Podcast by Dr. Holick on vitamin D - Feb 2011

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Feb 10, 2011 Living La Vita Low Carb LLVLC #442, 39 minutes

1. His personal interest in health that led him to become a PhD and MD
2. How he got interested professionally in the subject of Vitamin D
3. Why Vitamin D has become so popular in recent years
4. Why Vitamin D is referred to as a vitamin rather than a hormone
5. The folly of drinking fortified milk for adequate Vitamin D
6. Good sources of Vitamin D in foods and supplements
7. The proper daily recommendations for Vitamin D for children and adults
8. Using Vitamin D as a preventative measure for avoiding various disease
9. Why sunlight exposure in most of the world does not provide enough Vitamin D
10. Whether Vitamin D deficiency is a modern problem or if it’s been around a while
11. The harm that happened when sunscreen was promoted as healthy
12. If the inexpensive Vitamin D supplements at drug stores are adequate
13. His own personal Vitamin D level and how much he supplements daily
14. What the healthy range for Vitamin D should be for optimal health
15. The daily amounts of Vitamin D required by obese people
16. What the cutoff level is for Vitamin D toxicity
17. The dangerous consequences of overdosing on Vitamin D
18. Whether home testing tests for Vitamin D exist like a glucometer for blood sugar
19. How Vitamin D is used to strengthen your immune system
20. Why children need to be getting adequate amounts of Vitamin D
21. The emotional/mental/brain health impact of low Vitamin D levels
22. How someone can know whether or not they are deficient in Vitamin D
23. Why the 25-hydroxy Vitamin D is the ONLY Vitamin D test you want to run
24. The importance of sunlight exposure in getting enough Vitamin D
25. Why calcium is an important element in getting enough Vitamin D
26. Whether there is a difference between taking Vitamin D2 vs. D3
27. Why Vitamin D2 is available only as a prescription and why he prescribes it to patients
28. The risk of Vitamin D deficiency in people who have had bariatric surgery
29. How certain medications can actually destroy Vitamin D
30. Why people with Celiac disease cannot sufficiently absorb Vitamin D

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