Vitamin D. Your Sunshine Vitamin : Your Health Defender

Today I’m going to share with you what pharma would call a Blockbuster Drug creation – If they could only patent it and make their billions on it. But they can’t, thankfully, because we are talking about one of mother nature’s True Super Star Elements!

Yes, It’s Vitamin D! Your Sunshine Vitamin!

In reality Vitamin D is much more like a hormone than a vitamin. It binds to receptors in 1,000’s of genes throughout your body, directly influencing how your cells behave. Can you just say Wow!

It may be the most powerful vitamin type substance on the planet. Look at what can happen when you have enough of this element.

All this can happen to you – but only when you have enough: You Can Greatly Reduce Your Risk Of Cancer!

Breast Cancer
Reaching the right Vitamin D level cuts breast cancer risk roughly in half! Yet the “recommended” levels leave people far below this threshold. Researchers have identified a clear pattern showing specific vitamin D blood levels consistently predict who develops breast cancer and who does not! An estimated 75% of breast cancer could be due to vitamin D deficiency. More studies show that women with blood vitamin D levels of 60 ng/mL or higher experienced an 82% lower incidence of breast cancer compared with women who had levels below 20 ng/mL.

Prostate Cancer
Men, you are as much as 7 times less likely to die from prostate cancer if you have a high level of Vitamin D. You are half as likely to even develop aggressive forms of prostate cancer as those who have lower levels.

Colorectal Cancer
Supplementation with Vitamin D resulted in a 30% reduction in adverse colorectal cancer outcomes. Vitamin D also improved outcomes among patients already diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

Metastatic Cancer (cancer that spreads to other organs)
One study found that patients with no prior history of cancer who took 2000 IUs of Vitamin D per day reduced their risk for metastatic cancer and death by 17%. Among those who also maintained a healthy weight, the risk for metastatic cancer and death was reduced by as much as 38%.

Overall Cancer Risk
A 2022 review by Munoz and Grant found that reaching a Vitamin D level of 80 ng/ml could reduce cancer incidence by approximately 70% compared to Vitamin D levels of 10 ng/ml.

How Does Vitamin D Work To Reduce Cancer?

Vitamin D amazingly acts like a cellular traffic controller, promoting differentiation and triggering apoptosis, your body’s cleaning house system, removing defective cells. Vitamin D acts as a master switch for immune balance and orderly cell growth.

…when you have enough Vitamin D:

You Can Reduce Your Chances Of Many Chronic Diseases – including osteoporosis, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, even pregnancy complications.

You Can Reduce Your Risk Of Viral Respiratory Infections! – the flu’s, the cold’s, bronchitis’s, pneumonias – even covid!

Dr. Robert Malone wrote that “We had an inexpensive life-saving solution both before and during the pandemic, even at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a very simple, inexpensive and effective treatment was available that could have saved the majority of lives lost. All that the WHO and public health bureaucracy had to do was to recommend and support people taking sufficient Vitamin D3.”

Researchers found that people with low levels of Vitamin D were nearly 40 percent more likely to have had a respiratory infection than those with higher levels. Also, the study found that asthma patients with low Vitamin D levels had 5 times the risk for respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with low levels had 2 times the risk.

You Can Have Healthy Bones And Teeth
Vitamin D regulates the amount of calcium and phosphorus in the body and aids in their levels of absorption. When taken with enough calcium in your diet, Vitamin D can decrease post-menopausal bone loss and prevent osteoporosis.

You Can Lessen Your Risk Of Heart Attacks
Low levels of Vitamin D have been associated with a higher risk for heart attacks. Studies have shown that people with Vitamin D levels less than 34 ng/ml were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack than those with higher levels. An incredible 96% of people who had heart attacks were vitamin D deficient.

You Can Lessen Your Risk Of Hypertension
Studies have shown that blood pressure is usually higher in the winter than in the summer, consistent with lower Vitamin D levels. In one study, patients who increased their Vitamin D levels by 162% had a significant fall in their blood pressure.

