A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that taking a vitamin D supplement may reduce the incidence of heart attacks and other major cardiovascular events. “Most other studies have not found benefit for vitamin D for major cardiovascular events,” senior investigator Rachel Neale, who holds a doctorate in skin cancer prevention, told Medscape…
The Most Important Factor for Strong Immunity: Dr. Simon Goddek
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, decisions had to be made. This was the moment for scientists around the world to come together and offer solutions. At the time, Dr. Simon Goddek, a systems dynamics biotechnologist from the Netherlands, had developed a comprehensive model for the human body. And when he mapped out the immune system,…
Study Shows Causal Relationship Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Dementia
An Australian study has found that deficiency in vitamin D has a causal relationship with the development of dementia, with both inadequacy and excessive levels of the vitamin associated with a smaller brain volume. “Our findings have important implications for dementia risks,” said professor Elina Hyppönen from the University of South Australia. “In this UK…
Without Magnesium, Vitamin D Supplementation May Backfire
Magnesium is necessary for the activation of vitamin D, and without sufficient amounts of it, your body cannot properly utilize the vitamin D you are taking. I’ve previously written about the importance of taking vitamin K2 when you’re taking high-dose supplemental vitamin D to avoid complications associated with excessive calcification in your arteries. Now, research…
Preventable Deaths and D3.
We had an inexpensive life-saving solution both before and during the pandemic… The inconvenient truth is that even at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a very simple, inexpensive and effective treatment was available that could have saved the majority of lives lost (1-3). All that the WHO and public health bureaucracy had to do…
High-Dose Vitamin D Dramatically Improves Psoriasis and Vitiligo
A pilot study illuminates that high-dose vitamin D significantly improves lesions and depigmentation in psoriasis and vitiligo, respectively. Because Vitamin D deficiency is implicated in the pathophysiology of autoimmune responses, these findings may be applicable to other autoimmune disorders. Vitamin D: A Hormone Critical to Health Vitamin D insufficiency is a pandemic affecting nearly half…
Study: Vitamin D Supplementation Reduces COVID-19 Deaths by 64 Percent
A Spanish study found giving supplemental vitamin D3 to hospitalized patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 reduced ICU admissions by 82% and mortality by 64 percent. Vitamin D plays an important role in most diseases, including infectious disease, which is why from the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I suspected that optimizing vitamin D levels among…
Vitamin D: The Sunshine Hormone That Fights Cancer
A gift from the sun, it is our exposure to natural sunlight that triggers the body’s ability to produce calcitriol, a vital steroid hormone that is associated with a reduction in the risk of cancer, heart disease, viral infections, and more. Low levels of vitamin D are associated with a two-fold risk of death overall…
Is Vitamin D3 Better Than D2?
Vitamin D3—sourced from sunlight exposure, animal, and plant sources—may be preferable to vitamin D2 sourced from fungi.
Vitamin D Supplements May Reduce the Duration of the Common Cold
After a couple of years of mask-wearing, social distancing and hand sanitising, the common cold is back. And – according to some people – back with a vengeance. Some are calling it a “super cold” – others, “the worst cold ever”. Fortunately, there may be a way to reduce the duration of a cold: vitamin…
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