The following
program presents principles
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designed to promote
good health and is not
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intended to take the place of
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personalized professional care.
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are those of the speaker.
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conclusion about the
information presented.
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Welcome to Wonderfully Made.
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My name is Lee
Wellard, a Lifestyle
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Educator from
Wildwood Lifestyle Center.
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And today we
have with us Dr. Scott
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Grivas, welcome Dr. Grivas.
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Thank you so much
Lee. We're gonna be
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looking at a very
important topic today,
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one that effects
every one of us at some
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point if we
don't get enough of it,
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today's topic is Vitamin D.
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Dr. Grivas how
important is Vitamin D
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with regards to
health? Very important Lee,
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Vitamin D which by
the way it's not really a
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Vitamin, that's
right, it's a hormone,
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steroid likehormone.
It's responsible for up
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regulating the last
count I got over 200 genes in
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the body that regulate
normal body metabolism.
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In fact now we found
Vitamin D receptors in
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almost every organ
system and every cell,
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so for optimum
health, we have to have
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sufficient
qualities of Vitamin D.
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Now, how common is
Vitamin D deficiency?
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Vitamin D deficiency
is now consider to be
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pandemic
worldwide, not just in certain
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countries but in
almost all countries.
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And it's interesting
that even in those tropical
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countries where
you would think there's
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plenty of sunlight
that most people are so
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clothing themselves
that they are limiting how
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much sun they
actually do get, and so even in
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some countries like
the Saudi Arabia in this at
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least half of the
population still are
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Vitamin D deficient.
That's amazing, yeah,
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and there's been a lot
of discussion about how
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much Vitamin D should
we take, what do we see
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as safe
guidelines. I know science is
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constantly
changing, and we just want,
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they want to know that
this isn't an exact science,
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there's still lots
of things to be yet
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discovered when
it comes to Vitamin D
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and across the
board with all kinds of
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nutrients, but just to
get a safe idea what do you
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see as ideal serum
level? What we're measuring
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now is 25-hydroxyvitamin
D that's the name of the
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Vitamin D that we're
measuring in the blood.
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And probably the best
way to look at what is
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the best level is to
look at serum levels and
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individuals who are
getting adequate sun exposure.
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And in those countries
where there is plenty of
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sunlight all through
the year and people are
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outdoors a lot their
levels may run 50 to 70,
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alright, you know nanograms per
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you know deciliter,
the optimum is still being
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discussed alright
but I think most recently
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their recommendations
at least get that Vitamin D
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level over 40. You
know, on laboratory
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charts for reference
ranges it used to be 22
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to 100, then 32 to
100, right. And now we are
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recognizing that bone
mineral density actually
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increases up to
levels of about 40.
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Now how often
should we as individuals go
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and get a Vitamin D
test at a clinic or hospital?
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Well, if you get a
Vitamin D check and it
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is low, then you're
going to need to follow
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up on that deficiency state.
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In normally if it's
low will replace for about
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two months, and then
will recheck the level.
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Now, if you're in
normal range to begin
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with probably no more
than a couple of times a
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year where it's
available. And which we check in
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more as we go into the
winter months, are there
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specific times of
the year that would be
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better to get a Vitamin D check?
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Almost everybody
Lee drops the Vitamin D
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during the winter
time, right, so you know that
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is going to drop and
that's where perhaps an
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intelligence supplementation
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program would be advisable.
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Okay, let's just
talk a minute about
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supplementation,
there are different kinds of
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supplementation
that we can take,
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what would be, what
was you recommend is
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one of the
better supplementations.
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Well, first of all let
me state what is the most
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commonly prescribe
supplementation and
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that's Vitamin D3,
right, Vitamin D3 comes from
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an animal source
usually the sheep lanolin.
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And it is the more potent of the
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two replacement
types. The other Vitamin D2
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comes from the
plants it's ergocalciferol,
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but it's only about
one third as potent,
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one third is effective
in raising serum levels.
