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By: Pamela Egan What is one of the cheapest and easiest interventions in medicine that would save the most lives and the most money? It reduces inflammation in your heart, brain & joints. It stops bone loss and protects you from osteoporosis, diabetes & obesity. It strengthens your immune system and helps retard bacterial and viral infections. It helps prevent several different cancers. It helps cure fibromyalgia, depression, and chronic fatigue syndrome. If you’ve read my past health columns, you know that I am referring to natural, active Vtamin D3, not synthetic D2.
Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is essential for life. You may ask why are Americans so deficient in Vitamin D3? Let’s take a look at evolutionary biology. Our ancestors lived naked in the sun for several million years. Through evolution, sunlight was needed to produce Vitamin D. Then 50,000 years ago, some of us migrated north to places with less sun. Then we put on clothes, started working inside and living in cities where buildings blocked the sun. We started traveling in cars instead of walking or riding horses and glass blocked even more UVB in the sunlight. Only a few years ago, we started actively avoiding the sun and putting on sun block. All this time we humans have been steadily reducing the tissue levels of the most potent steroid hormone in our bodies, one with powerful anti-cancer properties.
The really significant reductions in sunlight exposure have occurred since the industrial revolution, just the time the “diseases of civilization,” like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer became prominent. So what can a Vitamin D3 deficiency lead to? At least 17 varieties of cancer including: Breast, Bladder, Colon, Lymphoma, Ovarian, Endometrial, and Prostate. Heart disease, High Blood pressure, Stroke, Autoimmune disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes Type 1 & 2, Depression, Chronic Pain, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Muscle Weakness, Obesity, Periodontal Disease, Infectious Disease, & more. Vitamin D3 is a powerful anti-inflammatory and those of us in the Anti-Aging industry that reducing inflammation is half the aging battle won!
The research is astonishing! So how much Vitamin D3 do we need per day? Ask your primary care provider to check your serum vitamin D3/ 25(OH) level. The optimum range is 80 – 100 ng/ml. No toxicity was seen with D3 levels less than 150 ng/ml.
The optimum dose of Vitamin D3 is 5000 – 15,000IU per day. (I personally take 10,000IU D3 daily to maintain my 25(OH) level between 80 – 100. A weekly dose of 50,000 IU D3 is OK. Fewer supplements are needed if you receive more sun exposure. Maybe they knew something we didn’t know in those nudist colonies. Pamela Egan, MN, NP, CDE, ABAAHP Diplomat (American Board of Anti-Aging Health Practitioners), is a board certified Adult & Family Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Specialist in Gerontology/Mental Health, & Certified Diabetes Educator. She can be reached at 985-892-3031 or www.pamelaegan.com.
Written by admin February 17th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
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Vitamin D3 Can Help Combat Inflammation --------------------------------------- without comments
By: Health Columnist Pamela Egan At the root of many, many chronic diseases and illnesses such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, etc., is inflammation. If one can keep inflammation at bay, that person has successfully won half of the aging battle.
Research shows you can drastically reduce your risk of cancer and countless other chronic diseases by getting safe sun exposure, or taking a high quality Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) supplement. Vitamin D3 deficiency has been associated with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Diabetes, Colon Cancer, Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Auto-Immune Disease, Neuro-degenerative Diseases including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis and Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Osteoporosis, Depression, and also Breast Cancer. Personally, I can always tell when my D3 levels falls lower than 60 because my feet get achy. However, this occurrence is rare as I make a point of regularly obtaining the nutrient through a variety of Vitamin D3 Sources.
New data on nutrition and heart disease presented at a recent symposium and published in the July issue of the American Journal of the Medical Sciences shows that low vitamin D levels are a common problem affecting numerous health conditions, including high blood pressure, heart failure and ischemic heart disease. I have many patients with auto-immune disease including Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus who are off of their medications including steroids and methotrexate with vitamin D3 10,000iu/day plus a course of prescription strength probiotics such as VSL-3VSL #3. Many patients with hypertension are managed with Vitamin D3 5000 iu twice a day + Magnesium Glycinate 100mg twice a day.
High-quality vitamin d3 supplements can be found here., for any readers who may be better off taking such a supplement but don’t know where to obtain one that will achieve the desired results. Pamela Egan, NP, ABAAHP Diplomat (American Board of Anti-Aging Health Practitioners), CDE is a board certified Adult & Family Nurse Practitioner, Fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging & Functional Medicine, and Certified Diabetes Educator. She is a health columnist from Covington, LA.
