Thursday, March 25, 2010

VITAMIND D-MY HERO

Last winter, in 2009, I started taking massive doses of Vitamin D.

Why?

Thanks to my Mom, I had joined an international study on Vitamin D deficiency and discovered I was indeed deficient.

And I'm not alone! The study, available at www.grassrootshealth.org is rapidly revealing that most people in the northern hemisphere are deficient, especially during the winter months when we do not have easy access to direct sunlight.

This fall I put my whole family on large doses of D, and we have had our healthiest winter in my life! No more rib-racking bronchial coughs, endlessly runny noses, and horrible flus. We have had deep coughs but they passed quickly instead of a month later. And we have had some high fevers, but not as bad as classmate's at Mason's school. We are D converts!

The news just keeps coming out on how powerful Vitamin D is, and I'll post a number of those here. For now, how much do we take? The federal recommendations of 400 IU/day are ridiculous. We are on 35 I.U. per pound of weight. That is based on testing our levels and seeing what got us above 50 points, which is where D experts believe your body can begin to store it and use it to strengthen the immune system.

Been working for us!

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