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Add vitamin D to achieve our target serum level . . . HDL jumps to 50, 60, 70, even 90 mg/dl. The first few times this occurred, I thought it was an error or fluke. But now that I've witnessed this effect many dozens of time, I am convinced that it is real. Just today, I saw a 40-year old man whose starting HDL was 25 mg/dl increase to 87 mg/dl. Responses like this are supposed to be impossible. Before vitamin D, I had never witnessed increases of this magnitude.

True to form, Dr. John Cannell has published yet another wonderfully insightful Vitamin D Newsletter. One item caught my eye, a response to a question about the Marshall Protocol. I, like Dr. Cannell, was inundated with questions about this so-called protocol, which amounts to little more than the unfounded speculations of a non-physician, actually someone not even involved in health care. In all honesty, I blew the whole issue off after I read Dr. Marshall's rants. They smack of pure quackery, though from somebody who clearly has a command of scientific lingo. To Dr. Cannell's credit, he took the time and effort to construct a rational response in the latest issue of the newsletter. I reproduce his response here:

Why is it that vitamin D deficiency can manifest in so many different ways in different people? One big reason is something called vitamin D receptor (VDR) genotypes, the variation in the receptor for vitamin D. Why is it that the dose of vitamin D necessary to reach a specific level differs so widely from one person to the next? VDR genotype, again. Variation in blood levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D from a specific dose of vitamin D can vary three-fold, as shown by a University of Toronto study. In other words, a dose of 4000 units per day may yield a 25-hydroxy vitamin D blood level of 30 ng/ml in Mary, 60 ng/ml in Paul, and 90 ng/ml in Pete--same dose, different blood levels

I stumbled on one of the growing number of local media stories on the power of vitamin D. \nIn one story, a purported "expert" was talking about the benefits of "high-dose" vitamin D, meaning up to 1000, even 2000 units per day. \nI regard this as high-dose---for an infant. \nJudging by my experiences, now numbering well over 1000 patients over three years time, I'd regard this dose range not as "high dose," nor moderate dose, perhaps not even low dose. I'd regard it as barely adequate.

A Track Your Plaque member brough the following webcast to our attention: Prospects for Vitamin D Nutrition\nwhich can be found at http://tinyurl.com/f93vl (The above link no longer seems to work, use http://wildhorse.insinc.com/directms13oct2005/ instead) Despite the painfully dull title, the webcast is the best summary of data on the health benefits on vitamin D that I've seen. The presenter is Dr. Reinhold Vieth, who is among the handful of worldwide authorities on vitamin D. In 1999, Dr. Vieth authored the first review to concisely and persuasively argue that vitamin D nutrition was woefully neglected and that its potential for health was enormous.

It seems not a single day passes that I don't learn something new about this unique hormone (mis)named "vitamin D." \nFrom its humble beginnings recognized only as the factor responsible for bone maturation (with deficiency leading to childhood rickets), vitamin D now commands a recognized role in almost every conceivable aspect of health and disease. \n

"Osteoporoosin tiedetään olevan pääasiassa D-vitamiinin ja auringon valon puutesairaus. Afrikasassa osteoporoosi on tuntematon ja mitä pohjoisemmaksi tullaan sitä enemmän on luuston haurastumista ja murtumia. Lonkkamurtumia ei Afrikassa juuri tunneta ja murtumien määrä kasvaa samanikäisellä väestöllä monisatakertaisesti tänne pohjoiseen tultaessa. Nyt on selvinnyt että jo äidin raskauden aikainen D-vitamiinin saanti on tärkeää lapsen tulevalle luuntiheydelle. Ne brittiäidit, jotka käyttivät D-vitamiinivalmisteita sekä ne äidit,jotka synnyttivät kesällä saivat vahvempiluisia jälkeläisiä ja ero näkyi vielä 9 vuoden iässä. "

