Posted on 03/08/2010 5:33:34 PM PST by neverdem
http://www.tahomaclinic.com/articles.shtml
You should go and read some of Dr. Wright’s articles....he’s Harvard educated and a Naturapath...and my doc.....and yes, I take Vit K....can’t tell you right now how much...50mg Vit K2, and 500mg Vit K1....
Dr. Wright saves peoples lives! Including mine.
The separate K2 is probably the best for anyone who wants more than the 1000 units of D3 in the combination tablet.
Oops...meant to take out the “can’t tell you right now how much”....cause I did tell you!
I also take a lot of Vit D3....probably about 6000-7000 a day.....will cut back when my levels reach where they should be....you can’t backfill Vit D3 under the recommended amount (about 50) with little amounts....until you reach the recommendation you usually have to take larger amounts....but check with a REPUTABLE doc who knows about Vit D3 (most don’t)
“recommended amount” should be....recommended LEVELS
I am a Type 2 Diabetic on Insulin
Also have Coronary Disease and arthritis.
I tried taking 1000IU of D3, no effect. Upped it to 2000IU per day and saw slightly better blood sugar readings. I went to 5000IU of d3 and I had the best sugar control I have had in 2 years. The downside was I also had constant diarrhea. That ended my experimentation with D3. [grumble]
I went over this with my Endo. My next blood draw (later this month) will include a test for vitimin D levels.
Maybe McCain can outlaw Vitamin D to protect us from our own free will.
Cod Liver Oil also has Vitamin A. Too much Vitamin A can be toxic, and different brands of Cod Liver Oil have different amounts. Better to get Vitamin D from the sun, and second, from a supplement (Cholecalciferol-Vitamin D3).
Cod liver oil: http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/newsletter/2008-december.shtml
I don’t think science is the only reason we live good long lives.
I think good behavior is another reason.
Some of the antipathy towards Science! is that we have been sold global warming by its bigwigs for a number of years. Science! pushes global population explosion theories, it warned of the coming ice age in the 70s, and I ate margarine exclusively as a child because “butter is bad for you.”
So most of us want to take what Science! says with a grain of salt, and be cautious about accepting everything we are told as inspired truth. It’s fallible, and frequently changes, and we want that acknowledged.
Vitamin D,like A, is one that is stored up. In fact, you can get a toxic amount in your system.
More and more it seems that an attempt to treat one thing, only leads to an imbalance elsewhere. And, that correlation does not prove causation. Does a low level of D cause illness, or is there something that causes some people to be unable to maintain a certain level of D in their systems? Dr. Hadler has a chapter in his book, Worried Sick, that says you are NOT what you eat. I think he may be right. All this worry over what we eat or don’t eat may have much less effect on our health than what we would wish. There is no magic diet, food, pill, or exercise that will make us live forever.
This article also seems to go back and forth between D and calcium. From what I could tell, it was the calcium supplementaion that caused the increase in MI.
Looks like the best way to get your D is to get out in the sun a bit every day.
HA....ever been to Oregon? Sun? (Although we did have some today!)
Try a different brand. My D3 supplements have 6 other ingredients.
Well, I tried. ;-)
Re: Vitamin D, health improvement, likewise.
I’m and almost senior citizen. Now being treated by a more naturopathic Osteopath.
He does his own vitamins and supplements in small batches so they’re fresh.
He put me on D and fish oil last year and I have been around sick grandkids and husband and was only mimimally affected.
Works for me.
INDEED.
I THANK GOD for it . . . I used to have chronic respiratory stuff. Rarely now.
63 years old.
thx.
In oil is supposedly more efficacious.
Anyone know where to get Vitamin B-17?
Noting.
Thanks tons. Have you had good results with that source?
Now, what was B-17 so good for?
I’ve forgotten! LOL.
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