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\"VitaminDhype\"<\/img> \"Vitamindreceptors\"<\/img><\/a> <\/span> Target tissues for Vitamin D–Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 10:12-19, 2007<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“Since the <\/span>Human Genome Project<\/a>, we now know that
\nVitamin D is responsible for regulating over 10% of our genes.\u00a0 It’s
\nnot just responsible for skeletal health–but cells throughout the
\nentire body are dependent on Vitamin D in order to work properly.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I’m talking\u00a0 about brain function, nerve function, immune function,
\nskeletal function–all dependent on adequate supplies of Vitamin
\nD–including its important role in preventing 14 types of cancer, heart
\ndisease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, inflammation\/inflammatory
\ndiseases, infection, and osteoporosis.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Happy Healthy Long Life post on Dr. Bruce Hollis’ Vitamin D Research<\/a>, Dec. 10, 2009
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It’s February!\u00a0 By this time of the year if you live in the Northern half of the U.S. most of the vitamin D you’ve stored from the sunshine is long gone and you’re at your lowest level of the year.\u00a0 You haven’t made a drop since October.\u00a0 The average American’s blood level in the winter is 15-18 ng\/mL.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you read the February 1, 2010 New York Times<\/strong> article, “The Miracle of Vitamin D: Sound Science, or Hype” <\/a>you might be tempted to dismiss the recent research on Vitamin D.\u00a0 I wouldn’t advise it.\u00a0 If you want to wait to get your “sunlight fix” or down your Vitamin D supplements until the gold standard randomized control Vital Study <\/a>is complete–go for it.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

I wouldn’t count on its results being conclusive.\u00a0 The study group is too old-women over 65 & men over 60. The dose is the same for everyone which makes no sense when it comes to vitamin D–because everyone has a different base level of vitamin D–and vitamin D doses are weight dependent.\u00a0 Plus, much of the benefit of taking vitamin D occurs years before disease may surface.<\/p>\n

In December 2009 I reported on Dr. Bruce Hollis’ research on the effects of Vitamin D in pregnancy and breast-feeding.\u00a0 This post is the continuation of my summary of his interview with Joe and Terry Graedon on the People’s Pharmacy, November 19, 2009<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

For my previous posts on vitamin D, click here:<\/p>\n