"Jo vuonna 1981 Hope-Simpson yritti löytää vuodenajasta riippuvaa tekijää, joka selittäisi influenssan vuosittaisen vaihtelun. Tätä tekijää on siitä lähtien etsitty, mutta vasta nyt on huomattu, että tuo tekijä voisi olla D-vitamiinin puute (Cannell et al 2006). Suuri joukko nimekkäitä tutkijoita on päätynyt tähän tulokseen "Epidemiology and Infection" -lehden joulukuun 2006 numerossa. Influenssa esiintyy säännönmukaisesti talviaikaan kun aurinko pohjoisella pallonpuoliskolla on matalalla. Tropiikissa influenssaa esiintyy puolestaan sadekausina kun ihmiset ovat sisällä. Myös harvemmin eteläisellä pallonpuliskolla toistuvaan El Nino -ilmiöön ja sen mukanaan tuomiin sadekausiin liittyy influenssaepidemian esiintyminen. Seerumista mitattavan 25(OH)D-vitamiinin ja varsinaisen kudosten aktiivisen D-vitamiinin, 1,25(OH)2D:n, pitoisuudet laskevat pohjoisella pallonpuoliskolla talviaikaan ja eteläisellä pallonpuoliskolla sadekausina. Tummaihoisilla 1,25(OH)2D, pitoisuudet ovat pohjoisessa, esimerkiksi Euroopassa ja Pohjois-Amerikassa, erityisen matalia, koska heidän ihonsa ei kykene täällä tuottamaan riittävästi D-vitamiinia. Tiedetäänkin että Pohjois-Amerikassa afrikkalaislähtöiset tummaihoiset sairastuvat influenssaan valkoihoisia enemmän ja heidän kuolleisuutensa on suurempi. "

After much consideration into this blog's new name in the light of my new direction, the decision has been made. "Free the Animal" Why? First, if you read that post linked above, you know that my health and fitness approach is perfectly in harmony with my philosophical approach; and hence, my approach to politics and all that. In other words, a big part of the reason I have discovered something that truly works; and moreover, is the simplest, most natural, downright fun way of living: that gets you lean and fit; gets you feeling and sleeping great; and gets you looking years and years younger is precisely because I don't believe in the gods of heaven or earth, we evolved over millions of years and are conditioned by survival pressures that in no way include all vegetable diets, gorging on bottled water all day, eating ground grass seeds (grains and derivatives) running on a treadmill or elliptical, or involving ourselves in social schemes and cons that leave us powerless, with no influence, and at the mercy of the crowd and collective (the cannibal pot). Some have a lot of the pieces and do good work. I have all of the major pieces, though acquiring all of the specifics is a lifelong and never-ending journey of discovery. I will focus on essentials and specifics that really matter to me and others living a normal life in pursuit of survival, prosperity and happiness. I will point to other sources that provide more depth in specific areas that are of interest to only some

"One of the surprises over the past year has been all the research regarding Vitamin D and brain health. Give that many people are spending less time outdoors and more time in front of their computers, we all should be concerned, as Vitamin D comes in part from our exposure to the sun. Low Vitamin D levels have been associated with pain, depression, MS, cancer and now perhaps even dementia. Here are the results of a new study that should cause all of us to pay attention. I frequently check the Vitamin D levels in my patients and frrequently see that they are below the optimal level. Get your levels checked if you have any of these concerns. A new large-scale senior population study has found that a lack of vitamin D in the elderly could be linked to cognitive impairment. The study, conducted on almost 2,000 adults over the age of 65, is the first of its scale to identify this relationship, and prompted researchers to suggest vitamin D supplementation as a possible means of reducing the risk of dementia. "

"Lisa is one of early success stories: a heart scan score of 447 in her early 40's, modest reduction of CT heart scan score three years ago. However, Lisa had a difficult time locating oil-based vitamin D. There has, in fact, been a national run on vitamin D and I'm told that even manufacturers are scrambling to keep up with the booming demand. So, she bought tablets instead and was taking 3000 units per day. She came in for a routine check. Lisa's 25-OH-vitamin D3: 17 ng/ml, signifying severe deficiency, the same as if she were taking nothing at all. (Recall that we aim for 50 ng/ml.) In other words, vitamin D tablets do not work. It is shameful. I see numerous women taking calcium tablets with D--the vitamin D does not work. I've actually seen blood levels of zero on these preparations. "

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When it comes to health of your eyes, there is very little we do every day for them. No workout, no exercises and that too above the onslaught of staring at laptops and books all the time. While staring at your laptop is indispensable, you can get back your eye health with changes in your eating pattern based on nutritive value of foods.

Vitamin C builds immunity, and often oranges are synonymous with Vitamin C. There are, however, other common fruits and veggies, which pack more vitamin C than the popular, yet humble orange.