What is the recommended Vitamin D Dose By Dr. Whittaker?
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Vitamin D For Neurodegenerative Diseases
In the December 2008 issue, he cited the study done by Emory University where they tested the Vitamin D level of 300 individuals. 36% of “healthy” people had Vitamin D Deficiency, compared to 41% of those who with Alzheimer’s and 55% of those with Parkinson’s Disease.
Dr. Whittaker commented. “This doesn’t surprise me because Vitamin D has widespread effects in the brain. But what does bother me is that the Vitamin D level that was considered “normal” in this study is a paltry 30 ng/ml. This is far too low. A growing number of experts believe that the optimal level is a minimum of 50 ng/ml. Unless you live in the Southern United States, the only way you can achieve this is to take supplemental Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). And I’m not talking about the measly RDA of 400-600 IU. To ensure optimal levels take 2000-40000 IU per day for a couple of months, have your blood level of 25(OH)D tested and adjust your dose as needed to stay in the 50-80ng/ml range.” For more about dosing, keep reading.
Vitamin D Prevent Type 1 Diabetes?
In the February 2009 issue, he reported about a conference he attended at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, where he heard presentations from some of the world’s experts on Vitamin D. There, he learned that Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy and infancy may reduce the risk of a child developing Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes by 80-90%. Click here to read a BBC new article related to this.
He also learned in this conference that most of the world’s population-including Americans-is always deficient in Vitamin D at winter time year, after year; because the angle of the sun during winter makes it impossible for the Ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation, to reach much of the earth. Given that UVB reacts with the cholesterol in our skin to form Vitamin D.
A wide variety of diseases have distinct seasonal and geographic patterns, and the common link in each and everyone of them is Vitamin D. One of the most dramatic associations is type 1 Diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes is a devastating condition that requires lifetime of insulin.Stem Cell therapy and pancreatic cell transplants are expensive and lucrative treatment. Yet compared to the preventive power of Vitamin D, they seem downright silly. He ended the article with the following recommendations.
Recommendations:
- “Start taking Vitamin D- it’s sunshine in a capsule.
- The recommended daily dose of vitamin D3 (the best supplement form) for infants is 1,000-1,800 IU; for children ages a to 12, 2,000 IU; and for adults, 2000-4,0000 IU-or more-, if needed, to bring blood levels into the optimal range.
- I strongly suggest having your Vitamin D blood level tested and increasing your intake until your blood level is between 40 and 70 ng/ml. You can ask your doctor about this(25(OH)D is the only reliable test), but I encourage you to get tested through D*Action.
- D*action is a project aimed at ending Vitamin D deficiency. This group is offering blood spot test kits from ZRT, a very reliable lab for $30. You’ll be required to provide basic health data, and your results will be added to a database that will be used to study Vitamin D and disease prevention. For more information, visit ordervitamindtest.org.”
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