4

a day until she ran out (25 days). Then start taking only 25,000 per day.

 

A few calls later, a man called and said " You are a dangerous quack

with that advice -- don't you know that vitamin A in those amounts is

very unsafe? " I asked him " Are you an MD? " He answered " Yes " .

 

I then asked " When was the last time anyone died from vitaminosis A? "

A fairly long pause as he thought, and then answered " I don't know. "

 

I then told him " For future reference, it was a long time ago, and it

was supposedly a man caught on a boat in the Artic ice, and he

supposedly killed a polar bear and ate the liver. For an older woman

with severe night vision, those amounts are not dangerous at all, and

should restore her night vision. "

 

I then asked him if he routinely prescribed aspirin to patients with

various complaints. He answered " of course " .

 

I said " For your information, over 1500 patients every year die of

bleeding to death from aspirin. And you routinely prescribe it. Who's

the real quack here, doctor? "

 

Unfortunately MD's are " educationally handicapped " by not enough

vitamin or mineral information given in Medical school, and either no

truth or actual lies given in Med Journals which are totally supported

by Big Pharma's advertising.

 

My " quack " advice is that if you live almost anywhere and get very

little sun exposure on your skin, start taking 2-4 capsules of vitamin

D3 daily. Your skin will thank you, and maybe your brain will as well.

In this world of growing pollution, and lower food items with all

vitamins, we all need supplements, and need to listen less to propaganda

of Big Pharma. Their drugs are a part of the problem, and not a part of

many answers. Taking their drugs for depression or insomnia is the most

expensive solution with their profit their only consideration. Losing

deficiencies with cheap vitamins is much better and much cheaper.

 

I really should have known better, as I've known they were wrong about

vitamins A, E and K for many years, and should have at least suspected

the truth about vitamin D. Big Pharma is very clever with their

propaganda.

 

--

Phil Bate PhD

http://drbate.com - Free Alternate Health Advice

 

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