Vitamin D

It's Official: Vitamin D Reduces the Incidence of Autoimmunity

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

Excessive vitamin D will increase the calcium in your blood & be toxic to your kidneys.* For more information see Vitamin D's Immune Benefits

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

DIRECTIONS:Take 1 softgel every 3 days with a fat-containing meal plus what you get in your multi vitamin/mineral or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.

Other Ingredients: Softgel capsule (gelatin, water, glycerin) and organic extra virgin olive oil.

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