Vitamin D presentation by Dr. Holick Spring 2012

Vitamin D Solution – Holick 2010 he is one of the top 5 researchers, pretty good, many libraries have the book

Dr. Holick’s website

Highlights of 80 minute video from India Spring 2012 (unable to find link in July)

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• Schizophrenia is one of the many diseases Dr. Holick believes can be prevented with vitamin D

• Vitamin D test is the most ordered blood test in the US {2011?}

• Is your infant vitamin D deficient? Best symptom = head sweating at night

  • Note: there are many other possible causes for head sweating
• 750,000 pet reptiles purchased in the US annually – majority do not get vitamin D
  • Holick bought a $40 UVB bulb for his daughter’s pet iguana
• Komono dragons given to US were kept behind windows were not fertile (no vitamin D)
  • After getting UVB they became fertile Vet and Vitamin D

• Indians and Pakistani (dark skin) need 3X-5X as much UVB to make as much vitamin D. See also: Middle East and low Vitamin D

• 70% reduction in the ability of 70 year-olds to make vitamin D from the sun

• Toxicity not a worry until > 150 nanograms

• IoM error disagreed with the author of the study

  • IoM said 20 ng, should have been 30 nanograms
• Even with failed kidney a person can still take vitamin D
  • Vitamin D is also converted in other parts of the body
  • Holick typically gives 50,000 IU weekly for 8 weeks as a loading dose

• Every tissue in the body has a vitamin D receptor – must be for some reason

• Higher latitude ==> higher blood pressure

• People who work in the sun have LESS melanoma {Perhaps because they do not get sunburn}

• Melanoma occurs on the LEAST exposed portions of the skin

• Should not treat patients with the active form of vitamin D (for example if they have Kidney failure)

  • It has a half life of only 4 hours
  • It actually lowers the level of vitamin D in the blood ( by making it water soluble)

Dr. Holick did not mention in this video

• Vitamin D can treat some diseases as well as proven to prevent many diseases

• The reasons for vitamin D deficiency

  • Holick seems unaware that vitamin D had been in the (human/carnivore) diet
  •      meat from wild animals, “free range lard”, organ meats, oily fish, etc.
  • Free range eggs have 4X as much vitamin D
  • A plea for vit D food fortification in India May 2010

• Perhaps 1 in 300 people have an allergic reaction to vitamin D – which should be tested for before massive loading dose of vitamin D

• There are many reasons to take vitamin D3 and not D2

  • Especially if the vitamin D supplement is not taken daily (D2 has a much shorter half-life0
• Cofactors very important for vitamin D: from the sun and/or supplements

People may not continue with a change (supplement vitamin D) if they lack immediate positive feedback

The positive feedback resulting in pain reduction, far fewer cold/flu, etc does not appear to start until >2,000 IU daily

See also VitaminDWiki

• Vitamin D, Sunlight and Cancer Connection – Holick Jan 2013

• Evidence for vitamin D – Holick June 2012 Dermato-Endocrinology

• Vitamin D encyc. - 2nd edition, Holick - April 2013

• VITAMIN D: A D-LIGHTFUL SOLUTION FOR GOOD HEALTH – Holick 2012

• Vitamin D: A D-Lightful Vitamin for Health – Holick Dec 2012

See also web

• 7 Signs of Vitamin D Deficiency NOT to Ignore Natural News, March 2016
  • "1. Sweaty Head – Yes, you heard that right! If your head often sweats for no apparent reason, this is a classic sign of low D. In fact, this particular symptom is the way pediatricians can tell if a newborn may have a vitmain D deficiency."