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Many people are vitamin D deficient, leading to increased risks of depression, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and cancer. Supplementing vitamin D alone won't help if you're eating poorly, not exercising, smoking, or drinking excessively. However, in an otherwise healthy lifestyle, correcting low vitamin D can make a big difference. It's important to consider context, as magnesium is crucial for converting vitamin D into its active form. About 50% of people don't get enough magnesium from sources like dark leafy greens, pumpkin seeds, dark chocolate, and almonds. Stress, coffee, alcohol, and sugar deplete magnesium levels. Magnesium is an anti-aging macro-mineral involved in DNA repair enzymes.

Vitamin D absorption depends on magnesium; without magnesium, vitamin D cannot be absorbed. Conversely, vitamin D aids magnesium absorption. Many people are deficient in both vitamin D and magnesium. Magnesium deficiency can lead to calcium deposits in joints and arteries. Therefore, vitamin D supplements should include magnesium and other cofactors.

Vitamin D's effectiveness relies on magnesium. Vitamin D supplementation can worsen a magnesium deficiency because it increases the body's magnesium requirement. Vitamin D and magnesium work synergistically. Vitamin D toxicity, marked by excessive blood calcium, can be mitigated by magnesium, which prevents vascular calcification. Magnesium functions as a natural calcium channel blocker, and it helps regulate blood clot formation, which can be caused by excessive calcium.

Vitamin D can enter a cell's nucleus where DNA is stored. It recognizes DNA sequences, binds to a receptor, and activates or deactivates genes in a coordinated manner. These genes are important for brain function, such as serotonin synthesis, and immune function. This is why vitamin D plays a critical role in helping prevent respiratory diseases.

Vitamin D3 supplementation is associated with a 40% reduced risk of dementia, likely by preventing deficiency. Studies involving dementia and Alzheimer's patients showed that vitamin D supplementation improved cognition and lowered markers of amyloid plaques compared to a placebo. Vitamin D regulates 5% of the protein coding human genome.

Vitamin D alone could prevent about 30,000 cancer deaths in a single country in a single year. The study looked in Germany and examined what would happen if they administered wide-scale vitamin D to the 50 and older population. Based on the most recent meta-analyses of vitamin D and cancer, there is about a 13% reduction in cancer mortality, and that is extrapolated to an entire country, resulting in saving about 30,000 lives per year. A recent paper on vitamin D and cancer and its biological effects is highlighted: there are over 900 peer-reviewed recent papers finding that vitamin D, when raised to adequate levels, exhibits anticancer activity against literally basically every single cancer known, through vitamin D receptor signaling as well as tumor microenvironment control and immune modulation. This is described as very, very important as winter months approach, so ensuring adequate vitamin D intake is advised. The speaker notes that some of the most powerful cancer prevention tools are neither profitable nor novel, and vitamin D is very inexpensive, biologically active, and, according to randomized clinical trial evidence, saves lives at scale. The main question posed is why public health agencies are ignoring this.

Vitamin D deficiency can lead to loss of muscle strength. Vitamin D controls calcium, which is essential for muscle contraction. Without enough vitamin D, the body cannot properly utilize calcium, impairing muscle contraction. This impairment results in widespread, difficult-to-pinpoint muscle pain and achiness.

The biggest message lost during the pandemic is the importance of vitamin D. There's no such thing as flu and cold season, only low vitamin D season. Every cell in your body has a receptor for vitamin D, which controls thousands of genes and is the master key to your immune system. We're facing an international vitamin D deficiency pandemic, with 70% of the world immune suppressed. In the US, 70-80% of Americans are deficient, especially nursing home patients and people of color. Hospitalized and ICU patients are also highly deficient. If you're deficient, you're immune suppressed and susceptible to illnesses. The best mask is a healthy immune system, which requires adequate vitamin D. Sunshine is key, but those above the 35th parallel can't synthesize it through their skin for much of the year.

The body may be deficient in vitamin D if experiencing low back pain, high blood pressure, depression, inflammation, or sleep issues like sleep apnea and snoring. Skin problems such as acne and dermatitis can also indicate a deficiency. Surprisingly, autoimmune diseases may also signal a need for more vitamin D. It is claimed that sufficient vitamin D3 intake can induce remission in autoimmune conditions.

