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Higher Vitamin D Levels Linked to Fewer Infections
The Epoch Times ^ | July 10, 2010 | Dr. John Briffa

Posted on 07/12/2010 5:27:45 PM PDT by CutePuppy

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To: ak267

Would be the first I heard of it. Haven’t had any issues so far.


21 posted on 07/12/2010 7:36:15 PM PDT by rintense
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To: CutePuppy

My grandparents were poor immigrants with 12 children. They all grew up healthy and lived to be old folks. Her secret? A tablespoon of cod liver oil (vitamin D) every day.


22 posted on 07/12/2010 7:38:55 PM PDT by keepitreal ( Don't tread on me.)
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To: Mere Survival
How about we eat what we want to and ignore the “experts”!

Especially,the “EXPERT” Michelle, GODZILLA, Obama!

23 posted on 07/12/2010 7:40:10 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: ak267
Doesn’t Vitamin D hurt the kidneys due to the calcium???

Supposedly, it's the other way around. Vitamin D3 helps the body absorb calcium, instead of accumulating and/or excreting the excess of calcium which makes kidneys work harder... This is why many calcium supplements now come packaged together with vitamin D3.

24 posted on 07/12/2010 7:43:23 PM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: keepitreal

Apparently, until relatively recently, small amount of cod liver oil was a staple taken with food in most of Central and Eastern Europe, especially in northern parts, as well as northern Asia, where sunlight “heat” is lower.


25 posted on 07/12/2010 7:58:42 PM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Thanks for the disclosure and sound advice.


26 posted on 07/12/2010 8:04:07 PM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: CutePuppy

I started taking vitamin D last winter. Really helped out in those dark Wisconsin winter days.

I recently read a book on loan from a friend, “The 50 biggest medical lies”. Already returned the book, but that’s close to what the title was.

Anyway, it confirmed things I knew to be true about the food nazis, who want us to eat what is bad, and not eat what is good for us.

For instance, -butter is good-margarine is crap.
-eggs are a wonder food, full of Omegas etc.
-meat is good for you.
-alcohol in moderation is good.
-what docs call high cholesterol is not really
high and not really bad, medical industry
just wants to sell drugs to lower it.
-the meal they don’t want you to eat, is just
what your body needs to be healthy.
-TOFU is crap. Orientals use fermented soy as
a seasoning, not tofu as a main food source.
Tofu eaten as a main part of the diet can
cause hormonal problems in males, and besides
it looks like GOO and probably tastes like
it.
-Flouride is poison, it is a byproduct of
aluminum processing and needed to be used for
something, a study was funded to prove it
was good for something, and now it’s in
toothpaste and some water supplies.

It was written by an American doctor, who was tired of bucking the American system that pushes harmful drugs like the cholesterol drugs. He had many other docs who privately agreed with him but who would not publicly say things that contradicted the accepted medical opionions of the day.

We have many wonderful medical advantages here (pre-ObamaCare), however there are plenty of drugs out there that are worse than the thing they are treating.


27 posted on 07/12/2010 9:34:39 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Everytime a democrat loses, a Moonbat gets its wings burned off.)
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To: keepitreal

>>My grandparents were poor immigrants with 12 children. They all grew up healthy and lived to be old folks. Her secret? A tablespoon of cod liver oil (vitamin D) every day.<<

Anyone supplementing with D3 who is considering using cod liver oil (including a lot of parents with autistic kids who supplement vitamin A aggressively) should definitely read Dr. Cannell’s comments on http://vitamindcouncil.org (I put the wrong website address in the earlier post, incidentally.)

He wrote a very important paper explaining the possible relationship between the escalating incidence of autism and the sun avoidance so popular over the past 20 years. But he also states that the Vitamin A in cod liver oil competes for the same sites as D3 and will prevent D3 supplementation from being effective. He advocates getting vitamin A from carotenoids (food) rather than the pre-formed retinols in cod liver oil, and he’s quite adamant about it.


28 posted on 07/13/2010 7:16:02 AM PDT by Norseman (Term Limits: 8 years is enough!)
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To: CutePuppy
I have trouble believing this. In the 60’s and 70’s when my kids were young, we lived in the country, my husband was a rancher and was in the sun every day. I gardened in the sun every day, our kids played out in the sun every day and we had colds and flu continually. During this time we had a boat and we fished in the Gulf of Mexico every weekend all summer and we have the sun damage to prove it and the photos.
29 posted on 07/13/2010 7:29:40 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter
In the 60’s and 70’s when my kids were young, we lived in the country, my husband was a rancher and was in the sun every day. I gardened in the sun every day, our kids played out in the sun every day and we had colds and flu continually.