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So, you have to
take more, right, but I,
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myself I have the
preference of wanting a
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plant based supplement,
and if my patients are
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open to that I will
prescribe Vitamin D2.
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And in situations
where people are profoundly
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depressed in their
levels, they have a nice
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high potency Vitamin
D2 that you can take by
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capsules just once a
week. And it's easy for people
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to take rather than
having to take it every day.
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Now, can one have a
Vitamin D deficiency
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and not even be
aware they have it,
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they have no
symptoms, is that possible?
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It's possible
certainly. Is that common?
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Well, most of the
people that we screen
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are Vitamin D
deficient, and so they come in
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with a variety
of different medical
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problems, and
they also turn up with
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Vitamin D deficiency.
And as we talked about
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a few minutes
ago Vitamin D is so
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important in
prevention of disease in so many
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areas, that they may
present with one disease
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that maybe fueled by
Vitamin D deficiency.
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Right, let's talk
for minute about this
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certain diseases
and disorders that could
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arise from Vitamin
D deficiency, if you
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would like to
share many of these
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conditions that we're
seeing resulting from this?
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Sure, one of the big
problems we have here
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in our aging
population is osteoporosis,
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and we know that
Vitamin D which is
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helpful in
absorbing calcium, okay,
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through the
gastrointestinal tract.
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That it is necessary
to be able to mineralize
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normally the bone
structures, so if we lack
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Vitamin D we're
going to have a progressive
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decline in the bone
mineral density until we
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reach the, what is
refer to as osteopenia or
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lessening of that
mineralization to frank
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osteoporosis which
is more severe forms of
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demineralization,
fracture risk increase in,
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in that setting.
But Vitamin D is also
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very helpful to
prevent the muscular skeletal
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types of aches and discomforts
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that people have.
You may have heard
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the term fibromyalgia,
you know people just
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hurt, they are
sore in different areas.
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And so many of these people now,
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now that we
recognize Vitamin D deficiency
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have been shown to
be Vitamin D deficient.
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You replace the Vitamin D and
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"fibromyalgia" disappears.
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Vitamin D is responsible for the
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regulation of blood
pressure to help keep
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pressures in the
normal range, blood sugar,
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insulin
resistance. Vitamin D is key in
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those situations.
Vitamin D plays a very
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important rule in
immune function and
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helps to suppress
these autoimmune type
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disorders that we see
psoriasis for instance,
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psoriatic disease
and Crohn's disease and
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these autoimmune
you know fuel diseases.
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Vitamin D helps
suppress that and it is
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also been shown now
to be protective against
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cancer, as well as
infectious diseases,
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tuberculosis and so
forth. I remember we had a,
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lady came to our
Lifestyle Center,
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actually she is
one of your patients,
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and she was writing
a book, and she was,
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for few months just sitting at
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home writing this
book. She was actually health
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educator, and she
ended up with multiple
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sclerosis, if you remember that,
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and she came,
actually my wife was her
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lifestyle
counselor at that time.
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And you ran a check
on a Vitamin D levels and
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they were quite
low, and when she made
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those changes and she
took supplementation at
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the time, then things
started to improve and
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to this day she hasn't
had that MS back, no, no.
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And so we see that
there could be a lot of
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disease perhaps we
are not even aware of
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that could be a
contributing factor that
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are yet to be discovered.
Right. Now, let's talk
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for moment about
the amount of Vitamin D,
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obviously we, we get
different amounts with
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different colored
skin. How do we know how
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much that we personally need?
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It is so variable
Lee depending upon like
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you said skin color,
even the degree of body
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weight, because as
people tend to get over
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their ideal weight,
increased fat stores,
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Vitamin D is stored
in the fat, it is not
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available for use.
So, it's, it's very
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important that a
person who let say is aged,
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they don't produce
as much Vitamin D as the
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younger person,
they are darker skinned,
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or they over their
ideal weight, these people are
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gonna need more
Vitamin D and there's
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no way to predict, you
have to measure serum levels.
