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The Vitamin D Debates Continue

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What rat poison is safer than water?

the answer is … Vitamin D.

seems, there's numerous latest research on this vitamin and Tiffany and Co elsa peretti sevillana earrings platinum jewelry, as my brother in law said Tiffany and Co round link clasp necklace jewelry, the research is indicating that many of us needmuch more of this vitamin than we're becoming. Apparently Tiffany and Co paloma's calife bangle jewelry, vitamin D plays a role inside the prevention of so much more than simplybone loss. Receptors for vitamin D are found in a single of the maximumcells of the body. it isbeen shown to contribute to a fitimmune system, muscle strength and hormone production.

the basicfunction of vitamin D is to care for popularblood levels of calcium and phosphorus. Vitamin D aids inside the absorption of calcium, helping to shapeand maintain strong bones. Recent research also suggests it is going to offerprotection from osteoporosis, hypertension, heart disease, surecancers and diverseother autoimmune diseases including diabetes.

But here's speculation that i found really interesting: vitamin D can assist in weight control. you could have heard of the readthat cites that individuals with more calcium inside the ir diets tended to have lower body mass indices (BMI). Well, given that vitamin D is responsible for controlling calcium levels inside the blood, it follows that this vitamin plays a role inside the topcalcium, low BMI phenomenon.

Researchers have also found that obese people have an impaired skillto synthesize vitamin D from sunlight. And, they're on the lookoutinto the connection between excess calcium deposits inside the arteries (cardiovascular disease) and cofchargeblood levels of vitamin D. Hmmm..

Vitamin D also plays a role in blood sugar regulation. Swings in blood sugar signal our body's fat storage mechanism and signals our brain to eat or not.

Don't we get vitamin D from sunlight?

Vitamin D is understood asthe gentlevitamin because the body synthesizes it from sungentle- specifically, from UV-B rays. Yep, these are the ones everyone knows since the burning rays. In places further from the equator, these rays are maximumavailable between 10 am and a few pm. maximumfolksavoid spending much time inside the sun at these times because we get sunburned which increases our risk of skin cancer and premature skin aging. UV-B rays are blocked well by sunscreens and by glass (glass doesn't block UV-As). dependent on the pigment on your skin, it takes diffehirebodies diffehireamounts of time inside the midday sun to get adequate levels of vitamin D. The darker your skin, the more time you needinside the sun to get enough of the vitamin.

So, now on to dietary vitamin D: Cod Liver Oil has numerous vitamin D, by a couple ofoily fishes, lard (pork fat), butter, dairy fat and egg yolks. Beyond that, it's lovelytrickyto get enough of this vitamin from dietary sources alone. So, if you work inside and wear sunscreen, or live at latitudes far from the equator, supplementation coulda very great thing.

But even supplementation recommendations in this day and age are under fireplaceby the researchers. the most common recommendations that i've seen is 400 IU per day fotherwise youngsters, 200 IU per day for adults under 50 years old and 400 IU per day for those over 50. some researchers are advocating MUCH upperdoses inside the 1000 IU to 2000 IU per day range! there's even numerous discussion about toxitownlevels of this vitamin a single of the mostm. a couple ofsay more that 2000 IU per day may also be toxic, a couple ofsay 20,000 IU per day isn't!

I toka check out my super-duper Women's Multivitamin that i buy at the fitnessfood store. It yields 400 IU per day. i'm 47 years old, survive the equator where there's a large number of UV-B rays much of the day, but work mostly inside and do wear sunscreen each day. So, i've decided to be on the safe side to extfinishmy daily dose of vitamin D supplements to 600-800 IU. that may be underwhat researchers are saying but above recommendations for my age. remember thwithout delay taking a look at this vitamin, you need to keep in mind the quantity of midday sun exposure you normally get on average, how far you live from the equator Tiffany and Co keys vintage oval key pendant jewelry, how dark your skin is and what sort of vitamin D your multivitamin supplies.

if truth be told, i can remainchecking in with my brother in law and published research to staytrack of any updates....and will stayyou posted.

Sources: The Vitamin D Newsletter 08/20/05. John Cannell features/vitaminD.html The Micronutrient dataCenter, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University. The Mayo Clinic Newsletter, Drugs and Supplements Section. health/vitamin-d/NS_patient-vitamind "The Miracle of Vitamin D" by Krispin Sullivan CN.

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