Vitamin d

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American Association for Health Freedom - Institute of Medicine Has

Announced the Next Vit D Food and Nutrition Board. Guess Who is Left Out?

 

 

Institute of Medicine Has Announced the Next Vit D Food and Nutrition

Board. Guess Who is Left Out?

 

Vitamin D has been called the " buzz " vitamin of 2008. It's early 2009

and current medical research demonstrating the benefits of optimal

vitamin D supplementation is still coming in. Vitamin D has now been

found to help diminish age-related mental decline, and vitamin D

deficiency is linked to erythropoietic protoporphyria

photosensitivity, a metabolic disorder characterized by a deficiency

of a particular enzyme in the blood, which causes excessive amounts of

the chemical compound protoporphyrin to accumulate in the bone marrow,

blood plasma, and red blood cells. The major symptom of this disorder

is hypersensitivity of the skin to sunlight and some types of

artificial light. After exposure to light, the skin may become itchy

and red. Affected individuals may also experience a burning sensation

on their skin. The January 2009 Life Extension printed an eloquent

article by Bill Faloon citing the research and giving a myriad of

reasons to supplement with Vitamin D.

 

A quiet announcement by the government's Institute of Medicine (IOM)

recently announced the members of the next Vitamin D Food and

Nutrition Board (FNB). This committee will set recommendations for

both adequate intake and upper limits for the next decade. According

to the founder of the Vitamin D Council, John J. Cannell, MD,

" Unfortunately, the scientists who have led the vitamin D revolution

for the last ten years are all excluded. " Dr. Cannell's list of

excluded vitamin D experts is long: Drs. Vieth, Giovannucci, Garland,

Hollis, Heaney, Wagner, Norman, Hankinson, Whitting, and Hanley, among

others. Many of the excluded experts have used strong language to

criticize the Institute of Medicine.

 

The Food and Nutrition Board believes that adequate intake of vitamin

D is the same for the largest pregnant women as for the smallest

premature infant, a notion that is patently absurd. Keep in mind that

animal studies have demonstrated vitamin D deficiency cause neuronal

injury and autistic-like changes in the brains of their offspring.

 

According to Dr. Cannell, " Current research indicates that vitamin D

deficiency plays a role in causing 17 varieties of cancer as well as

heart disease, stroke, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, diabetes,

depression, chronic pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, muscle

weakness, muscle wasting, birth defects, and periodontal disease. "

Colleen Hayes, PhD of U of Wisconsin, who has done ground-breaking

research on MS and Vitamin D, states that residents at the equator,

where vitamin D deficiency is unknown, get the equivalent of 5000 IU

of vitamin D daily. (Consult a knowledgeable physician to determine by

a blood test whether you need vitamin D supplementation.)

 

We deserve to hear from our nation's experts about vitamin D. Click

here to send a letter to your Congressional Representative and Senator

to insure that all experts are consulted by the government about an

important nutrient, vitamin D, to keep you healthy. And that the

government inform the public about the revolution in vitamin D

research. Imagine for a moment that vitamin D were a new drug. The

government (along with drug companies) would shout from the rooftops

about it.........