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Right, right, so
we could be actually
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getting enough
sunlight and yet still be
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deficient, well,
in some instances.
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Well, you're getting
sun exposure, but obviously
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it's not enough.
Right, okay, okay, so as
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we get older we have
a harder time producing,
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yes, the Vitamin D,
okay. And so I believe
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by the time we're
about 70, we have a 75
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percent reduction,
exactly, of production
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of that Vitamin D
level. Let's talk a minute
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about sunbathes
at Wildwood and other
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lifestyle centers
you have solarium where
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you sit down and
I've had this myself,
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sometime don't workout
there and I just took of
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my shirt and got
that direct sun exposure,
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how important would
sunlight therapy like
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that be to
someone who is deficient?
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Well, it's very
important, the more we
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get the greater we
can raise serum levels.
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I think it's been
estimated that with a
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more full body
exposure like what
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you're talking about
in, in a private solarium
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setting, that you
after about maybe 15
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minutes, 20 minutes
of sunlight exposure in
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the middle part of
the day, you can generate,
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the body will
generate maybe up to 10,000
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international units of,
of Vitamin D, 30 minutes
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maybe up to 20,000,
so you can really boost
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your levels by sun
exposure in proper settings.
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Now, you don't wanna
get burned, that's very
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important, we're not
encouraging people to
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take what we're
saying and then go out in the
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sun and then get
your sun burn, right,
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because that's then increasing
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your risk for skin
cancer. Right, and we could
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equate having sun,
sunlight or sunbathes
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like food, is the
certain amount that you wanna
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eat and once you
reach that limit you don't
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want to
overindulge, exactly, and
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overindulging under
sunlight can produce lot
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of cancer. In
fact we know today that
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melanoma is one of the
fastest growing cancers
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in, in North America
and around the world.
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So, obviously we're
not quite finding that
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balance somehow
between getting enough
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and also having too
much. You know Lee, it's also
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important for us to
recognize that with this
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rising incidence of
skin cancer melanoma and
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the other skin cancers.
It's not just the sunlight
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as people have
adopted more and more animal
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fats into their diet, it
is these animal fats that
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are deposited in the
skin that when radiated are
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much more likely to
produce the cancerous
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changes, than someone
on a plant based diet,
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so we need to
recognize that also.
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Sun doesn't need to get
the bad press that it has
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over these years,
okay, so that people are so
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afraid of, okay.
Let's talk for moment
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about sunblocks, I
come from Australia,
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we love the sun, and we
love to go to the beach,
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and I know we have
highest incidence of
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skin cancer in the
world, but do these things
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really protect us or
are they just a way to be
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intemperate with
getting that sunlight.
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You know, I think
the sunscreens they are
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protective, they have
a place, sure we wouldn't
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say we would never
use them proper clothing,
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you know, for
excessive exposure in the sun,
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but what I would
recommend is that get
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at least that amount
that you're going to need 20
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to 30 minutes a day
of direct sun exposure to
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as much of the body
as you can, then you can
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use your cover,
okay. So, when you are out
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longer periods then
you know you are protected.
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Now what would be
one of the best times of
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the day to get your sunlight?
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In the northern
hemisphere between
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let's say 10 in
morning and 2 to 3 in the
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afternoon, that's when
the sun is more directly
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you know over head
and you're getting those
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rays that will give us
the best radiation exposure.
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Okay, now there is
probably lot of people
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watching that live up
there north like Michigan,
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Canada maybe even
Antarctica who would
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say well that's
alright for you, but you know
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the sun doesn't get
that high to often for us,
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what can we do to help
with Vitamin D deficiency?
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If the person is
tested and they are deficient
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then I would recommend some form
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of supplementation.
So, that we can get
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those levels up to at
least optimum for health.
