just a couple of questions about your vit d article when you describe synthetic vit d are you talking about d2 d3 or all vit d products if your facts are true is the vit d council a fraud–thank you shane glenn parnham dir of research for international health had you on my radio show a couple of years ago thanksfor all your research

Since you say that Vitamin D is bad but Cod Liver Oil – which contains Vitamin D – is good, could you be more specific? Are you referring specifically to cholecalciferol? It would help if you told people what to look for on labels.

It also would be very helpful if you would link to your sources.

Thanks.

While I respect Shane’s opinion and the work he has done, I disagree with it. Here are my point of disagreements:

The key here is moderation – Too much of anything is a problem…too much water can lead to a condition known as water intoxication and to a related problem resulting from the dilution of sodium in the body, hyponatremia.

Also if you eat the same food over, you develop a allergy or insensitivity. That why we need to rotate and each many different food.

The article makes no distinction between natural vitamin D (D3) from food – fish oil, cod liver oil, etc. and synthetic vitamin D(D2). I’m sure you’ll have more problems taking synthetic vitamins instead of natural whole food vitamins.

But best thing to undestand when and where you can get sun vitamin D (i.e. only with uv-B light on clear midday, spring to fall in northern hemisphere) and to get a vitamin D test to see what your vitamin D level is if you think you are deficient and calculate what dosage to take to raise it to an optimal level.

But yes Shane does bring up a point that everything is hyped and people just read the newspaper or go to Costco and just get vitamins feeling the need to cover all their base.

The fact that you fail to cite references AND distinguish between D2 and D3 (and which form is related to the supposed problems you mention), means that either you don’t understand proper vitamin D physiology and/or you are engaged in fearmongering for your own benefit. You didn’t provide even a single link for people to check your references, yet people in the your comments section find it simple enough to.

Sun is best. There is no argument there. You have a lot of backpedaling to do in terms of distinguishing between D2 and D3 though.

I am right with you on the Vitamin D scam and when I see other naturopaths prescribing it my skin crawls.

I had a look at the comments on your youtube bit and they are a worry. Sorry to insult your country Shane, but from outside the US it looks like the average Amerikan has degenerated into a low minded, foul mouthed uneducated idiot who thinks if he/she uses enough foul and insulting language, they emphasise the point. The only point they are getting across is that they are taking up space that could be used by a decent human being. Soon you will have a massive number of unemployed robbing and looting to survive because they are incapable of intelligence that could keep them alive without resorting to that. Thank the system for that. The elite know that the masses will self annihilate and cull themselves. Might be time to look at Ecuador.

All the best

Gary Powell

Hello,
You mention that getting sun is good for the body. I work for a skin care company and I am constantly taught that we should use sun screen. You definitely addressed my concern about wrinkles and aging in your book, but what about age or dark spots? I am afraid and have been taught that I will get more brown spots and freckles if I am in the sun. I am very fair skinned and already have many moles and freckles and do not want more. Is this true? If not why do I get these spots? And, you suggest not using sun screen. If it’s organic is it ok? I burn easily.

Also, I have red dots the size of a pen tip all over my body, they seem to be spreading. I notice I get more as I age. I have looked through the Internet and can not find a suitable answer as to what they are. I have heard it’s from something called petechiae but when I research it, it says there’s no cure and they will get worse as I age. This is strange to me. Do you have a recommendation for this?
I appreciate your book and the fact that it guides people towards natural cures. I will hopefully received a response to my questions.

Thank you.

I have taken and given my children cod liver oil for years and they have been very healthy individuals. I became concerned though, when my husband has his Vit D level tested and was below range. He had taken Carlson’s CLO for years and worked outside in the sun. We started supplementing with Vit D capsules to get his levels up and it took a year at 5000 IU a day. I was recently told that the Vit A in CLO blocks the absorption of the Vit D. Now I am very confused to say the least but saw a big difference in my eyesight when I stopped taking the Carlson’s CLO for over couple of months. I started again and now my eyes are better. I am 47 and don’t wear glasses or contacts and have never had any surgery. I also spend a lot of time gardening, wear a hat, men’s t shirt and no sunscreen,except a bit of natural on my face. I am also very fair and burn easily. I think I get more sun than most people on my arms and legs daily and live in TX. I will stop taking vit D capsules but am wondering about the Carlon’s CLO which is bottled in Norway without the use of chemicals. Can vit D blood tests be trusted to be accurate? I can say our allergies are gone with higher Vit D levels.

Hi,

I found this reserach about 25 OH D3.
http://www.grassrootshealth.net/media/download/disease_incidence_prev_chart_101608.pdf

It indicates breast cancer is reduced 30% when serum level is 34mg/ml, and reduced over 80% when the serum level is above 50mg/ml (with reasonable extrapolation)

So it looks like higher the D3 serum level better for prevention….

Or is there a catch?

The dislike for vitamin D supplementation and 25-D deficiency reminds of a protocol I read about while searching for vitamin D. It is called the marshall protocol, do you have an opinion about its claims on vitamin d deficiency and chronic illness?

While I appreciate the intent behind Mr. Ellison’s article/post and am very interested to learn more, it would be nice if he could come back to it and answer some of the questions/concerns those who have left them here. The first rule of online business (which this is) is to communicate with your audience – I don’t see that happening here (since May?). It’s an important topic and deserves a response. Here’s hoping it’s forthcoming.

Dear Shane: Thanks for the posting of this article of synthetic Vit D.
I too, (like Victoria posted immediately above) would like to see you respond to some of these very important questions.
If you are calling Synthetic Vitamin D “rat poison” (in essence), we need your responding to your commentors—or folks just won’t continue to respond. So….please share your investigative prowess with the questions asked of you. Thanks for your keen movement to inform the un-informed.

A big question is why would Big Pharma sacrifice profits of so many drugs to sell cheap vitamin D?

It seems like Big Pharma has been suppressing the health aspects of sun exposure for 70 years.

More answers now released. Start here then follow the links to the recent Stink Award: http://www.prweb.com/releases/The_Peoples_Chemist/Vitamin_D/prweb4847344.htm

Best,
TPC