You Can Lessen Your Chances Of Diabetes Types 1 And 2
Vitamin D is utterly essential for proper insulin function. Supplementation of 2,000 IU of Vitamin D per day in infants and children reduced the incidence of Type 1 Diabetes by about 80%. Also, research has shown vitamin D status correlated with a 60% improvement in insulin sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes.

There Are Even More Benefits

Seizures can be caused by Vitamin D deficiency and low levels can increase the incidence of seizures. Supplementation with 4,000 – 16,000 IU per day significantly reduced seizure frequency.

Parkinson’s Disease: People with high Vitamin D levels have a 65% lower risk of developing Parkinson disease than those with low levels.

Multiple Sclerosis: Dr. Cicero Coimbra has been able to successfully suppress MS disease activity in about 95% of MS cases with individually tailored high daily doses of Vitamin D. This is amazing and very encouraging.

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Research has shown a link between low levels of Vitamin D and rheumatoid arthritis.

Cognitive Ability: Research has shown that people with low levels of Vitamin D were more likely to experience substantial cognitive decline, up to 60% more likely.

Migraine Headaches: Dr. Steve Wheeler, a renowned neurologist, discovered that many of his patients suffering from migraines had very low levels of Vitamin D. A study done at Mount Sinai Hospital in NY found that therapeutic replacement of Vitamin D and calcium resulted in a dramatic reduction in frequency and duration of migraines.

Weight Loss: A properly balanced diet with higher Vitamin D levels helps people lose weight more than simply utilizing a balanced diet. One study even shows that low Vitamin D levels may predispose a person to fat accumulation.

Sex, Erectile Dysfunction, And Virility: Vitamin D can enhance the sex drive of both men and women. Vitamin D is essential for full gonadal function in both sexes, and it regulates estrogen biosynthesis. Improving gonadal function and production of estrogen is associated with increased libido, sexual arousal, and vaginal lubrication. Low Vitamin D contributes to erectile dysfunction. Increased levels of Vitamin D are directly associated with increased testosterone levels.

All Cause Mortality: Studies clearly show more than a 90% reduction of all-cause mortality with Vitamin D levels of 33 ng/ml or above.

Snoring

What? Snoring? Yes! There is a connection between low vitamin D levels and Snoring! Dr. Mercola just wrote about this recently. Turns out that it is linked to nighttime breathing and sleep quality. Better keep your spouse’s Vitamin D levels up!!!

What About Babies? Are They Being Abused Or Are Their Vitamin D Levels Low?

Without adequate Vitamin D levels, babies can have seizures, growth failure, lethargy, irritability, and have a predisposition to respiratory infections. Babies may also develop signs of rickets between 3 and 18 months of age with a deficiency of Vitamin D. Cases of rickets are actually on the rise! This can show up as multiple fractures, causing child protective services to take the child from its family for fear of abuse.

Grassroots Health announced that daily supplementation of 6400 IU vitamin D is safe for lactating mother and baby and allows enough vitamin D to pass through breast milk to provide the adequate nutritional vitamin D status in the baby to optimize growth, development and immune function.

Because babies, up to 80% of them, are growing up Vitamin D deficient, it is recommended that breastfeeding infants take 400 IU Vitamin D daily.

What Vitamin D Levels Are Desirable?

According to the NIH, a level of 20 ng/ml is desirable, but that level just prevents rickets. Today, many holistic and integrative and functional MD’s suggest much higher blood level goals.

What Is Your Level Today?

Do you know your Vitamin D level? If not, you can get a simple blood test and you should do this twice a year, once in the winter, and once in the summer. Or you can do one of the at home blood tests with a little finger prick – https://www.grassrootshealth.net/. It is vitally important that you know your level.

How Do You Raise Your Level?

Get Out In The Sun!

Use sunlight as your primary Vitamin D source. Your skin is designed to produce Vitamin D from sunlight, and this directly supports cellular energy production too.

Most everyone today is vitamin D deficient — thanks in a large part to the bad advice we’ve been given to stay out of the sun. But in just 30 minutes of daily sun exposure during the summer months, your body is capable of producing 50,000 IUs of vitamin D over the following 24 hours. Of course, just never let your skin burn.