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Okay, now are there
any medications that
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can interfere with
Vitamin D metabolism.
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Yes, we recognize
that, a number of agents,
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the steroids for
instance can, can interfere,
00:16:13.17\00:16:16.32
birth control pills,
medications that we use
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sometimes to
control seizer disorders,
00:16:21.15\00:16:23.43
or to treat tuberculoses,
I mean there are lots of
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different agents
that are out there
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that can play a
role. Sometimes I deal with
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patients who say
to me you know I can't
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tolerate the sun
too much, you know it
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has an effect on me
they have autoimmune
00:16:37.72\00:16:40.10
conditions, would we
discourage them to get
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out in the sun or
would we use a more
00:16:43.79\00:16:46.77
temperate
approach? Well, I would
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encourage them to
begin trying to get some
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sun exposure;
you have to work with
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individuals with their
own fear factor, right.
00:16:55.61\00:16:59.77
And if they are afraid
we certainly don't want
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to push them out
to where they become
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distressed and
stressed over that, we might use
00:17:06.03\00:17:09.25
the supplementation
now. But I try to encourage
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people to understand
the principle that God
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made the sun, that it is good.
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It's a natural
remedy, it's a natural remedy,
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it's not something to
fear but like anything
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that's good it can be
taken to extremes, right,
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and that's when
we get into trouble.
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Exactly, so the
message we want you to
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remember is one of
temperance, moderation
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in that which is
good and absence from that
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which is harmful.
Let's talk for a moment about
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the effect that
Vitamin D has on the mind,
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I remember many years
ago I was in Japan and
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I was stationed in
the place where for six
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months had very little sunlight.
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And I just remember
feeling that depression
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and when the
sunlight would come out,
00:17:55.84\00:17:57.47
it was just like
living in another world, sure.
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And I just wanted to rip
my shirt off and get that
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sunlight, what
effect does Vitamin D
00:18:02.54\00:18:06.23
deficiency have on the mind?
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Studies have demonstrated
a marked increase in
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depressive
illnesses with the lack of
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Vitamin D, lack
of sunlight exposure.
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Now, we even
recognize that certain
00:18:20.58\00:18:22.83
illnesses that effect
thought process in such
00:18:22.84\00:18:25.94
us schizophrenia
much more common in
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individuals who have
been deprived of sunlight.
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And so, I think
we recognize that yes
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indeed mind function is also
00:18:35.97\00:18:38.88
regulated by Vitamin
D. Let's talk about the
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immune system,
Vitamin D's role in that
00:18:42.49\00:18:45.74
in protecting the
body against things like
00:18:45.75\00:18:49.37
arthritis, and I
remember years ago
00:18:49.69\00:18:52.81
it wasn't that long
ago where people who had
00:18:52.82\00:18:56.08
tuberculoses, their
treatment was open air
00:18:56.09\00:19:00.02
and sunlight, and we
seem to have forgotten
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this blessing
that God has given us.
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The immune
system needs the sun and
00:19:07.49\00:19:12.45
Vitamin D it as we
had mentioned up regulates
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genes for the
production even singularly of
00:19:17.30\00:19:20.47
certain types of we
called them cytokines
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or cell chemicals
that are helpful in
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combating infectious diseases
00:19:26.57\00:19:29.37
such us tuberculoses.
And so the history of
00:19:29.38\00:19:33.76
our old TB
sanatoriums where we used to put
00:19:33.77\00:19:37.18
people out in the sun
to recover, that had a lot
00:19:37.19\00:19:41.03
of scientific physiologic
basis, because indeed
00:19:41.04\00:19:45.29
that helps the
immune system fight against
00:19:45.30\00:19:47.84
infectious diseases,
those cells that are set
00:19:47.85\00:19:51.59
into the area of
infection can function
00:19:51.60\00:19:53.50
can function best
when they have ample
00:19:53.81\00:19:56.06
amounts of Vitamin
D. And you know we now
00:19:56.07\00:19:59.47
recognize too that
the body itself produces
00:19:59.48\00:20:03.94
antibiotic and antiviral
like substances that are
00:20:04.61\00:20:09.90
inherent in the
organism when it is expose to
00:20:09.91\00:20:13.54
Vitamin D. So, some are even now
00:20:13.55\00:20:17.15
suggesting that
with colds and with other
00:20:17.16\00:20:20.44
infections to take
added doses of Vitamin D.
