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No Drug Delivers Like Vitamin D By Dr. Al
Sears
Not
only that, it does it with no side
effects. I’m
not being dramatic here. In fact, just
last month, I found more proof. Researchers
proved that people with the
highest levels of vitamin D had a 43
percent
lower rate of heart disease.1
And
if that’s not enough, another study I read
in the American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition
found that vitamin D can decrease your risk of cancer by up to
77%.2
In
all my medical training, I’ve never found a
single drug to ever, ever
deliver
results like that. Yet
doctors continue to turn to statin drugs
when treating their patients. Statins
should never
be a doctor’s first or only choice.
Statins come with side effects that can be devastating. Some
of the most common side effects are
muscle aches, fatigue, joint pain, and impotence. Fatigue can be so bad
that
you can’t exercise. And, if you do exercise, you get sore and you don’t
recover
easily. You
can also develop a condition called
rhabdomyolysis.3
This is when your muscle cells begin to break down. You become
sore and weak. But you may have other symptoms, like nausea or an
abnormal
heart rate. It can develop into kidney failure. It’s
hell to be on a statin. Roy, my friend from college, told me, “If this
is how
it feels, I’d rather be dead.” The
way statins work is that they block an
enzyme needed to make cholesterol. But you need cholesterol to
synthesize
vitamin D in your body. So you end up with lower and lower levels of
vitamin D.
If
you’re worried about it, vitamin D levels
can be measured in your blood. But everyone in today’s world needs more
vitamin
D. I
recommend you get vitamin D from natural
sources like the sun. Go outside and expose your body to sunlight every
day. As
little as 10 minutes in the midday sun produces 10,000 units of vitamin
D. But
if this is impossible, as it is for some
people, add sources of vitamin D to your diet. Below is a list of foods
that contain
vitamin D. Look how much you get from cod liver oil and herring. You
can get a
day’s supply from either one.
If you need to supplement, I recommend you aim for a minimum of 2,000 I.U. of vitamin D per day. If your level tests low, take between 5,000 and 10,000 I.U. a day from a variety of sources. There is no worry of toxicity at this level. To
Your Good Health,
Sources
1 Parker, J.,
Hashmi, O., et al. “Levels of
vitamin D and cardiometabolic disorders: Systematic review and
meta-analysis.” MATURITAS.
2010 Mar: 65(3):225-236. Note: The good folks at the FTC
require me to disclose that I am an affiliate of the companies that |
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Vitamin
D can keep you from having a heart
attack. It’s as simple as that.