Another news letter from the Vitamin D Council. The subject material this week covers; MS prevalence and vitamin D levels, increased muscle strength with vitamin D supplementation, study being done on vitamin D and those under five, study about vitamin D being low and eczema later life.
Vitamin D lowers magnesium levels. A very important mineral, so I suggest you should seriously consider magnesium supplementation.
For those who do not like pills: Did you know vitamin D comes as jell pills, regular pills and vitamin D drops. Did you know that vitamin D can be used in cooking. Just add it to the cooking oil. And, your cooking oil is coconut oil isn't it? Coconut oil is nut oil!
BB

Free articles are toward the bottom of the news letter.

Vitamin D Day is November 2nd, 2013!

For the fifth year in a row, this November 2nd is Vitamin D Day.

The day is dedicated to spreading awareness on vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency and making sure you and your loved ones are getting enough vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is a world problem. Please join us in recognizing this day and spreading awareness on the issue.

We want you to help. Here’s how:

•  Head to the Vitamin D Day website: www.vitamindday.net
•  Print out leaflets and hand them out this week.
•  Print out posters and hang them in your community.
•  Get social. Share things on Facebook, Twitter, and join in the conversation.  The Facebook page for Vitamin D Day is www.facebook.com/vitamindday

Vitamin D Council Members Blog New finding: Vitamin D deficiency associated with increased risk of anemia
October 25, 2013 -- John Cannell, MD
In a recent study, researchers out of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that vitamin D levels may correlate with childhood anemia. Continue reading → (membership required) Three versions of vitamin D can activate the vitamin D receptor in some cells
October 24, 2013 -- Tom Weishaar
Tom Weishaar looks at a recent study that finds that three different metabolites of vitamin D can activate the vitamin D receptor. Continue reading → (membership required) A visual look at new worldwide multiple sclerosis prevalence data
October 23, 2013 -- Jeff Nicklas
The Multiple Sclerosis International Federation has recently released new data on worldwide multiple sclerosis prevalence, services and more. Continue reading → (open access) New study addresses conflicting information on vitamin D and allergic rhinitis
October 22, 2013 -- John Cannell, MD
Researchers out of Korea find that adults with low levels of vitamin D are at greater risk of allergic rhinitis. Continue reading → (membership required) Become a member today!
Vitamin D News Room New meta-analysis shows vitamin D helps increase lower limb muscle strength
October 28, 2013
Researchers presenting at the 2013 American College of Rheumatology Meeting have found a positive relationship between vitamin D and muscle strength. Continue reading → United Kingdom's Chief Medical Officer: Universal vitamin D supplementation necessary
October 25, 2013
A new report from the United Kingdom’s Chief Medical Officer made a case for providing vitamins to all children under the age of 5. Continue reading → Researchers set to study if vitamin D supplementation during infancy can reduce risk of allergies
October 23, 2013
Researchers out of Australia are launching a new study to examine if vitamin D supplements may help reduce the risk of developing allergies. Continue reading → Vitamin D Day is almost here!

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Sign up for the Vitamin D Standardization Program Symposium

The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements is inviting the public to attend their Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP) Symposium: Tools to Improve Laboratory Measurement. 

Read more information here! Vitamin D Council Members Blog Member spotlight: Ron Carmichael on being a father, pharmacist, archery coach, and vitamin D advocate
October 19, 2013 -- The Vitamin D Council
This month we’re featuring member Ron Carmichael. Ron strongly believes in the benefits of vitamin D in both health and athletic performance. Continue reading → (open access) Vitamin D during fetal development: Does it influence cardiovascular health later in life?
October 18, 2013 -- Brant Cebulla
New research suggests that vitamin D during pregnancy may not play much of a role in cardiovascular disease in offspring. Continue reading → (membership required) Osteoporosis and vitamin D: Is there a relationship?
October 16, 2013 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr. Cannell responds to a recent meta-analysis study that showed no effect of vitamin D on osteoporosis. Continue reading → (open access) Vitamin D reduces need for antibiotics in seniors, according to new trial
October 15, 2013 -- Brant Cebulla
A new randomized controlled trial out of Australia suggests that vitamin D reduces the need for antibiotics. Continue reading → (membership required) Become a member today!
Vitamin D News Room New large study set to examine vitamin D’s role in type 2 diabetes prevention
October 21, 2013
Researchers have launched a large multi-center randomized control trial, in attempt to see if vitamin D can help prevent type 2 diabetes. Continue reading → New study reveals no association between vitamin D supplementation and risk of kidney stones
October 18, 2013
Researchers out of the University of California, San Diego, have found that increasing levels of vitamin D don’t increase kidney stone risk. Continue reading → Vitamin D may improve muscle performance and neural plasticity, according to new study
October 16, 2013
New study corroborates with past research that vitamin D helps with neural health and muscle performance. Continue reading → Vitamin D Day is almost here!

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Oreos,
Most people do not have a significant understanding of what our diet is doing to us. There is always a new "diet" that is proposed to cause a loss of weight or increase strength etc. Frequently, what is considered good in one study is not recommended in the next and confusion is increased .
My efforts are to make people aware of what can improve their lives and what can make for problems. It is one thing to not realize what is causing harm and and it is entirely another thing to know and disregard that information. As adults we can make those decisions to ignore or improve.
I do believe that sugar and carbs rapidly increase insulin levels and when those calories are metabolized the insulin level remains up. This causes inflammation and the resultant disease is evident in our society everywhere. I also see a tendency in adults to go for what, in the short term, is enjoyable and to not worry about tomorrow. I am reminded of the guy who said, "if I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself".
So the following study is presented with all the above thoughts in mind.
BB

