This has been discussed in the recent past, and if my memory serves me (always wonder about that):
1) The oil soluble vitamins are not 'washed out' by water like C and B's are; so they remain stored and can achieve toxic levels. My personal experience has been that A and E (D-alpha tocopherol) taken to excess (my excess) make me feel like I did the wrong thing, ucky. So far vit D hasn't given me this reaction @ 2,000 IU per day for a coupla weeks plus. 2)Vit D is made by exposure of cholesterols, in our skin, to sun, or certain energy levels of light but the formation takes place under a few layers of the epidermis, and thus doesn't wash off under normal bathing any more than the cholesterols do. I dunno what sunscreens do to or for it. 3)It usedta be that vit D2 was "The stuff" and added to milk; the 'sunshine vitamin' according to the advertising hypsters. Now it's vit D3. Anyone know what happened to vit D1? Will we have the new and improved D4 soon? 4) It's a hormone. The whole idea that we should "take some thing" -or not - for whatever is suspect. Take care, (oops?) OK; Give care, Malcolm On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 16:35 +0100, Dee Fitzpatrick wrote: > According to mercola, the trouble with getting Vit D3 from the sun is > that people tend to shower using products after sun exposure and this > robs the skin of the vit D which has been made along with cholesterol > in the skin. 48 hours should be allowed for the vitamin to synthesize > properly, or you should just allow water to run over the skin, not > soap stuff. This is one of the reasons that people's systems are > depleted. Dee > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Indi > Date: 04/07/2009 15:39:14 > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>Vit. D 3 'hype' > > I always remember reading that Vit D, being oil-based and thus not > easily > eliminated, was one of the few vitamins that can actually cause harm > if > over done. Supposedly, the human body will automatically make all it > needs > through exposure to sunlight. Of course, lots of things one reads turn > out > to be utter bull, especially medical and nutrition advice, so who > knows... > Also, the various forms of what is commonly called "Vitamin D" > apparently > have radical differences in their effect on the body. > Personally, I think we don't really know squat about nutrition yet and > should take it all with a grain of NaCl. Of course, for someone who > has a > serious illness, some experimentation may be worthwhile. Probably > beats > whatever patent meds the docs have been bribed to prescribe this > week... > > -- > indi > > > > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