If you have fair, freckled skin, you have a higher risk of sunburn, but you also make vitamin D3 much more quickly. Aim for 10 to 15 minutes of sun in the morning or in the late afternoon during summer. In winter, add 10 to 15 minutes. When your skin turns barely pink, that’s your signal to get out of the sun to avoid sun damage.

If you have light brown skin, aim for 30 minutes of sun each day in the summer and a little longer during the winter season.

If your skin pigmentation is very dark, you are walking around with the equivalent of SPF 8-15 sunscreen. Although you won’t burn easily, you have a much higher risk of being vitamin D deficient. Aim for 40 minutes to an hour in the sun during summer and longer during winter.

Can You Eat Enough Vitamin D?

There are some foods that contain Vitamin D – but not many and not much.

Food	IU’s per serving
Cod Liver Oil, 1 Tablespoon	1,360
Swordfish, cooked, 3 ounces	566
Salmon (sockeye) cooked, 3 ounces	447
Sardines, canned in oil	42
1 large Egg Yolk	41
Swiss Cheese, 1 ounce	6

Plus, various Vitamin D fortified foods, like milk, orange juice, and yogurt. Check labels. IU’s = International Units.

Next to sunshine, cod liver oil is the best source. If you want to try it, know that it is easily digested, so you can take it any time of the day. Dr. Sears likes to take a spoonful in the morning since it helps increase energy all day.

Supplementing With Vitamin D

It does make sense for most people to supplement with Vitamin D.

There are 2 forms of Vitamin D: D2 is ergocalciferol and D3 is cholecalciferol. Vitamin D2 supplements are mainly synthetic and require a prescription. Plus, Vitamin D2 must be converted to the active form, D3, and some people do not convert D2 very well. Vitamin D3 is the natural and more potent form and thus more effective in humans. So D3 is the one to supplement with.

D3 powerfully enhances your calcium absorption. Research shows that excessive calcium intake alone can be harmful to your body. This additional calcium must be correctly utilized, or it can show up in the wrong places and cause disease. This is where the birthing of a superhero combo comes about: D3 plus K2.

Vitamin K2, known for regulating and balancing your coagulation system, also directs that calcium to the right places in your body. K2 is also known to reduce many cancer risks! Together, Vitamin D3 and K2 are truly a superhero combo! Both can be found together in many available supplements.

Also, please know that magnesium is required for the conversion of vitamin D into its active form, and research has confirmed higher magnesium intake helps reduce your risk of vitamin D deficiency by activating more of it. Most people are deficient in magnesium so it’s another supplement to seriously consider.

Always take your Vitamin D supplement with a fatty meal so you will absorb it best. Never take it on an empty stomach because you’ll miss much of the absorption.

Four Types Of People Need Higher Doses

Those with a high body mass index need more because body fat depletes vitamin D. Evidence shows that Vitamin D levels are greatly affected by obesity; the more fat a person has on their body, the more likely they are to have Vitamin D deficiency, and their need for Vitamin D increases.
In people with dark skin your melanin limits Vitamin D production from sunlight, so you will need more.
The older you are, the less Vitamin D your body produces from sun exposure, so you’ll need more.
People who have little or no exposure to the sun obviously need more. If you don’t get outside much, you’ll likely need to supplement with a higher dosage.

Exercise Activates And Protects Your Vitamin D Year-Round

Research shows that in the winter months regular physical activity helps maintain healthy vitamin D activity during these low-sun periods. Brisk walking, strength training and daily movement supports your Vitamin D level and also, your energy, mood and immune defenses.

Activating and protecting your Vitamin D level is just one more reason to be active.

Take the First Step Toward Better Health

Start by checking your Vitamin D levels and making small, consistent changes.

More sun. Better nutrition. Smarter supplementation.

Small shifts—big impact.

Vitamin D. Your Sunshine Vitamin

Yes, It’s Vitamin D! Your Sunshine Vitamin!