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 | | She has researched this subject for a number of years and, to the best of my knowledge, is one of the most experienced clinicians in this area. | | | Mercola encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional. | | | However you should not take more than one tablespoon per day unless you are monitored by a natural medical physician. |
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http://www.mercola.com/2002/feb/23/vitamin_d_deficiency.htm
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| | Vitamins: Nutrition Source, Harvard School of Public Health |
| | Other ongoing randomized trials, such as the Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study (11) and the Vitamin Intervention in Stroke Prevention Study (12) should yield more definitive answers regarding homocysteine, B vitamins, and cardiovascular risk. | | | Since then, some-but not all-studies have linked high levels of this breakdown product, called homocysteine, with increased risks of heart disease and stroke. | | | The information does not mention brand names, nor does it endorse any particular products. |
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http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamins.html
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| | Calcium controls innumerable processes in the human body including responses in muscles, bones and glands. | | | Sunscreens, ozone, skin cancer, problems relating to skin color and alterations in traditional diets are all covered in this book. | | | I will continue to provide the Preliminary Report for those who need the information now. |
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http://sunlightandvitamind.com
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| | Vitamin D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Ergocalciferol does not naturally occur in the human body unless it is added by supplementation. | | | The ability of skin to convert 7-dehydrocholesterol to pre-vitamin D | | | To maintain blood levels of calcium, therapeutic vitamin D doses are sometimes administered (up to 100,000 IU or 2.5 mg daily) to patients who have had their parathyroid glands removed (most commonly renal dialysis patients who have had tertiary hyperparathyroidism, but also patients with primary hyperparathyroidism) or who suffer with hypoparathyroidism. |
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| | Vitamin D and Related Compounds (Systemic) - MayoClinic.com |
| | Vitamin D is stored in the body; therefore, when you take more than the body needs, it will build up in the body. | | | Do not take antacids or other medicines containing magnesium while you are taking any of these medicines. | | | Vitamin D is also sometimes used to treat other diseases in which calcium is not used properly by the body. |
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR202597
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| | Protests immediately arose from breastfeeding proponents who questioned the motives behind this denigration of breastmilk's adequacy as a complete food for babies. | | | According to Barber and Purnell-O'Neal writing in Mothering Magazine, "a baby in a diaper needs a total of only 30 minutes of sunlight a week - less than five minutes a day. | | | Although vitamin D deficiency is most often associated with osteoporosis and poor bone development, many other health conditions have also been linked to low vitamin D levels. |
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http://www.cure-guide.com/Natural_Health_Newsletter/Vitamin_D/vitamin_d.html
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| | The body efficiently eliminates any extra vitamin D it makes from sunlight. | | | Note: For information on interactions with specific drugs, see our WholeHealthMD Drug/Nutrient Interactions Chart. | | | Because it plays a role in skin cell metabolism and growth, vitamin D may be helpful in treating the itching and flaking associated with this skin ailment. |
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http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/substances_view/1,1525,905,00.html
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| | In the U.S. three studies of calcitriol all showed no significant increase in bone mass compared to baseline, although the two smaller studies showed the calcitriol group had better change in bone density than the placebo group in some skeletal areas. | | | However, calcitriol is beneficial in patients who have mild intestinal malabsorption, and may be a useful adjuvant therapy in cases of steroid-induced osteoporosis. | | | Active metabolites of vitamin D have been advocated for treatment of osteoporosis. |
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http://courses.washington.edu/bonephys/opvitD.html
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| | Vitamin D supports strengthening bones and teeth by helping the body process and absorb calcium. | | | Vitamin D is unique among vitamins because it can be formed in the body and in certain foods by exposure to ultraviolet light like sunlight. | | | Statements about dietary supplements are not meant to diagnose treat, cure, or prevent any disease. |
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| | In addition, life-style determines the degree of exposure to sunlight and would therefore influence individual need. | | | Vitamin D's clinical application is in the treatment of rickets and osteomalacia. | | | Vitamin D taken in excess can cause pathological changes in the body. |
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http://www.springboard4health.com/notebook/v_d.html
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| | In children, this results in rickets where the bones are so soft that they become curved from supporting the weight of the body. | | | THE IMMUNE SYSTEM - Vitamin D may also be involved in immune system regulation and play a part in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. | | | Vitamin D may also be of benefit in the control of psoriasis. |
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http://www.symmcorp.com/info/vitamin-d.htm
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| | Robert Barefoot lecture on CD - "Barefoot and Healthy" - The Secret of Coral Calcium | | | Vitamin D may play a role in the prevention and/or treatment of the following health conditions: | | | By promoting differentiation and inhibiting proliferation, vitamin D may become an important factor in cancer prevention and therapy. |
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http://www.vitamin-d-max.com
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 1, Ch. 3, Vitamin Deficiency, Dependency, And Toxicity |
| | When it is used to treat various disorders, possible toxic effects of long-term therapy must be watched for. | | | Serum calcium should be measured frequently (weekly at first, then monthly) in all patients receiving large doses of vitamin D. The first symptoms are anorexia, nausea, and vomiting, followed by polyuria, polydipsia, weakness, nervousness, and pruritus. | | | A history of excessive vitamin D intake is critical for differentiating this condition from all other hypercalcemic states. |
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http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section1/chapter3/3e.htm
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| | Vitamin D Deficiency |
| | While excessive sunlight may be unhealthy for some people, it needs to be remembered that the action of sunlight on the skin is a major source of vitamin D for many people. | | | Besides rickets, other conditions that have been linked to vitamin D deficiency include: | | | The reason for this was to prevent rickets from a deficiency of vitamin D. The health benefits of cod liver oil is that it is one of the few foods with appreciable amounts of this important vitamin. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Vitamin D |
| | Vitamin D promotes the body's absorption of calcium, which is essential for the normal development and maintenance of healthy teeth and bones. | | | Elevated blood calcium may then cause calcium deposition in soft tissues such as the heart and lungs. | | | This may cause increased calcium resorption from the bones, leading to elevated levels of calcium in the blood. |
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| | The term vitamin D should be used as a general term to describe all steroids that exhibit qualitatively the biological activity of calciol. | | | This aim can be combined with considerable shortening of names based on cholecalciferol and ergocalciferol if the name calciol is used for cholecalciferol [(1) which is the same as (2)]; cholecalciferol may still be used as an alternative trivial name for calciol but should not be used for naming metabolites. | | | may be used as a synonym for calciol, but it should not be abbreviated to D |
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| | The high rate of natural production of vitamin D in the skin is the single most important fact every person should know about vitamin D because it has such profound implications for the natural human condition. | | | As most of us get a lot more vitamin D from sunshine than we think, most of us need about 2,000 units a day extra. | | | This is about 100 times more vitamin D than the government says you need every day. |
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http://www.vitamindcouncil.com
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| | Vitamin D Nuclear Receptor (VDR) |
| | VDR has a domain structure homologous to that of the other nuclear receptors (see next section). | | | These are effected in two ways: (1) at the level of the plasma membrane (by a vitamin D membrane receptor) and (2) at the level of gene transcription. | | | Model II View the PDB file in HTML |
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