Too much vitamin-D “can cause” damage to the kidneys?
Once again propaganda is emanating from the drug industry. The article in question claims that according to Wikipedia “too much vitamin-D “can cause” damage to the kidneys”. You will note that the article does not say that too much vitamin-D “does cause” but rather it says “can cause”.
The reason that it does not say that vitamin-D does cause kidney disease is that massive scientific studies, such as the Frock report on vitamin-D (done by hundreds of scientists and hundreds of doctors) have proven that even when taken in the millions of iu’s, vitamin-D3 does not cause damage to the body. Once again the article is misleading as it does not say that vitamin-D does cause damage but rather it tries to suggest that it does.
Most medical researchers today suggest that everyone take at least 15,000 iu of vitamin-D3 daily.
Bob Barefoot
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Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Asthma
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Asthma
Study Shows Asthmatic Kids With Vitamin D Insufficiency Have Poorer Lung Function
By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
March 3, 2010 (New Orleans) — Many children with asthma have low blood levels of vitamin D, and the insufficiency seems to place them at risk for more severe disease.
In a study of 99 kids with asthma, 47% had vitamin D insufficiency. Compared with children with normal levels of vitamin D levels, those with vitamin D insufficiency:
* Had poorer lung function
* Had higher levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE), an immune system protein the body makes in response to allergens that tells you the likelihood that you’re allergic
* Were more likely to need inhaled and oral steroid medications to reduce airway inflammation and mucus production
* Were more likely to need long-acting beta-agonist drugs that relax muscles in the lung’s airways, improving a patient’s ability to breathe freely and reducing asthma symptoms.
Further studies in the lab showed that vitamin D has an anti-inflammatory effect on cells and enhances the activity of inhaled steroids.
About 21 million Americans suffer from asthma, which is caused by inflammation and swelling of the airways. The inflammation, in turn, can cause excessive mucus production and narrowing of the airways, resulting in asthma symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing, and wheezing.
The findings were presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting.
The study doesn’t prove cause and effect. And it’s not clear whether low vitamin D causes more severe asthma that requires treatment or whether more severe asthma lowers vitamin D levels, says study researcher Daniel A. Searing, MD, of National Jewish Health in Denver.
Also still unknown is whether vitamin D supplements would improve asthma control and lower the need for medication, he tells WebMD.
Still, a number of studies now suggest that low vitamin D levels are associated with allergies and asthma, says James Gern, MD, vice chair of the committee that chose which studies to highlight at the meeting and professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
If a person has vitamin D insufficiency, “we need to correct it anyway. So it will be interesting to see if the supplements help improve asthma symptoms,” he tells WebMD. Gern was not involved with the work.
In the study, vitamin D insufficiency was defined as levels below 30 nanograms per milliliter of blood.
A daily dose of Bob’s Best Vitamin D3 (5000 iu) provides the human body with the positive benefits of exposure to natural sunlight, without the reported potential risk associated with exposure to UV Rays.
What is Vitamin D?
It seems that a day does not go by without hearing about Vitamin D. So, what is Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is a very complex substance. For over half a century vitamin D was thought only to mineralize bones. But studies indicate that it does much more:
• Regulates calcium in all cells (especially brain cells)
• Protects the immune system
• Regulates cell growth and cell death
• Provides antioxidant and antiviral benefits
Since foods contain very little vitamin D, the body’s major source is from that manufactured in the deeper layers of the skin. The UVB wavelength from sunlight activates 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC), transforming it into a precursor form of vitamin D-3.
It then changes to active vitamin D-3 and enters the blood stream where it is distributed all over the body.
Vitamin D from foods is metabolized in the liver and the kidneys to form the active vitamin D-3. Many forms of commercial vitamin D supplements are not the active form. So, when you buy vitamin D supplements make sure it is vitamin D-3.
Bob’s Best Vitamin D3 is the active form and very beneficial to the body, providing 5000 iu of Vitamin D3 with each tablet. Bob recommends that you use one of his vitamin D3 tablets and one coral calcium with each meal.
Low Vitamin D
Low Vitamin D
Biological Partners
Why Calcium? Why Vitamin D3?
