First to discuss the more interesting issues of why this is such an important and critical supplement for better health. Vitamin D deficiency has been directly related to a multitude of Cancers, Multiple Sclerosis, Osteoporosis, Tuberculosis, High Blood Pressure, Psoriasis, Type 1 Diabetes and Rheumatoid Arthritis – even aging. It has even been misdiagnosed as Fibromyalgia and you have possibly read recently of the reoccurrences of Rickets in children.

This deficiency is a growing epidemic and contributing to many chronic debilitating diseases – many of which conventional medicine insists be treated with vaccines and medication, rather than recommending proper sunlight exposure. Oh might we ever hope to hear a doctor’s recommendation of oral supplementation – vitamins ?

The optimal source for vitamin D is exposing your skin to the UV-B that is in normal sunlight. Unfortunately this may not be feasible for many depending on life style or geographic locale, compounded by the craze for “protection” by use of sun screen lotions. Unfortunately the amount of sun reaching most of the U.S. is only sufficient to generate a vitamin D response for about 3-4 months of the year. Also note that our bodies have a built in system making it impossible to overdose on vitamin D as a result of sun exposure.

Few foods are real good sources for vitamin D other than Cod liver oil and oily fish, such as clean salmon, mackerel and sardines.

Which brings us to the subject of oral supplementation. I should first clarify that there are two types of supplemental types of vitamin D; vitamin D3 which is a more potent and superior form of vitamin D, and is also the same vitamin D your body makes when exposed to sunshine. . And there is vitamin D2, which is a patented synthetic (as found in milk) and has a shorter shelf life. Both will do the job of enhancing better health, however once inside the body, vitamin D3 converts 500% faster than D2. Suffice to say that vitamin D3 is a preferred choice.

It is also important to know that excessive use of vitamin D supplements can lead to toxicity. This is generally associated with vitamin D2, so caution should be taken to have blood levels tested by a medical doctor (usually covered by your medical insurance). According to Dr. Joseph Mercola (www.mercola.com), most experts are now recommending that the RDA (recommended daily allowance) for adults be raised to a minimum of 1,000 IUs. That said, large numbers of both prostate cancer and TB patients have shown 100 percent resolution rates with 10,000 units of vitamin D3 daily.

And now for some interesting statistics on Cancer:

• A recent study at the Creighton University of Medicine in Nebraska, the supplementation of vitamin D and Calcium reduced the risks of colon and breast cancers by 77%.
• Just as fair skinned people need far less sun exposure to obtain adequate doses of vitamin D, black Americans and those of darker skin pigmentation may require 10-15 times longer to obtain the same affect. And in northern U.S. cities, both groups will find it difficult to get adequate vitamin D from sunlight, in any season.
• Per the American Cancer Society, cancer rates among black men are more than 33% over white men and the rates for black women over white are higher by 18%. “Black Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival rate of any other racial or ethnic group for most cancers”.
• “People with the highest blood levels of vitamin D have the lowest risk of breast cancer. The opposite is true that the lowest levels of vitamin D have the highest rates of breast cancer” – as quoted from Dr. Mercola. Not only do higher levels of vitamin D in our blood halt the growth of tumors, but it also increases the self-destruction of mutated cells (which if allowed to replicate, could lead to cancer).
• Infants who are exclusively nursed by breast milk are also subject to vitamin D deficiency as there is very little vitamin D in breast milk. Also per a recent study by the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force, over 90% of black children are born with vitamin D deficiency, many so severe as to be diagnosed with Rickets.

In short, there are now multitudes of studies confirming that vitamin D plays a vital role in preventing and treating autoimmune diseases, numerous types of cancer, even slowing down the aging process. Previous studies have also found that more than one million (1,000,000) people die (as in dead), every year from lack of sun exposure and subsequent vitamin D deficiency. The logical solution: Get sun, or get D3 supplements. Both are ridiculously cheap.

P.S. Vitamin D deficiency also causes reduced absorption of calcium, which in turn leads to brittle bones and osteoporosis, causing increased bone fractures. Which is readily found with most seniors, and more so with Alzheimer’s patients, or those in Assisted Living facilities, or who are home bound, all of whom for the most part remain indoors (no sun).

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