00:20:20.45\00:20:23.36
Do you think we are
at a point you know in
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history where it
necessitates use of
00:20:25.95\00:20:29.16
supplementation, can
we get away from that,
00:20:29.17\00:20:32.13
we just have to have
a perfect environment
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and live a temperate lifestyle?
00:20:35.74\00:20:37.31
Well, I wouldn't want
to press everyone into the
00:20:38.22\00:20:41.62
supplementation route,
I would tell people to try
00:20:41.63\00:20:45.12
to get as much sun as
is possible, especially
00:20:45.13\00:20:49.63
during the
summer months, I think
00:20:49.64\00:20:51.30
supplementation
is much less needed,
00:20:51.31\00:20:54.68
but if you are doing
all that you can and your
00:20:55.55\00:20:58.87
Vitamin D levels are
still low don't be foolish.
00:20:58.88\00:21:02.60
It's not assent to take
a supplement if you need
00:21:03.30\00:21:07.05
it in order to get the levels
00:21:07.06\00:21:09.24
up to optimum
levels. Let's talk about that
00:21:09.25\00:21:12.18
about the low side of
things, when do you as
00:21:12.19\00:21:15.44
a physician start to
get very concerned about
00:21:15.45\00:21:18.47
someone's Vitamin D levels?
00:21:18.48\00:21:19.96
Well, I've seen Lee
patients come in and
00:21:20.96\00:21:23.48
their Vitamin D level
is less than 4 wow, okay
00:21:23.49\00:21:26.88
and they are usually
hurting, they have many
00:21:26.89\00:21:30.12
medical problems. And
so I will try to get that
00:21:30.13\00:21:33.69
level up fairly
quickly and I will use a high
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potency replacement
50,000 international
00:21:37.20\00:21:40.56
units of Vitamin D
once a week, I'll check them
00:21:40.57\00:21:43.87
two months later if its
still low I'll continue for
00:21:44.65\00:21:47.86
another 8 weeks.
But the more common
00:21:47.87\00:21:51.34
scenario is someone
will come in and their
00:21:51.35\00:21:53.99
Vitamin D levels are
in the low 20s, okay.
00:21:54.00\00:21:57.25
They maybe feeling
pretty well, but we're
00:21:57.26\00:21:59.81
checking their
Vitamin D levels and they are
00:21:59.82\00:22:01.73
low and so for that
person I will be more
00:22:01.74\00:22:04.94
moderate and
temperate with my replacement,
00:22:04.95\00:22:07.11
I'll encourage them
to get more sunlight,
00:22:07.12\00:22:09.24
but I may use a small amount of
00:22:09.92\00:22:11.91
supplementation maybe
2 to 3000 international
00:22:12.40\00:22:16.10
units of D2 a day to gradually
00:22:16.11\00:22:19.32
build that level
up. And that would
00:22:19.33\00:22:21.69
correspond with
what is currently being
00:22:21.70\00:22:24.15
recommended of 800 to
1000 international units
00:22:24.16\00:22:30.24
of Vitamin D3
daily. Right, okay so what
00:22:30.25\00:22:34.57
you're saying is we
have to moderate the
00:22:34.58\00:22:37.52
amount according to
the deficiency and perhaps
00:22:37.53\00:22:40.60
even the person
himself, the age level,
00:22:41.18\00:22:44.08
right, and what
conditions we are
00:22:44.53\00:22:46.24
working with, yes, so
there's no exact amount
00:22:46.25\00:22:49.39
really is there, no,
we have to look at each
00:22:49.40\00:22:52.45
individual case.