Every time we turn on the radio we hear that calcium is good for you. All foods are being stuffed with calcium. Television is also full of the same advertising telling us that calcium is good for us, but no one will tell us why, other than it makes us healthy. But how??? And Why???
Also, if indeed calcium is so good for us, then its biological partner, Vitamin d, must be just as good, but no one has been extolling the virtues of vitamin d until just recently. One thing for sure is that the American public needs to be told in simple terms why and how these nutrients make us healthy and how low vitamin d is causing us great harm.
The answer, ironically, is indeed simple. First, there is more calcium in the human body than any other mineral. It is involved in hundreds of biological functions crucial to life. Excess calcium is stored in the bones to replenish calcium levels when the body is calcium deficient in order to perform its crucial biological functions. However, to maintain health, this bone calcium must be replaced, and unfortunately, calcium is one of the hardest minerals for the body to absorb. So where should you get your calcium?
Of course in the beginning it is mother’s milk from which much of her immunity to disease is also transferred to the infant. Then, because we are not animals who will eat bushels of calcium rich grass, most of us get our calcium from cows’ milk but as we get older we drink less and less milk and many of us shy away from dairy products, meaning that our bones slowly become depleted in calcium.
But that is not all that happens. When the body has adequate calcium, it has an ability to ward off disease and to maintain youth. Wow!! That is a big claim and fortunately, it has all been proven by the scientific community, as can be seen in the chapter on scientific quotations in Bob’s book called Barefoot on Vitamin D.
The human intestine is lined with human vitamin d receptors known as VDR’s. These VDR’s are also present in the bone and kidney as well as in the parathyroid glands. When the VDR’s are full of vitamin-D (about 5000 iu of vitamin d is required for this) then the intestine is capable of absorbing 2000% more calcium. “VDR’s are also found in the melanoma cells, breast carcinoma cells and osteo-sarcoma cells where vitamin d inhibits the proliferation of cancer as well as in the pancreas where vitamin d enhances the production of insulin; in the heart muscle where vitamin d enhances ventricular contractility; and in many other organs where it plays a crucial biological role.” The American Public must be made aware of the 1-2 punch provided by the biological Partners Calcium and Vitamin D and the scientific fact that they must be taken in conjunction with one another.
Bob recommends the use of three Bobs Best Coral Calcium 2000 and 3 of his Bobs Best Vitamin D3.
Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms
What are the diseases that have been implicated due to Vitamin D Deficiency?
Alcoholism, anxiety, arthritis, autoimmune diseases, birth defects, bone disease, bone pain, burning in the mouth, Cancer – prostate – colon – breast, Celiac-Sprue, coeliac, crohn’s, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, cystic fibrosis, depression, diabetes, diarrea, enzymatic diseases, fatigue, fibromyalgia, Graves’ disease, heart disease, hernia, high blood pressure, impaired wound healing, inflammatory bowel disease, insomnia, intestine irritability, joint pain, lupus, malabsorption, multiple sclerosis, muscle pain, myopia, nervousness, obsessive disorders, osteomalacea, osteoporosis, panic attacks, Parkinson’s, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, rickets, scalp sweating, schizophrenia, thyroid disorder.
In his latest study, Gregory A. Plotnikoff, MD, of the University of Minnesota Medical School found a much higher incidence of vitamin D deficiency in the patients with unexplained muscle and skeletal pain than expected, regardless of their ages.
All of the African Americans, East Africans, Hispanics, and Native Americans who participated in the study were vitamin D deficient, as were all of the patients under the age of 30.
The researcher says it was a big surprise that the worst vitamin D deficiencies occurred in young people — especially women of childbearing age. The findings are reported in the December issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Vitamin D deficiency is believed to be greater than 85% of the population in North America! People who are deficient in Vitamin D are subject to decreased health and wellness.
In Bob’s book “Barefoot on Vitamin-D” he tells a story! Barefoot stands for Vitamin D as being a unique and valuable bio nutrient for health as well as, in his opinion, the best vitamin supplement available. Vitamin D is a “Powerhouse of Health” giving nutrient supplementation that combines to support all body chemistry.
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