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On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:16 AM, vincemiraglia <vincemiraglia wrote:

> American Association for Health Freedom - Institute of Medicine Has

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

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

> Board. Guess Who is Left Out?

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> 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.

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> 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.

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> 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.

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> 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.)

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> 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.........

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