News about Vitamin D is everywhere!!! So what's the truth? First let's remember what the only 2 things are that lead to real health...sufficiency and purity. That is, sufficiency in the nutrients we genetically require for health and purity in their quality. Vitamin D is no different! God, or nature, or whatever you want to call it, gave us all we needed to produce sufficient, pure amounts of Vitamin D...the SUN!!! That's right! We've been sold a bill of goods that the sun's rays are harmful to us...quite to the contrary! There are certain ultraviolet rays called "UVB" rays that are actually very important and needed for our bodies to create Vitamin D. You see, life began many years ago by the equator, and continued there for generations. In these tropical regions of the world there was never a shortage of sunlight, and virtually no one had Vitamin D problems. It wasn't until we moved further north, started covering up our skin, working indoors, and destroying our diet that Vitamin D deficiency became an issue.
When our skin is exposed to sunlight, 4 UVB "photons" will combine with 1 molecule of cholesterol in our skin to form 1 ring of human D3. This inactive form of Vitamin D will go on to the liver, kidneys, and other surrounding tissues and become the Vitamin D our body needs to function properly.
Vitamin D deficiencies have been linked to:
- Osteoporosis
- Ricket's
- High blood pressure
- Obesity
- Decreased immune function
- Inflammation
- Age-related DNA damage
- Skin conditions (psoriasis, eczema)
- Insomnia
- Hearing loss
- Muscle pain
- Periodontal disease
- Poor athletic performance
- Age-related macular degeneration (vision)
- Myopia (near-sightedness)
- Pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure during pregnancy)
- Autism
- Seizures
- Diabetes Type-1
- Fertility
- Mental disorders (depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's)
- Migraines
- Asthma
- Cystic fibrosis
- CANCER!!! (breast, colon, prostate, lung (early stage), non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, and melanoma)
Some are saying Vitamin D should be used as a therapy for these illnesses among others. As a wellness practitioner, I am more inclined to say simply that human beings on this earth were designed to have sunlight exposure and therefore sufficient Vitamin D levels. Anyone deficient should be working harder to get more healthy sun exposure or making up for it with an acceptable alternative. To learn more about how to achieve healthy Vitamin D levels, healthy sun exposure, the dangers of some sunscreens, and to get my personal Vitamin D supplement recommendation please email me at
eric@pierceresults.com!!!
Health is your God-given right!
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