I am seeing in the paper numerous reports that supplements make no difference in the health of users. A rule of thumb to keep in mind is that when some says never or a "will not make a difference" statement it is almost always wrong. Never is a long time and covers all circumstances!
So what I am advocating here is that you get the nutrients that will make difference in your life and are missing because of the life style brought about by living in a civilization. Processed food, living away from the equator, over weight and taking multivitamins.
Multivitamins are definitely a problem. They contain vitamin A in a dosage that will put you "over the top" in requirements for that essential vitamins. Looking on the vitamin D website for recommendation, I found that you should never " Never" take 2500 iu of vitamin A a day and preferably a lot less. Check you multi right now. 95% of them exceed that amount. Strangely vitamin A is a much more toxic vitamin than D as it is fat soluble and it blocks the effectiveness of vitamin D. These are  fat soluble vitamins so they get stored in the body and water soluble vitamins are not and they need to be refreshed every day. (The latest thinking on vitamin D is that the requirement for vitamin D is about 5,000 a day. Your blood level is the only way to know where you are in that regard. That assumes you are of a normal weight and adult. By the way you should be taking a magnesium supplement as explained in other blogs. It should not be magnesium oxide. It does not work!
So bottom line. A multivit will block vitamin D and increase Cancer, heart disease because of this and the list goes on and on. Why doesn't your health providers know this? Why don't you ask him or her.
I love experts as I can always find one that agrees with me. I pick the experts that read and have studied this subject extensively. How about you?
So how could a multivitamin be made a very healthy thing and change the cost of medical care in the USA? Simple.....switch the amounts of vitamin A and D dosage in the multivitamin. Any manufacture who did that would be doing a service for mankind and reduce the cost of health care in this country. Oh, BTW I would feel fine if they forgot the vitamin A. I do eat my carrots though!

I readily admit that I am learning as I go along and so will you if you follow through. Who can be a better health advocate than your self?  I read different places on this subject and have found this site to have a comprehensive explanation for the interactions and deficiencies associated with Calcium, magnesium and vitamin D. !00% of us are probably deficient in some way. Nice thing about this site it will explain why you are deficient and what you can do about it. Maybe you are one of the .01 % that is not deficient! If so you should be able to figure out that from reading here.
Please do read this. It plays a  very direct role in how healthy you are and the quality of life you will lead in the future. Show it to your Doctor or health provider I hope he will read it also.
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October 27, 2011
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View it in your browser. New study finds high prevalence of osteopenia in infants
October 26, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

When we talk about T scores, osteopenia and osteoporosis, we assume we are talking about older people, especially post-menopausal women. However, a group of obstetricians and pediatricians from the University of Sienna, led by Dr. Franco Bagnoli, reported that 42% of infants have osteopenia.

Bagnoli F, Casucci M, Rossetti A, Nappini S, Cecchi S, Toti S, Franci MB. Vitamin D as a drug. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2011 Oct;24 Suppl 1:7-11

What I like was that the authors said, “To be safe, vitamin D administration should be increased to 2,000 IU/day for neonates, 5,000 IU/day for children and 10,000 IU/day for all adults.” Obstetricians are generally regarded as the one group of physicians that seldom change their mind. My hat is off to these seven obstetricians.

So many infants have craniotabes, or softening of the fontanels, it is considered normal although such infants show signs of vitamin D deficiency. That is, about a third of our infants show evidence of having low vitamin D during their development in the womb.

Yorifuji J, Yorifuji T, Tachibana K, Nagai S, Kawai M, Momoi T, Nagasaka H, Hatayama H, Nakahata T. Craniotabes in normal newborns: the earliest sign of subclinical vitamin D deficiency. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 May;93(5):1784-8.

Finally, if you look at the incidence of rickets inside the womb by ultrasound, about a third of infants have signs of intrauterine rickets (splaying or widening of the femur) during their pregnancy.

Mahon P, Harvey N, Crozier S, Inskip H, Robinson S, Arden N, Swaminathan R, Cooper C, Godfrey K; SWS Study Group. Low maternal vitamin D status and fetal bone development: cohort study.J Bone Miner Res. 2010 Jan;25(1):14-9.

Then there is the evidence that vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is associated infection, toxemia and caesarean section, not to mention a host of diseases as the child ages, including diabetes, asthma, and infections. If you know any pregnant or breastfeeding woman, make sure she is taking at least 6,000 IU/day (10,000 IU/day is fine) and then make sure the child takes 2,000 IU/day of vitamin D when he is weaned and progressively more as he ages, until he is on 5,000 IU/day as a teenager.

