Dr. James Dowd May 2012

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Initial notes on the revised book by Henry Lahore May 2012

• Vitamin D Truth – You should supplement your vitamin D in a weight-bases dose . . Pg 14
  • Fails to mention the 10+ other reasons that more vitamin D would be needed
• Pre-vitamin D is made in the liver and the ultraviolet B sunlight plus heat twist the pre-vitamin D in a reaction which forms vitamin D3 in the skin pg 18
  • Wrong – see Wikipedia and many others
• Mentions that vitamin A is needed with vitamin D pg 19
  • Does not mention how much vitamin A
• ‘’The more melanin you have in your skin the faster you tan’’ pg 20
  • Mistake – more melanin will result in slower tanning
• Some foods (such as cheese) increase acid in the body. Pg 23 The kidney flushes acid out of the body by buffering the acid with Potassium, Magnesium and Calcium.
  • The loss of these minerals makes vitamin D less effective. Also, the kidney does not do this function as well as you age.
• Netherlands public policy 30 years ago that all newborns receive 2,000 IU of vitamin D (in cod-liver oil) to prevent rickets pg 53
  • unable to find a reference for that. CLICK HERE for Finnish, 2,000 IU
• Dr. Hollis found that moms needed 4,000 IU or more to optimize vitamin D in breast milk pg 54
  • Mistake – moms needed 6400 IU for breastfeeding. 4,000 IU was enough only during pregnancy
• Recent research shows that high salt (sodium chloride) intakes causes your kidneys to break down and discard vitamin D pg 71
  • unable to find reference which supports this
  • did find indication thatsalt reduces the cofactors (Magnesium and Calcium) needed to utilize vitamin D
• Vitamin K briefly mentioned pg 99
  • Fails to differentiate between K2 and K1,
  • Fails to mention K2 importance as of cofactor of Vitamin D
• Suggests taking almost as much Magnesium as causes loose stools pg 100
  • Magnesium is good, but there are many alternate forms of Magnesum which the body can tolerate – such as Malate and liquid
• Calcium is 2X more bio-available at 35 ng vs 20 ng level of vitamin D pg 103
  • Agreed – many people will not need Calcium supplements once they get enough vitamin D
• Excess salt can cause the loss of 100 milligrams of Calcium per day pg 103
  • Even if have high level of vitamin D a person will need 200 mg as much Calcium to replace that lost by high amount of salt in diet.
• Recommends 20-25 IU of vitamin D per lb of body weight pg 105
  • Example: 4,000 to 5,000 IU for a 200 lb person
• Half-life of vitamin D is 10 weeks pg 206
  • Fails to mention that half life depends on the vitamin D level. Perhaps dropping to 4 weeks for vitamin D levels > 60 nanograms
• Vitamin D2 is not as effective and does not persist as much as Vitami D3
  • Fails to mention that vets no longer use D2 for mammals due to adverse affects
  • Also: D3 is 30X to 40X more effective than D2 in poultry
• Book recommends screening everyone for vitamin D deficiency pg 208
  • Unlikely that any govt will pay for vitamin D testing of the entire population
• Suggests the use on polyunsaturated fats pg 212
  • Monounsaturated fats (such as almonds) provides better vitamin D bioavailability than polyunsaturated fats

He uses the CLINHAQII test for rating pain of arthritis in his Arthritis clinic - page 40

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