Written by admin February 10th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
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Vitamin D3 Benefits: Autism and ADHD ------------------------------------ without comments
Can Vitamin D3 Help Reduce the Rates of Autism, ADHD? By: Pamela Egan, NP, ABAAHP, CDE
In addition to research that indicates that Vitamin D3 can help drastically reduce your risk of Seasonal Flu and Swine Flu, the super-vitamin also appears to have a role in combating Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) as well as Autism. More than 4.4 million children have been diagnosed with ADHD. Health officials believe the incidence of autism is 1 in 150. The incidence among boys is even higher: 1 in 94. Vitamin D’s role in the development of the brain begins when the human brain undergoes its most rapid and complex formation between the last trimester of pregnancy and the first two years of life. Some of the new literature on vitamin D3 suggests that it may be that a maternal vitamin D3 deficiency sets the stage for autism. When combined with the right genetic propensity, which is linked to a high risk of autoimmune disorders, activating an immune reaction in the brain may trigger the effects on brain development associated with autism.
In this way, daily ingestion of a high-quality vitamin d3 supplement by pregnant mothers may help reduce the rates of ADHD and Autism in future generations. Pamela Egan, NP, ABAAHP Diplomat (American Board of Anti-Aging Health Practitioners), CDE is a board certified Adult & Family Nurse Practitioner, Fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging & Functional Medicine, and Certified Diabetes Educator. She is a health columnist from Covington, LA. Her website is www.pamelaegan.com.
Nurse Practitioner Egan has written extensively about the topic of vitamin d3. Links to some of her articles about the subject have been included below. Pam’s Vitamin D3 Articles:
Vitamin D3 Sources – Article about the various sources through which one can obtain vitamin d3. These include sunlight, egg yolks and cold liver oil. Vitamin D3: The Miracle of Sunshine – Comprehensive article covers virtually all angles of discussion regarding the topic of vitamin d3. The article touches upon the differences between vitamins d2 and d3, the role of sunlight in the creation of d3, d3 deficiency and the many, many health benefits associated with consistently healthy levels of the nutrient being present in an individual.
Vitamin D3: Are You Getting Enough? – Article covering the basics of vitamin d3, emphasizing the importance of the nutrient and warning against the dangers of being d3 deficient. The article recommends sunbathing, in the nude if possible, as a means of countering d3 deficiency. Experts Call for Increased Dosage of Vitamin D3 – Article discussing vitamin d3 dosage, and research that suggests that additional health benefits may be obtained by increasing the amount of intake.
Vitamin D3 May Help Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol – Article discussing scientific research that seemingly establishes a relationship between vitamin d3, blood pressure and cholesterol. The study found that as vitamin d levels decreased, blood pressure and cholesterol tended to rise, and vice versa. Written by admin
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RSS Vitamin D3 News The Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Vitamin D3New scientific research is uncovering the fact that Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) can help combat inflammation. Most people are totally unaware that inflammation lies at the root of many common and chronic diseases, and that Vitamin D3 helps prevent them. …
Are There Any Side Effects to Vitamin D3?Since Vitamin D3 is a vitamin and not a drug, it does not have "side effects" as often referred to when discussing pharmaceutical and over-the-counter drugs and supplements. However, there are hypersensitive individuals and cases of extreme overdoses... … Food and Sunlight: Two Natural Sources of Vitamin DThe easiest way for one to obtain sufficient amounts of vitamin d is to simply take supplements, but not all vitamin d is the same, and there are some foods that contain a better form of the vitamin, cholecalciferol, to be specific. Sunlight is the... …
Vitamin D3 and Influenza: Get the Flu Shot or Take Vitamin D3 Supplements?Article with accompanying video of a doctor discussing the effects of vitamin d3 on the immune system, particularly as it pertains to the relationship between vitamin d deficiency and influenza. Also discussed are the anti-inflammatory properties of D3... … Prevent Vitamin D3 Deficiency by Sunbathing, Eating the Right FoodsVitamin D3 deficiency can lead to an array of health problems including arthritis, osteoporosis and various other bone and joint maladies. The good news is that D3 deficiency can be prevented by sunbathing regularly and eating the right food sources... …
Which Foods Contain Vitamin D3?While the most effective and efficient way for humans to obtain Vitamin D3 is through the body's natural manufacturing process when sunlight makes contact with skin, the nutrient can be obtained through a number of foods as well as dietary supplements... … Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) vs. Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol)What are the differences between Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) and Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3)? D3 is naturally produced by the body via exposure to sunlight. D2 is synthetic, less absorbable than D3, but for some reason, is still more common than is D3... …
Cholecalciferol (aka: Vitamin D3)Cholecalciferol (also known as vitamin d3) is a critical nutrient that can be obtained from a variety of sources, including direct exposure to sunlight, some foods, and of course supplements. D3 has been shown to be far more bio-available than other... … Popular Tags
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