However, you and I both know many people will not take supplements or give them to their children, which is why Professor Walter Willett of Harvard believes this is a public health problem that will only be solved through adequate food fortification. Also, prenatal vitamin makers could easily increase the vitamin D in their products up to 4,000 IU/day and stay within the safety guidelines of the Food and Nutrition Board. Many more foods need to be fortified, and these foods need to be foods that all subgroups of people eat in similar amounts, such as cheese and cereals. These foods need to have 400 IU per serving, not 100 IU per serving. I wish I could tell you that I think I will live to see it.
Mailbag: vitamin D and Crohn’s
October 22, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

A reader writes in with an improved case of Crohn’s disease after supplementing with 3000 IU/day... continue reading
Children do not get enough sunshine
October 21, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

New paper suggests that children do not get enough sun exposure to meet their minimum daily vitamin D requirements... continue reading
Vitamin D and sepsis
October 17, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

In July of 2011, researchers from three different divisions of infectious disease (Akron Medical Center, Rochester School of Medicine, and Case Medical Center) reviewed the role of vitamin D in sepsis... continue reading
Review finds association between vitamin D and colorectal cancer
October 24, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

From the Sixth People’s Hospital in Shangai, China, Dr. Yanlei Ma and five of her colleagues looked at all the existing studies on vitamin D and colon cancer, finding 18 studies with one million subjects, including almost 7,000 with colorectal cancer... continue reading
Successful treatment for feline distemper?
October 25, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

A reader writes in about using vitamin D on his cats who were diagnosed with feline distemper... continue reading
Association between vitamin D and adiponectin
October 20, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

Recent study is able to correct for all known potential co-founders between vitamin D and adiponectin and still find an association between the two... continue reading
Vitamin D levels in children with psychiatric disorders
October 18, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

Researchers from Oregon’s medical school discovered that children with mental problems were more likely to have severe vitamin D deficiency... continue reading
Mailbag: Vitamin D, nutrition and bone health
October 13, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

Dr. Cannell responds to a few emails about bone health, nutrition and vitamin D... continue reading
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Can you trust all studies?..No, seems if you get published, even with falsified data, your a become rich. Personally, I like to see multiple studies in a bunch of places before in take any study at whole cloth. It took years of reading on my part before I started vitamin D. And while on the subject, if you take vitamin D you probably need magnesium. See about on this website.
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October 12, 2011
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View it in your browser. Association between hypomelanotic skin disorders and autism
October 11, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

Yet another paper by Dr. Muideen Bakare (Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Nigeria) and her two co-authors from Harvard are pinning down a relationship between vitamin D and autism.

Bakare MO, Munir KM, Kinney DK. Association of hypomelanotic skin disorders with autism: links to possible etiologic role of vitamin-D levels in autism? Hypothesis (Tor). 2011 Sep;9(1):6-14.

The authors found that children with albinoism and other disorders that leave the skin without pigment (melanin, known to be associated with very low vitamin D levels due to no protection from burning) are more likely to have autism.

The authors also review the data to date and conclude, “These results would also support clinical investigations of whether vitamin D supplements may aid in treatment and prevention of autism.”

Luckily, a 12-week trial is underway at UCSF testing that exact theory:

Autism Trial with Vitamin D

The Vitamin D Council has contributed the first $10,000 needed for the $20,000 study. If you are interested in contributing some of the rest, let us know.
A look at the “melanoma epidemic”
October 5, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

Four British dermatologists looked at 3,971 melanoma cases in East Anglia from 1991 to 2004... continue reading
Endocrine Society’s latest methodology to treat vitamin D deficiency.
October 8, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

Dr. Cannell reviews the latest recommendations regarding vitamin D from the Endocrine Society... continue reading
Rickets: a deficiency in vitamin D or calcium?
October 10, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

Dr. Cannell takes a look at whether rickets is a result of calcium deficiency or vitamin D deficiency, and how the two deficiencies present themselves around the world and in different eras... continue reading
Study on vitamin D levels and MRSA carriers
October 7, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

Study in Norway finds that the lower your vitamin D level the more likely you are to carry staph aureus in your nose... continue reading
Recap of an oral intake study led by Dr Cedric Garland
October 6, 2011 -- Dr John Cannell

Study tries to pinpoint what blood levels the average adult can expect based on specific supplement regimen... continue reading
Vitamin D Council wraps up late summer program
October 12, 2011 -- Brant Cebulla

The Vitamin D Council launched a pilot program this late summer to educate the public and hand out free supplement bottles. Staff member Brant Cebulla provides thoughts and observations on the program, and asks readers their thoughts... continue reading

Government again doing what it thinks is best for you, because it knows best. There is no doubt that tanning beds can be abused, just as tanning in the  sun can be abused. A burn or redness of the skin is skin damage and sets the individual up for possible cancer in future years. Yet responsible tanning (not allowing the skin to get red) increases vitamin D levels and helps protect against all cancers and is a healthy thing. ( A glass of wine is a healthy thing, but a whole bottle is not). Twenty minutes in the sun in a bathing suit is 10 k of vitamin D, without getting burned. Tanning ( skin color change) is to be avoid because it reduces vitamin D production  when the skin is darker.
Exposure to the sun without getting red reduces wrinkles because it strengthens subcutaneous tissue and fills in the wrinkles. However, wrinkles will be produced when skin damage does occur by being over exposed. Also, sun exposure guarantees no over dosage of vitamin D because the skin will tan slowly, when done responsibly, and prevent over dosage because the skin gets darker and limits dose.
It is important to find out what kind of lamp is being used when in a tanning salon. It should not be a high pressure lamp as that emphasizes rays that are not as beneficial. We are trying to imitate what the sun puts out in spectrum of rays. Tanning also requires responsible behavior. Children should be monitored by adults. That is what parents are supposed to do. Something I am afraid is lacking in today's society on all levels.

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