Comments on: “The Miracle of Vitamin D” (and the common cold) http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html Expressing Our Primal Genes for Lean Health, Vitality and Attractiveness Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lou http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-15322 Lou Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:54:13 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-15322 Alex, Surfers do not tend to have high vitamin D level mainly because vitamin D is washed out of skin while surfing. Also, don't they have bodycover on anyway? Very poor example... Alex,

Surfers do not tend to have high vitamin D level mainly because vitamin D is washed out of skin while surfing. Also, don’t they have bodycover on anyway? Very poor example…

]]> By: kayumochi http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-15049 kayumochi Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:06:20 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-15049 When I tested I was 31ng. I now take 10,000 iu a day. At the first sign that a cold might be coming on I take 50,000 iu for 3 days. The last time I did this I didn't even have to take any Vitamin D the third day as I felt like a million bucks. This is, I believe, called The Stoss Protocol. When I tested I was 31ng. I now take 10,000 iu a day. At the first sign that a cold might be coming on I take 50,000 iu for 3 days. The last time I did this I didn’t even have to take any Vitamin D the third day as I felt like a million bucks. This is, I believe, called The Stoss Protocol.

]]> By: Steven Low http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-13798 Steven Low Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:35:43 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-13798 Vitamin D does a lot more than what you listed.. here's a bit more: http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2009/10/a-closer-look-at-vitamin-d/ I know Kurt Harris and other sources have a lot of stuff on it as well. I've definitely increased about 3-5 lbs of lean mass since taking, I recover from fevers that knock people out for 5-7 days in 1-2 days, I rarely get sick, I sleep better, etc. I take 10,000 IU per day for about 3-4 months now. It's great. :) Vitamin D does a lot more than what you listed.. here’s a bit more:
http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2009/10/a-closer-look-at-vitamin-d/

I know Kurt Harris and other sources have a lot of stuff on it as well.

I’ve definitely increased about 3-5 lbs of lean mass since taking, I recover from fevers that knock people out for 5-7 days in 1-2 days, I rarely get sick, I sleep better, etc.

I take 10,000 IU per day for about 3-4 months now. It’s great. :)

]]> By: Alex Thorn http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-13783 Alex Thorn Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:27:47 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-13783 I assume the variation would have been the same even if the minimum and maximum values had been higher. As the study authors concluded, their findings agreed with many other similar observations of serum vitamin D level and sun exposure among various populations with regard to the high degree of variability. I assume the variation would have been the same even if the minimum and maximum values had been higher. As the study authors concluded, their findings agreed with many other similar observations of serum vitamin D level and sun exposure among various populations with regard to the high degree of variability.

]]> By: Nigel http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-13778 Nigel Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:01:01 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-13778 Thanks for that. I see that the study was done in the Hawaiian equivalent of winter during which time there is reduced capability for cutaneous vitamin D production. I wonder whether the histogram would have looked much different if the study had been done in the Hawaiian equivalent of summer? Thanks for that. I see that the study was done in the Hawaiian equivalent of winter during which time there is reduced capability for cutaneous vitamin D production.

I wonder whether the histogram would have looked much different if the study had been done in the Hawaiian equivalent of summer?

]]> By: Richard Nikoley http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-13735 Richard Nikoley Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:05:49 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-13735 Make sure you take it with some fat. Make sure you take it with some fat.

]]> By: susan http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-13732 susan Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:39:26 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-13732 Great information here. I have found www.vitaminD3world.com very useful with extensive reviews of the data. The site also has links to a tiny micro tablet version of vitamin D which I use. It is great and so small that I just chew it up and dont have to swallow a whole pill. It is also great value with 400 tiny tablets per bottle Great information here. I have found http://www.vitaminD3world.com very useful with extensive reviews of the data. The site also has links to a tiny micro tablet version of vitamin D which I use. It is great and so small that I just chew it up and dont have to swallow a whole pill. It is also great value with 400 tiny tablets per bottle

]]> By: Alex Thorn http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-13720 Alex Thorn Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:04:01 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-13720 Which is why I question the blanket recommendation for everyone to maintain their vitamin D levels between 40-60ng/ml all year round! Here is the link to the full study: http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/92/6/2130 Which is why I question the blanket recommendation for everyone to maintain their vitamin D levels between 40-60ng/ml all year round! Here is the link to the full study:
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/92/6/2130

]]> By: Nigel http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-13705 Nigel Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:41:41 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-13705 Is there data to show that the Hawaiian surfers had been free from disease for some considerable time? I was querying the use of the adjective "healthy". As everyone is different, it looks as though you don't need as high a serum 25(OH)D level as I do. For me, 75nmol/L (30ng/mL) isn't high enough. 160nmol/L (64ng/mL) is. Is there data to show that the Hawaiian surfers had been free from disease for some considerable time? I was querying the use of the adjective “healthy”.

As everyone is different, it looks as though you don’t need as high a serum 25(OH)D level as I do. For me, 75nmol/L (30ng/mL) isn’t high enough. 160nmol/L (64ng/mL) is.

]]> By: Alex Thorn http://freetheanimal.com/2010/02/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-and-the-common-cold.html#comment-13702 Alex Thorn Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:31:42 +0000 http://freetheanimal.com/?p=4108#comment-13702 I don't see where you are coming from on that point. Most people here seem to be equating the efficacy of their vitamin D supplementing protocols solely on 'feeling' fit and healthy and being asymptomatic for infectious diseases. My point in posting the above is that trying to get a particular lab value to achieve that does not appear to be really supported by the epidemiological evidence. I personally have not suffered any infections (not even a head cold) for at least six years yet my last two serum vitamin D lab tests showed levels that weren't much higher than 20ng/ml. I don’t see where you are coming from on that point. Most people here seem to be equating the efficacy of their vitamin D supplementing protocols solely on ‘feeling’ fit and healthy and being asymptomatic for infectious diseases. My point in posting the above is that trying to get a particular lab value to achieve that does not appear to be really supported by the epidemiological evidence. I personally have not suffered any infections (not even a head cold) for at least six years yet my last two serum vitamin D lab tests showed levels that weren’t much higher than 20ng/ml.

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