Multiple Sclerosis is a diagnosis that someone in my family is dealing with. My mom had called me in a distressed tone of voice and grievance in her heart. Multiple Sclerosis has stricken my family twice. I have also seen a friend’s mom go through M.S. symptoms. It is debilitating and heart breaking.  Some of the symptoms of MS are loss of balance, vision problems, tingling in the limbs, slurring of speech, coordination problems, difficulty of walking because of muscle weakness. As horrible as these symptoms are, there is one thing that my mom mentioned and that is that MS has been shown to be preventable by higher Vitamin D levels.

Prevention

Vitamin D seems to be the new miracle vitamin. There are studies that show that it can help treat and prevent cancer, that it can increase immunity and prevent colds and flu’s (German’s were marketing vitamin D to prevent bird flu outbreak), it is essential for bone and muscle strength, preventing dental caries, regulating hormones such as insulin and estrogen, as well as healing depression.

Low Vitamin D Diseases

Studies have shown that Vitamin D levels were low in patients that had Sjogren’s Syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroiditis, Crohn’s disease, Osteoporisis, Infertility, Cancers such as breast, colon, skin and prostate cancer, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimers.
Wow!  This little vitamin can affect our health greatly.

Sources

The optimal source of Vitamin D is the direct sunshine on the skin but other sources are fish, Cod Liver Oil, pork lard, all types of liver, fresh egg yolk and butter. Notice that vitamin D is found in fatty food. It is an essential vitamin stored in fat. Hence Vitamin D is fat soluble and can only be utilized and assimilated by fat.  These are foods that we are told to avoid and yet we see a new wave of disease afflicting our nation.

Dosage

The Recommended Daily Allowance for an adult has been traditionally set for 400iu. That is good if you are trying to avoid rickets but not good enough for optimal health.  Today health professionals are recommending supplementing for children 2000iu and for adults 4000-10,000iu of vitamin D. So we need 10-25x the amount of vitamin D than the RDA!!  It is important  to note that you need to test your levels of vitamin D before starting to supplement with it in high doses. 

This video thoroughly explains the importance of knowing your Vitamin D levels to increase your health and prevent disease.

Tell me your thoughts. Have you been touched by Vitamin D deficiency?

To Your Health and Wellness,

Catherine Osthaus

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