I was feeling lethargic and lack energy last winter when I took my annual physical with my PA.
She tested out my Vitamin D level and found my level at 6,
and immediately prescribed Vitamin D for me to take.
My understanding through reading is that K2 enhances the absorption of Vitamin D, making it more effective.
I was aware of Vitamin D possible issues during the winter time
but didn't realize the need for sunshine in areas north of the Mason-Dixon line
since we spend most of the winter time indoors.
K2 is necessary for ongoing high doses of D3 to prevent calcium problems on arteries. Likewise, copper is needed with ongoing high doses of zinc.
In the late spring of 2020 I figured out with Google search that Covid loss of taste and smell was probably a sign of ZINC deficiency. In late 2022 after 3 loved ones were dealing with cancer, my Google searches turned up a late spring research paper reported the study of 6 common cancers, by directly examining Zinc content of cancers and nearby healthy tissue. They found every cancer was severely deficient in Zinc even when nearby healthy tissue was well supplied with Zinc. I read an interesting Turkish study of about 240 older hospital patients in for Covid. Most also
had cancer, heart disease, obesity and other
comorbidities. They were treated with the original Dr. Zelenko protocol’s exact instructions, using zinc to stop covid virus, HCQ as an IONOPHORE to help zinc get into infected cells, and Azithromycin to protect lungs from bacterial illness (later Dr. Z said Doxycyclin was better). They added 1,000 IU Vitamin D to the protocol, and with half the patients they gave 24 grams Vitamin C intravenously for 5 to 7 days (I think). Results, the Vitamin C people left the hospital 3 WEEKS earlier. Then they looked at test results of patients BEFORE they started the experiment. ALL were INSUFFICIENT, or DEFICIENT in Vitamin D, roughly half and half. The only death was a woman with cancer whose original D level was about 4.
My D levels have moved around with each annual physical Dec. or Jan. starting Dec. 2021 when Kaiser Permanente first stared including D in routine testing. Their optimal range is 50 to 100. In late 2021 my D was 66. I had been taking 2,000IU all summer and by Nov. 5,000IU. In Dec. 2022 after worry about cancer and nervous nibbling I weighed 156 lb. my BMI was 27.5 and my D level was INSUFFICIENT. A week later I read an article provided by ConservativeMind with his health ping list. It said people with a BMI over 25 probably absorbed their D into fat, rather than letting it circulate by blood to heal the body. The following week my partner brought home illness from babysitting his wee grandson, and we both had a severe coughing illness for over 3 months in early 2023. I started taking 10,000IU of D, lost weight down to the 130-135 range with BMI 23.5 in my 23/24 winter physical and D level was up to 135, so I cut back some. This physical, 24/25 winter, my D was down to 101, and BMI still around 23.5.
However, something real weird happend 23/24 physical. Instead of saying I was 5’3”, they said I was 5’4. Earlier years had shown height shrinkage from 5’5” down to a stable 5’3”, after I had started taking 3 mg BORON, morning and evening at age 65 to 70 for lower back ache. The increase of my Boron from 3 mg to 6 mg a day fixed the backache. It also seemed to have stablized my shrunken height. This year when I had my winter physical I was again told I am 5’4”, and I insisted I had been 5’3” for a number of years except last year. Nurse checked VERY carefully, definitely 5’4”, so something I have been taking has enabled me to grow back what I had lost. I have taken supplements for over 50 years, adding one thing and another as a new symptom has appeared. Currently 86 and mowing my lawn regularly, and crawling around on my gently sloped roof to make minor repairs. The only thing really new has been daily taking of the 4 or 5 supplements I discovered could help cataracts. I found those by Googling “nutrition and supplements to help cataracts and read about 10 of the articles offered
there. There are several others used from time to time, but I can’t think of them all at the moment, but one was Olive Leaf.
Frankly, given that late summer Covid is probably caused in the south because everyone goes inside for the AC, and thus has lower blood Vitamin D levels, I despise the fact our govt health agencies do not warn everyone to test their Vitamin D; This, especially if they live north of the Mason-Dixon line, and experience winter there or if south of M-D spend a lot of time indoors. Are the drug companies keeping them silent so they won’t loose their sick customer base?