I think article was pretty careful in stating that [deficiency of] vitamin D3 is just one factor that may explain prevalence of cold and flu seasons coinciding with the low intensity ("heat") of sun rays in winters. It doesn't make a claim that 100% of the people with sufficient sun exposure to get certain intake (believed to be about 10,000IU at 20 to 30 minutes of full body exposure to the summer sun) would get enough of Vitamin D3 synthesized in their bodies, and furthermore that it will guarantee to prevent all incidents of flu or colds.

Article states that the study, on average, identifies the deficiency of Vitamin D3 as a potential significant contributing factor in developing seasonal viral winter diseases. Individual factors affect that, including the fact that there is no certain dosage directly translating into the blood concentration level, which may be genetic or developed, like any metabolism process.

During this time we had a boat and we fished in the Gulf of Mexico every weekend all summer and we have the sun damage to prove it and the photos.

You may have inadvertently explained (diagnosed) what ailed you and your kids. Skin is the largest body organ and the first line of defense against viral diseases. If it was sunburned enough that it lost the protective capacity shield through which viruses enter your body (remember "washing hands is the best protection against the cold"?) you'd be more, not less, susceptible to be affected by cold and flu.

30 posted on 07/13/2010 1:28:16 PM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: TheConservativeParty
For instance, -butter is good-margarine is crap.
-eggs are a wonder food, full of Omegas etc.
-meat is good for you.
-alcohol in moderation is good.
-what docs call high cholesterol is not really high and not really bad, medical industry just wants to sell drugs to lower it.

You will hear an echo in the discussions about these things on these threads:
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome in Studies - FR / NIH, 2010 June 27

and Brain regulates cholesterol in blood, study suggests - FR / BBC, 2010 June 27

31 posted on 07/13/2010 1:39:12 PM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: CutePuppy
We have sun damage now we did not have it in the 60’s 70’s. I know what the problem was, we lived in a small town and the local school district let the high school students, who had not missed a single day of school, out of taking the finals at the end of the year. The highschool kids went to school sick with the flu, colds, stomach viruses, even pneumonia. They took it home to their younger brothers and sisters and soon the whole town was sick. The Vit D from our sun exposure was not enough to protect us.
32 posted on 07/13/2010 2:20:26 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: neverdem; DvdMom; grey_whiskers

Ping


33 posted on 07/13/2010 3:41:32 PM PDT by decimon
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To: The Comedian
OH, I dunno.

Monogamy works better for societies than a hook-up culture?

Homosexuality is unhealthy?

FReeping is good for you? Cheers!

34 posted on 07/13/2010 5:16:36 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: rintense
What determined the dosage of D for you and why do you take one at each meal (I'm assuming 3X per day) rather than one in the morn?

Thanks

35 posted on 07/13/2010 6:25:46 PM PDT by jla
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To: CutePuppy
I drink 5-6 gallons of whole Vitamin D milk a week and haven't been sick in the last 65 years and have never had the flu.

Last time I was sick I had the german measles when I was 8.

36 posted on 07/13/2010 6:29:41 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: Mere Survival

“So remember stay out of the sun (even though you need vitamin D). Don’t eat meat (even though you need the vitamins and protien).”

i’ve spent my life working in the sun and I demand meat at every meal!!

If it don’t bleed after cooking it ain’t fit to eat!!

Rare well marbled and aged beef is food, grass fed 4 legged barf bags aren’t food!!!


37 posted on 07/13/2010 6:33:00 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: jla
My Dr. gave me the recommended dosage. It was more so the Calcium dosage than the D since I hate milk and don't eat enough dairy products. She's following guidelines for women over 40 (I'm 41). I think I mistakenly posted the wrong dosage earlier. Each chew has 500 mg of calcium and D plus 40mcg of vitamin K. I chew 3 a day with food so it digests better. The instructions say to take with food, but I do it just because vitamins on an empty stomach make me sick. Always have.

The break down of % daily value is:

One chew: 125% D, 50% K and 50% k. So after three chewables, I well surpass the recommended daily value.

38 posted on 07/13/2010 6:36:41 PM PDT by rintense
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To: Kimmers

I just got some lab results indicating almost zero Vitamin D levels. I was reading up on low Vitamin D just last night.


39 posted on 07/13/2010 6:36:50 PM PDT by gitmo ( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
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To: dalereed

I agree with the spirit of your post. Disagree on grass fed beef. I like it. Cooked through, then eaten with a spicy sauce. Beans and biscuits, plenty of butter, on the side.


40 posted on 07/13/2010 6:38:30 PM PDT by Mere Survival (The time to fight was yesterday but now will have to do.)
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