>This article says vitamin D supplementation might make things worse.
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080125223302.htm
> Now I don't know if I should take D3 capsules or not. I got to lie in
the sun 1/2 hour today since it is 71 and sunny, but this only happens
about once a month in the winter.
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>They are saying that 1/2 of the people are deficient in vitamin D in the
winter. But this is natural and how it has always been, so I don't know if
we should mess with nature. I wonder if there are any statistics to show
that there are less colds, flu, and other disease related to vitamin D
deficiency closer to the equator. If they really are related to that,
there should be more the farther north you go.
***This is true. And cancer is one of the more serious diseases that accrue
over time of insufficient vitamin D. Where I live, at the 45th parallel,
this is no joke. The Inuit have lived for a very long time in the Artic,
but subsist on an animal diet. Presumable the animals give them the vitamin
D they need. Nevertheless, it seems certain they have evolved in some
degree to live in that climate.
We mess with nature all the time. We live in a world that is no longer a
pristine wilderness, that is a more or less toxic soup of chemicals from
day one.
Here is a quote:
"Molecular biology is now forcing us to re-think the idea that a low
measured value of vitamin D means we simply must add more to our diet.
Supplemental vitamin D has been used for decades, and yet the epidemics of
chronic disease, such as heart disease and obesity, are just getting
worse."
And yet are they looking at all the chemicals in the diet of these people,
to see if diet sodas affect it, or the terrible diet so many eat that
contribute to the problem? No, they are attacking things we can do to help
ourselves be healthy. It seems like a very narrow minded statement he is
making. Like most researchers, he seems to be looking at a very narrow
slice of the pie, when our grandmothers knew the best things are good diet,
exercise, fresh air, and a balance of work and sleep. How many heart attack
sufferers do any of these things? How many smoke and drink too much coffee,
have very stressful jobs, and pay no attention to a healthful diet?
I think every one of them that I personally know has all these risk factors
and more. So to place blame on a supplement is, well, simplistic at best,
and misinformation at worst.
Well, I am still taking my D2 supplements, but I am going to have to put
the tanning place back on my schedule for the rest of the winter.
I guess I am in a good mood today, eh? Best Wishes, Kathryn
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Pat
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