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I created this website so you would know
- why you need vitamin D3
- how best to take it.
It's a long story, but this is the short version:
Vitamin D3 will increase your quality-of-life and life-expectancy.
Best way to get D3? Sunlight, nature's own prescription.
But if we avoid the sun, we still have two choices:
- supplement an effective dose, or
- remain vitamin D-deficient.
Choose wisely!
Alex St Clair
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Vitamin D benefits include longer life, less disease, fewer infections, less depression, stronger bones, less pain and inflammation.
Benefits flow from vitamin D's effects on calcium regulation, immune system regulation cell metabolism regulation, blood sugar regulation, blood pressure regulation and inflammation reduction.
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Vitamin D Benefits
Are you getting these benefits?
Vitamin D benefits are experienced to the fullest extent by people who maintain optimum vitamin D body stores and blood levels.
They can expect better health across the board - longer life (reduction in death from all causes), fewer diseases, stronger bones and muscles, fewer infections, less depression, pain and inflammation. In short, more enjoyment of life.
New vitamin D benefits are still being discovered, almost everywhere researchers look. Here are some of the more important ones discovered so far:
Vitamin D regulates calcium and phosphorus
The first intimation of vitamin D's vital role was in 1782, when it was discovered that cod liver oil cures rickets (a disease of growing children whose bones bend due to lack of strength). Of course, they didn't know then that it was vitamin D in the oil that did the job.
Vitamin D itself was isolated in the 1920's, but for several decades, all that was known about its usefulness was that it prevented rickets.
In fact, vitamin D plays a major role in the absorption of calcium and phosphorus, and in their proper utilization. This helps keep our bones and teeth strong, and stops calcium depositing where it shouldn't (for example in our blood vessels, heart and kidneys).
Vitamin D is essential to a healthy immune system
Vitamin D helps the immune system to fight infections. With a near-optimum blood level of vitamin D, you can expect fewer colds, 'flu, and other unwelcome opportunists (including Swineflu).
Not only does Vitamin D enhance your immunity, but it inhibits the development of destructive auto-immune diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and multiple sclerosis.
Vitamin D is a major inhibitor of cancer, and part of this effect may be attributed to the increased vigilance of the immune system.
Vitamin D promotes cellular differentiation
Vitamin D encourages cell differentiation (differentiated cells are needed to perform specialized functions effectively) and also slows down the rate at which cells multiply, or proliferate.
Both of these effects contribute to vitamin D's cancer-fighting ability. Cancer cells are characterized by a lack of differentiation and by rapid proliferation.
Vitamin D is a potent anti-inflammatory
Chronic inflammation is coming into prominent focus as a cause of many disease processes, including major killers such as heart disease and cancer.
Vitamin D is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent, which may also contribute to its effectiveness in reducing some types of muscular pain.
Vitamin D helps regulate blood sugar levels
Optimum levels of vitamin D protect against diabetes (both type 1 and type 2), insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. Diabetes is usually associated with very low levels of vitamin D.
The pancreas also needs sufficient vitamin D in order to make and secrete insulin.
Getting enough vitamin D helps blood sugar control. It may also help prevent serious diabetic complications.
Vitamin D helps lower blood pressure
Maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D helps reduce the risk of hypertension. And optimum levels actually tend to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive people.
Vitamin D protects against low-level nuclear radiation
Dr Daniel Hayes PhD describes many ways in which vitamin D may protect the body from the effects of low-level radiation, such as may occur after a nuclear accident. His paper was published in the International Journal of Low Radiation (Sept 2008)
It makes sense that a nutrient that requires you to expose yourself to strong sunlight would help protect against electromagnetic radiation, doesn't it?.
With the disaster at Fukushima looming large in everyone's mind, this is a very useful vitamin D benefit.
Vitamin D benefits, or helps prevent, diseases
Scientists are continually reporting that low blood levels of vitamin D are associated with one disease after another. (High vitamin D levels may be protective.)
These diseases have all been linked to low vitamin D levels:
Acne
Adrenal insufficiency
Allergies
Alzheimer's disease
Arthritis
Asthma
Autism
Autoimmune disorders
Bacterial infections
Bones weak (easy to fracture)
Breast cancer
Cancer (all types)
Celiac disease
Colds and 'flu
Crohn's disease
Chronic fatigue
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic pain
Colonic adenoma
Colorectal cancer
Cystic fibrosis
Dementia
Dental cavities and misaligned teeth
Depression
Diabetes (types 1 and 2)
Fatigue
Gluten intolerance
Graves disease
Heart disease
Hypertension
Influenza
Kidney Disease
Low back pain
Lupus erythematosis
Macular Degeneration
Melanoma
Mental illness and mood disorders
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscle weakness and pain
Obesity
Osteo-arthritis
Osteomalacia (softening of bones)
Osteoporosis
Ovarian cancer
Parkinson's disease
Periodontal disease
Peripheral artery disease
Pelvic floor disorders
Pneumonia
Post-operative infections
Psoriasis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rickets
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Sepsis
Sports injuries
Tuberculosis
Urinary incontinence
Viral infections
If you already suffer from one or more of these, ask your doctor to help you restore your vitamin D levels to optimum.
Vitamin D is safe and cheap
The benefits from vitamin D are amazing, don't you think?
Health-conscious people would pay any price for such benefits, but fortunately they are available for free - if you can spend enough time in the sun. See our Safe Sun Practices to maximize benefits and minimize risk.
If you can't find enough sun in your part of the world, there is fortunately a viable and inexpensive alternative: natural vitamin D3, taken by mouth. Click here to find out how to choose the right vitamin D supplement for you and your family.
You will want to know how to calculate an effective vitamin D3 dosage for each person you care about, because different people need different amounts. Click here for your individualized vitamin D dosage.
Lastly, please don't leave this page without making a commitment to avail yourself of vitamin D's health benefits. You are worth it!