http://www.today.com/health/addicted-oreos-you-truly-might-be-8C11399682

magnesium Deficiency
This a condition that is very common in America. Refined foods and quick foods are all lacking in magnesium. The test that checks magnesium levels is a blood test for magnesium. It is not common knowledge in the medical community that a normal reading on this test may not be accurate. Less than one percent of all magnesium is in the blood and therefore may NOT reflect the cellular and bone concentrations of magnesium.
Symptoms of magnesium deficiency include, muscle cramps ( restless leg), retention of fluids, it may cause a increase in migraine headaches, insomnia, personality changes, lethargy, confusion, heart irregularities, memory problems, hormonal problems, it may prevent kidney stones,  headache and anxiety. Magnesium is the fourth most common element in the body and is essential to cell metabolism and utilization of vitamins. It is in leafy green vegetables, nuts and well water.
Suggestions. When you cook vegetables do not throw out the water they are cooked in. Have a handful of nuts everyday. Take a magnesium supplement, but not magnesium oxide. Magnesium oxide is a laxative and relatively ineffective in treating magnesium deficiency.
Caveat. Magnesium may cause diarrhea so I suggest you increase your dose over a week. Magnesium should not be taken by those who have kidney insufficiency. Bladder problems are not a problem as the bladder is reservoir for urine and not important in utilization of magnesium. Those with atrial fibrillation and on a blood thinner should consult a doctor before taking this element. By taking vitamin D the magnesium level drops because the hormone produced from vitamin D uses magnesium. So taking vitamin lowers magnesium levels without added supplementation. The 24 hour acid blockers reduce body magnesium. Just a fact.
 I suggest magnesium malate as this is helpful with muscle cramps etc. Magnesium citrate is another valuable supplement that many take. Magnesium has made a significant difference in my life.
BB

There is a theory that schizophrenia is caused by vitamin D deficiency. Sound like that is unlikely to you? It is a theory but we know that schizophrenia is characterized by inflammation. Vitamin D is a anti inflammatory. We know that when genes are examined under a electron microscope the genes are just oozing with viruses. We know that the flue is frequently prevent by a optimum vitamin D level if that level is in place for two or three months before the outbreak of flue.
Many genes get turned on or off depending on vitamin D levels. We also know most schizophrenia is diagnosed in people who where born mid winter, just when vitamin D levels tend to be the lowest.
Take a look at the article and see what it says and keep in mind anyone you know with this terrible disease.
BB
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/blog/first-episode-of-psychosis/

Inflammation inflammation. What to do. Our bodies are racked with it. Our immune systems over react to health challenges, some of our major foods cause it, and our joints hurt when we run out of cartilage between the joints and they get inflamed. And now the studies say inflammation increases aging! Who wants that?
So what is inflammation. Among other things it is fluid and frequently that fluid causes swelling and swelling causes pressure and that causes pain. Maybe a over simplification, but none the less true.
Our diet? Yep, sugar and carbs. You eat those things and up goes your insulin level in reaction to it, then the blood level drops suddenly and that causes inflammation. BTW, the sugar free do the same thing. What else? Hunger for more sugar and carbs and of course that causes weight gain in reaction to the insulin levels being high. All that in reaction to sugar ( carbs turn into sugar when digested). Calcium also gets deposited in places it should not be.
Then the cartilage between joints start to wear out and you get bone on bone and that area becomes larger and larger as we age. The joints wear out and the cartilage is not replaceable. ( At least not now. Medicine is working on it and in the very young some success has happened already).
So what to do. Cut the sugar and carbs. ( you will lose weight too).  It has to help some. What else? Well vitamin D is a big anti inflammatory, krill oil ( one a day and smaller and better than fish oil), Turmeric a anti inflammatory. There are preparations that are juiced up in potency and can be quite helpful. The preparation is BCM-95. More. Well glucosamine and chrondroitin help many people. ( It takes a month to kick in and many give up because they don't see progress sooner). It is a more of a lubricant and not a anti inflammatory.
There is another helpful thing you can do. Some just don't believe it, but as Mom used to say the proof is in the pudding. I have seen it work over and over again. Once people start it they don't like being without.
Sauer kraut home made. It is a natural anti inflammatory and a natural anti depressant. You will never be constipated again. Start out slow as it will kill off resident non helpful bacteria suddenly and that is not a pleasant sensation. Also it creates a vitamin K2 in your gut that tells calcium to go where it should go. The bones. Also, calcium in the coronary heart arteries is the leading indicator of heart attack. Not cholesterol as popularly believed.
I recommend maybe a teaspoon the first day and then keep doubling for a week. After that two to four ounces a day. If you eat yogurt that has a natural and live cultures you can skip the slow process as you will tolerate it well. At least I did and friends of mine did too. The two kinds of bugs do not co habit well and sugars and carbs tend to kill these natural cultures. If you eat the paleolithic diet your gut is probably already inhabited by the a good probiotic culture.
Anything else. Yes there are lots of things but I will not go into them here. Maybe just one more. Boswellia Serrata is available in a popular glucosamine chrondroitin mixture. It is a natural anti inflammatory and has been used for centuries without problems.
Remember the three kings brought gifts to the baby Jesus. One of those gifts was Frankincense. Frankincense is the other name for boswellia serrata!
Hope you do not find these words inflammatory.
BB

It has been awhile since the last news letter. Here is another site that has good information on vitamin D. This site uses nanamoles and perhaps you are used to seeing numbers in nanograms. The US uses nanograms (ng) and the rest of the world nanamoles. To convert nanamoles (nmol) to nanograms (ng) mulitply ng by 2.5 and the answer is in nanamols (nmol).
They have multiple studies and you even the oportunity to join a study except if you live in NY state ( Peoples Republic of NY).
http://www.grassrootshealth.net/