Let's talk about Vitamin D
00:22:52.46\00:22:55.93
and its role when
it comes to even the
00:22:55.94\00:22:59.75
digestive system I
believe, it has an effect
00:22:59.76\00:23:02.64
upon absorption of, of
calcium, yes, certainly,
00:23:02.65\00:23:06.41
are there any
symptoms that may occur in that
00:23:06.42\00:23:10.38
úarea as a result of
lack. Lack of calcium well
00:23:10.39\00:23:14.63
certainly you know
that's when we get into
00:23:14.64\00:23:16.54
the problem with bone pain and
00:23:16.55\00:23:19.25
increase fracture
risk. And the lower the
00:23:19.26\00:23:23.35
levels of Vitamin D
you can even get into a
00:23:23.36\00:23:25.76
syndrome called
osteomalacia which is
00:23:25.77\00:23:28.91
a, a syndrome, a
condition where people
00:23:28.92\00:23:34.40
actually, they just
have a lot of bone pain
00:23:34.41\00:23:37.39
rickets, is the childhood
kind of presentation for
00:23:37.90\00:23:42.55
extreme
osteomalacia involving the long
00:23:42.56\00:23:45.55
bones, or the cartilage
here in the, in the chest,
00:23:45.56\00:23:50.03
so yes there can be
very significant problems
00:23:50.51\00:23:53.89
with low levels.
Now, from your studies,
00:23:53.90\00:23:56.38
you find that the first
12 has the majority of the
00:23:56.39\00:24:00.88
problems with Vitamin
D deficiency than more
00:24:00.89\00:24:04.28
native people who are
out more, do they have
00:24:04.29\00:24:06.79
less of a
problem? Less of a problem,
00:24:06.80\00:24:08.84
yeah because the more
sun exposure that that
00:24:09.62\00:24:12.38
they are getting,
and they are working
00:24:12.39\00:24:13.52
outside and they
also have the other
00:24:13.53\00:24:16.31
balancing things of
being outdoors in the
00:24:16.32\00:24:18.83
fresh air, they
are exercising, right,
00:24:18.84\00:24:20.76
these are God's answers
to, to disease, in other
00:24:20.77\00:24:26.31
words to be outdoors.
So we get in a, a triple
00:24:26.32\00:24:29.68
blessing really
when we, when we get this
00:24:29.69\00:24:32.36
sunlight, we're usually
outside getting the fresh
00:24:32.37\00:24:34.85
air, we're getting
the exercise, working and
00:24:34.86\00:24:38.21
it's just
enhancing everybody function
00:24:39.55\00:24:41.60
really that's what
you're saying the Vitamin D is
00:24:41.61\00:24:44.04
helping every cell of
the body is helping all the
00:24:44.05\00:24:46.83
tissues, it's
helping the organs, and most
00:24:46.84\00:24:49.79
importantly it's
helping the mind to be at
00:24:49.80\00:24:52.42
function,
right, more coherently.
00:24:52.43\00:24:54.61
And we are, I believe
is God originally intended
00:24:54.80\00:24:58.58
us to be we're outside
in touch with God's nature
00:24:58.59\00:25:03.34
and we can commune
better with him as we
00:25:03.72\00:25:07.08
are in that
environment. So, our minds are
00:25:07.09\00:25:09.73
drawn to the creator,
and so there are many,
00:25:09.74\00:25:12.55
many benefits spiritually,
physically, mentally
00:25:12.56\00:25:15.70
from, from the outdoor life.
00:25:15.71\00:25:19.30
Now, is that any
danger in getting too much
00:25:19.45\00:25:22.19
Vitamin D from a
supplementation, is that
00:25:23.29\00:25:26.93
any concerns?
