Vitamin D3 10, 000 IU

In March of 1998, the surprising results of a study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The bottom line message was that Harvard Medical School researchers found that as many as 40% of the U.S. population may be deficient in Vitamin D - including many who regularly take supplemental vitamins.*

Vitamin D3 is the active & preferable form of vitamin D. It is a fat soluble vitamin & its absorption depends upon the presence of bile & fats in the intestines. (If your gallbladder has been removed you will have no bile & may need to take one of our digestive aids containing ox bile).*

High dietary sources of vitamin D are liver, fish, egg yolk, & dairy products. Availability is decreased with liver disease, cortisol, high pH in the gut (as with decreased stomach acidity) & low bile salts in the gut, cholesterol lowering drugs may interfere with vitamin D absorption & utilization.*

Vitamin D3 functions more like a hormone than a vitamin because of the many cellular functions it affects. Many investigators already regard vitamin D as a hormone because of its sterol chemical structure & the fact that sunlight on your skin can use your body to make vitamin D.*

Vitamin D:

• Helps maintain a healthy skeleton.*
• Maintains calcium & phosphorus homeostasis through hormonal-like actions.*
• Regulates cell differentiation & cell proliferation.*
• Protects against the build-up of calcium in other soft tissues. Low vitamin D levels increase the likelihood of calcium build-up in fatty plaques in the arteries. The higher the level of vitamin D the less likely it is that calcium will build up in the blood vessels.*
• Helps maintain healthy blood pressure levels.*

SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY:

• Burning mouth & throat*
• Nervousness*
• Depression*
• Ocassional sleeplessness*
• Bone loss*
• Otosclerosis & hearing loss*
• Excessive soft tissue calcification function*
• Diarrhea*
• Near sightedness*
• Osteomalacia*
• Rickets*
• Depressed immune*
• Decreased immune function*
• Parathyroid disease*

Vitamin D can store in your body and can be toxic so do not over supplement. Dosage range can be total of 400-2000 units daily or more if directed by a physician. Dr Slagle has found at least half of her patients tested are low in Vitamin D. The recommended test is "Vitamin D, 25 Hydroxy"

Excessive vitamin D will increase the calcium in your blood & be toxic to your kidneys.*

Click here for a comprehensive look at the research on Vitamin D

We also recommend reading The Vitamin D Revolution by Sorum Khalsa,M.D.

DIRECTIONS: Take 1 daily with a meal, plus what you get in your multi vitamin/mineral.

You should have a vitamin D (25 hydroxy) blood test yearly, aiming toward the ideal level of 70 or at least greater than 50.

For further information on Vitamin D testing see Dr.Mercola Test Values and Treatment for Vitamin D Deficiency

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.