My opinion - which is based on reading >20,000 related studies
I would love to see attempts at quantifying this
Henry Lahore, founder of VitaminDWiki, 2019
"A 2013 report on the state of US health identified dietary factors as the single most significant risk factor for disability and premature death"
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Half of Diabetics cured in 16 days by eating a plant-based diet – Dr. Greger Sept 2019
Live 14 years longer with healthy lifestyle (2 years longer if good vitamin D) – Dr. Greger Oct 2019
Cost effective for US Medicare/Medicaid to give a 30% discount on healthy food - March 2019
“Prescribing” fruits and veggies would save $100 billion in medical costs Fast Company
- Cost effectivity results from the simulation of healthy foods decreasing direct medical cost due to just heart and diabetes problems
- They would have found far bigger savings if they laos considered the reduction in many other health problems
- They note that
- 86% of health care costs are due to lifestyle diseases
- 76% of physician visits result in a drug prescription
- They apparently assumed a 30% decrease in cost of healthy food ==> 37% increase in healthy food purchase
- A previous meta-analysis found that 1% decrease in the price of healthy food ==>1.24% increase in purchase
- They assumed 20% additional cost for administrating the program
- Calculated just the direct medical cost reductions and ignored other cost savings - such as time on job
- Apparently assumed that Medicare/Medicaid increasing health foods late in life will result in improved health
- VitaminDWiki is unsure if that assumption is correct
Cost-effectiveness of financial incentives for improving diet and health through Medicare and Medicaid: A microsimulation study PLOS-Medicine
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Vitamin D Receptor
Vitamin D Receptor table shows what compensates for low VDR activation
Compensate for poor VDR by increasing one or more:
| Increasing | Increases | |||
| 1) Vitamin D supplement Sun Ultraviolet -B | Vitamin D in the blood and thus in the cells | |||
| 2) Magnesium | Vitamin D in the blood AND in the cells | |||
| 3) Omega-3 | Vitamin D in the cells | |||
| 4) Resveratrol | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
| 5) Intense exercise | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
| 6) Get prescription for VDR activator paricalcitol, maxacalcitol? | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
| 7) Quercetin (flavonoid) | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
| 8) Zinc is in the VDR | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
| 9) Boron | Vitamin D Receptor ?, etc | |||
| 10) Essential oils e.g. ginger, curcumin | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
| 11) Progesterone | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
| 12) Infrequent high concentration Vitamin D Increases the concentration gradient | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
| 13) Sulfroaphane and perhaps sulfur | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
| 14)Butyrate especially gut | Vitamin D Receptor | |||
Note: If you are not feeling enough benefit from Vitamin D, you might try increasing VDR activation. You might feel the benefit within days of adding one or more of the above
Supplements
Supplements category in VitaminDWiki has the following
| Supplement | # of studies | Increase D to tissue | How Often | |
| Magnesium | 331 | Many people need Mg Vit D consumed Mg Muscle pain, Afib | 30% | Daily |
| Vitamin K | 143 | Hard bones, soft arteries | 115% | 2 day |
| Omega-3 | 377 | Synergistic with Vit D Independent of Vit D | 30? % | 2 day |
| Calcium | 213 | Reduce or add Vit K | 2 day | |
| Zinc | 82 | immunity | 20 ?% if poor VDR | 7 day |
| Boron | 30 | plants and animals need B | +20% | 7 day |
| Resveratrol | 44 | antioxident | >100% if poor VDR | Daily |
| Also Vitamin C 51 | Iodine 28 | Iron 64 | Vitamin B12 52 | |
Example: Vitamin K
- Overview Vitamin K and Vitamin D
- Vitamin K1 and Vitamin K2 importance to health – Feb 2019
- Should increase Vitamin K when increasing Vitamin D – RCT Jan 2019
- Importance of Vitamin K – Pizzorno – July 2018
Live Longer - data-based 2019
A lot more categories @ Information is Beautiful
Yet again, review of poor nutrition education for doctors - JAMA March 2019
Nutrition Education in Medical School, Residency Training, and Practice
- "Beginning with medical school, the time devoted to nutrition is limited, with an average of 19 total hours..."
- "Similarly, requirements for nutrition education are lacking in specialty training programs. For example, the current Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Program Requirement document for internal medicine residency has 42 pages, and the document for cardiovascular disease fellowship has 41 pages, but neither document includes the words “nutrition” or “diet.”
- "In a 2017 survey of 646 cardiologists, 90% reported that they had not received adequate nutrition education to counsel their patients, even though 95% believed it was their personal responsibility to do so"
- "Is it appropriate to serve pizza and soft drinks at a resident conference while bemoaning the high prevalence of obesity and encouraging patients to eat healthier? A similarly poor example exists in medical conferences, including national meetings, where some morning sessions are accompanied by foods such as donuts and sausage"
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Note: Doctors are paid for treating health problems, not preventing them.
Doctors and hospitals have a negative financal incentive for preventing health problems
Founder of VitaminDWiki
Exercise
- Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity and Weight Outcomes: Does Every Minute Count? - 2013
- Increased Exercise does not result in weight loss - review of 60 studies May 2019
But, increased exercise can keep lost weight from coming back
See also: What is the easiest way to get healthy: Vitamin D, Healthy Food, or Exercise
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