There is a theoretical
00:25:26.94\00:25:30.31
concern in all of
the exposures I've had to
00:25:30.32\00:25:34.54
Vitamin D supplementation in
00:25:34.80\00:25:37.05
patients, I've rarely
seen that and that is only in
00:25:37.06\00:25:42.28
individuals who have
been very intemperate.
00:25:42.29\00:25:44.64
Studies have shown
that you can take up to
00:25:46.24\00:25:48.05
10,000
international units of Vitamin D
00:25:48.06\00:25:51.22
daily for months and
never have any adverse
00:25:51.23\00:25:55.31
consequences with
that. You'll never get too
00:25:55.32\00:25:59.04
much from sun
exposure because the
00:25:59.05\00:26:00.83
body regulates that
you cannot get an overdose
00:26:00.84\00:26:04.03
of Vitamin D from
sun. But yes we just tell
00:26:04.04\00:26:08.14
people you know
follow up with your Vitamin
00:26:08.15\00:26:11.11
D, you know we don't
need to run it to that
00:26:11.12\00:26:13.95
high extreme either
because there can be
00:26:13.96\00:26:16.22
problems kidney stones,
metastatic calcification
00:26:16.57\00:26:19.73
throughout the body,
but that's rare it's not a,
00:26:19.74\00:26:22.66
it's not a common
problem. So, we don't wanna
00:26:22.90\00:26:25.42
scare people away
from taking needed
00:26:25.43\00:26:27.59
supplements because
of this very uncommon
00:26:27.60\00:26:31.65
problem of excess.
Right, right now can
00:26:31.66\00:26:33.63
people get enough
Vitamin D in their foods?
00:26:33.64\00:26:36.46
It's very
difficult because even in the
00:26:37.19\00:26:39.71
fortified food you
are only talking about
00:26:39.72\00:26:41.72
maybe 100 units here or there.
00:26:41.73\00:26:44.94
And it just doesn't
give enough adequacy
00:26:46.25\00:26:50.69
for the serum levels to raise.
00:26:52.21\00:26:56.34
So, that's
something that some people are
00:26:57.44\00:27:00.12
using instead
of supplementation,
00:27:00.13\00:27:02.19
so it would be more
encouraging in getting
00:27:02.76\00:27:05.33
sunlight and on top
of that where need be
00:27:05.34\00:27:08.22
a healthy amount
through supplementation source.
00:27:08.68\00:27:11.86
Well, if they're taking
it in fortified foods they're
00:27:11.87\00:27:14.24
still supplement, I see okay.
00:27:14.25\00:27:16.75
In their mind they may
think not, right, but they
00:27:16.76\00:27:19.15
are still
supplementing. Right, very good,
00:27:19.16\00:27:21.49
well we would like
to thank you for coming
00:27:22.32\00:27:23.72
today on the
program. I hope you've enjoyed
00:27:23.73\00:27:26.99
today's program and
the information has been
00:27:27.00\00:27:29.50
useful to you. The
Bible says in Ecclesiastes
00:27:29.51\00:27:33.85
chapter 11 and verse
7: How pleasant it is for
00:27:33.86\00:27:39.04
the eyes to behold
the sun; and as we looked
00:27:39.05\00:27:42.98
at Vitamin D today
I hope it's been an
00:27:42.99\00:27:45.00
encouragement to you
to bring about changes
00:27:45.01\00:27:48.34
in your life that
could enhance your Vitamin
00:27:48.35\00:27:51.60
D levels. My name is
Lee Wellard, a health
00:27:51.61\00:27:55.01
educator from
Wildwood Lifestyle Center,
00:27:55.02\00:27:57.71
I really hope
you've enjoyed today's
00:27:58.26\00:27:59.91
program. Please join
us again next time for
00:27:59.92\00:28:03.08
another program on
Wonderfully Made and
00:28:03.09\00:28:05.88
just keep in mind that
your body is God's temple.
00:28:05.89\00:28:08.97