Vitamin D has been shown to prevent cancer, heart disease, and autoimmune diseases. It is not without it’s trouble. It is also the most toxic of all vitamins.

Sun & food –> Liver –> Active Vit. D hormone –> You get the health benefits

Vitamin D from the sun

1. The amount you get is proportional to the amount of skin you expose.

2. In the northern ½ of the US, during the winter, you will essentially get no vitamin D from the sun.
   

3. SPF 8 sunscreen reduces production of vitamin D in the skin by 98%.

4. The darker your skin the less vitamin D you make.

5. Cholesterol in the skin is made into vitamin D by the sun (UVB rays). I would be seriously concerned about the health damage from cholesterol lowering drugs. For example: Zocor interfers with and accelerates the destruction of skin cholesterol.

6. Skin conversion decreases as you age. For example a 70 year old makes 4x less vitamin D than a 20 year old.

7. As you age, vitamin D from your diet is more important.

8. Your skin only makes so much then it gets full and that area of skin quits making it.

Real Vitamin D from food

1. Comes from animals only.

2. Sources in order of concentration: Blood,

   Cod liver oil, Marlin, Chum Salmon, Herring, Halibut, Tuna, Duck eggs, Trout, Eel, Mackerel, Salmon, Canned Sardines, Chicken Egg, Pork liver, Unfortified summer milk, Beef liver, Pork.

Most absorption occurs in the small intestine and depends on the bile salt from the gall bladder. If you have had your gall bladder out, you must be on Cholacol from Standard Process for the rest of your life. You will be missing a body part for the rest of your life. You need to make up for it.

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