Darin BrownAbout Vitamin D
Posted by Henry Bauer on 2012/09/15
In “Evidence-based medicine? Wishful thinking”(2012/08/25) I recommended the book Prescribing Sunshine: Why vitamin D should be flying off the shelves, by M.Aziz, which was then available only on Kindle ($2.99). It is now available also in paperback at amazon.com: CreateSpace (Amazon.com), 2012, 250 pp., $7.99; ISBN-10: 1478396075, ISBN-13: 978-1478396079
To repeat from my previous post:
Some time ago, official guidelines for the recommended intake of vitamin D were increased considerably, but Aziz suggests that even more would be beneficial. His book is well worth reading for its cornucopia of citations from the medical-science literature, some of them revealing connections previously unknown to me, for example between vitamin D and immunity, and telomeres, and cholesterol, and HIV/AIDS; as well as the fact that vitamin D is a steroid and hormone-like. And the fact that under sunlight we manufacture vitamin D in the skin from . . . cholesterol! By lowering cholesterol, we may even be accentuating deficiency of vitamin D. . . .
HIV/AIDS Skepticism 
Jason said
I have a cure for 99 percent of the ailments humans experience. Exercise, eat a balanced diet, don’t over do indulgence in your vices. Enjoy your life. Turn off your TV and love your neighbors, friends and family.
Henry Bauer said
Jason:
Yes, necessary — but not necessarily sufficient, especially if you exercise indoors away from sunshine 🙂
Jason said
Yes, of course! However that’s implied when the TV watching decreases and enjoying your friends and family increases 😉
Tom said
Having been in the health supplement business for 30 years I question the new push for vitamin D. The following article is interesting.
http://www.newswithviews.com/Ellison/shane158.htm
Henry Bauer said
Tom:
Everyone needs to get all the information they can gather and make up their own minds, because there are no fully trustworthy authorities or experts.
mo79uk said
Definitely always good to question. However, that article didn’t criticise sun exposure (unarguably the best method) but attacked synthetic clones, manufacturer errors and some over-enthusiasm. I have no truck with that.
Tom said
Check out the report by Institute of Medicine on Vitamin D.
http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/Dietary-Reference-Intakes-for-Calcium-and-Vitamin-D/Report-Brief.aspx
mo79uk said
By ignoring Vieth (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10232622/) the IOM position is, I believe, essentially invalid.
“Total-body sun exposure easily provides the equivalent of 250 microg (10000 IU) vitamin D/d, suggesting that this is a physiologic limit.”
It boils down to whether you trust nature or the government on this matter.
Tom said
A friend of mine was prescribed vitamin D in the amount of 65000 IU per day by her doctor. After about three months she ended up in the hospital with kidney and thyroid damage. The cause was determined to be from the vitamin D.
Henry Bauer said
Tom:
Have you read Aziz’s booK? He never took more than 10,000 per day
Tom said
Henry
I will read his book. Thank you. Yes, she was taking too much. I’m from old school when 2000 was the limit. As a hormone its use should be low since our body seems to know when it’s made enough. I believe we truly don’t know what that amount is. Hormones fluctuate all day.
Tom