The speaker emphasizes the importance of Vitamin D during the pandemic, stating that there is no such thing as a flu and cold season, only a low Vitamin D season. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in the immune system, controlling genes and preventing cytokine storms. The speaker highlights the global Vitamin D deficiency pandemic, with 70% of the world being immune suppressed. This deficiency is prevalent among various demographics, including nursing home patients, African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Caucasians. The speaker stresses that a healthy immune system is the best defense against illnesses, and obtaining Vitamin D through sunshine is essential, especially in regions above or below the 35th parallel.

Vitamin D helps leptin, which tells the brain you're full, work better. Without enough Vitamin D, insulin doesn't work as well, leading to hunger because insulin allows nutrition to enter cells. Vitamin D can improve insulin sensitivity, allowing more fuel and nutrients to reach the cells. To address Vitamin D deficiency, start taking Vitamin D. Also, take magnesium, vitamin K2, zinc, and B6 as cofactors to prevent issues and improve its effectiveness.

About 80% of people are deficient in vitamin D, which can lead to various health issues like depression, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and cancer. However, simply taking vitamin D supplements won't help if you have an unhealthy lifestyle. If you clean up your lifestyle and still have low vitamin D levels, it can make a big difference. It's important to note that even if you spend a lot of time in the sun or take vitamin D supplements, without adequate magnesium in your diet, the enzymes that convert vitamin D into its active form won't function properly. Unfortunately, 50% of the population doesn't consume enough magnesium, which can be found in dark leafy greens, pumpkin, dark chocolate, and almonds. Magnesium is crucial for DNA repair enzymes and has anti-aging properties.

Sustained stress shuts down the immune system. T cells, which normally protect and kill cancer cells and viruses, are put to sleep. This immunosuppression causes infections to last longer.

Low energy is a common sign of a vitamin D deficiency because your mitochondria, which is the part of the cells where your energy actually comes from, rely on vitamin D to work properly. If you're low in vitamin D because you're not getting outside and getting your skin exposed to the sun, your mitochondria don't work as well, which can leave you feeling weak, fatigued, and low in energy. Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most common deficiencies across the planet. If you're suffering from low energy, really look at your lifestyle and see if you're getting outside and getting your skin exposed to the sun. If not, this would be the first place to start if you want to increase your energy levels.

Vitamin K2 helps prevent calcium buildup and drives calcium into bones and teeth. Vitamin A, specifically retinol, is another important nutrient cofactor for Vitamin D3. Vitamin A receptors sometimes bind with Vitamin D receptors, and both work together. A deficiency in one can affect the other's optimal function. Vitamin A also helps keep calcium out of arteries. Vitamin A deficiency symptoms include difficulty seeing in the dark, dry eyes and skin, a lowered immune system, and acne.

Vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of cancer, and taking vitamin D can prevent cancer. It is also effective for treating depression and important for the immune system. Big pharma dislikes vitamin D because it reduces the risk of many diseases. Studies on vitamin D are often designed to fail using low doses. Higher doses are recommended for those with chronic inflammation or autoimmune diseases. The sun is beneficial and avoiding it increases the risk of dying. Sunshine also prevents cancer, including melanoma. Spending about 30 minutes in the sun without sunscreen is recommended, as sunscreen may increase the risk of melanoma.

Sunlight deficiency is claimed to be the biggest cause of disease, with studies suggesting avoiding the sun is as risky as smoking. Insufficient sun exposure is allegedly responsible for almost 400,000 deaths per year and an increased incidence of almost every disease. Vitamin D is described as critical for dopamine synthesis, mood, weight loss, immune function, and glucose metabolism. Vitamin D supplementation is associated with a claimed 40% lower rate of dementia, and 4,000 IU of vitamin D reportedly boosted testosterone 40% in one study. Beyond vitamin D, the sun purportedly shrinks fat cells and improves the gut microbiome. Red and near-infrared light from the sun is said to structure water in mitochondria, boosting energy production and setting the circadian rhythm.

Samples taken from patients before the pandemic show that a high level of vitamin D does not protect against Covid-19. In fact, it increases the risk of hospitalization by two times and also tends to advance the risk of severe illness.

A University of South Australia study has found that maintaining healthy vitamin D levels can lower the chances of COVID-19 patients ending up in the hospital. However, vitamin D will not reduce the risk of catching COVID-19. Approximately four million adults in Australia are vitamin D deficient.

Six symptoms are linked to vitamin D deficiency: low back pain. This is the classic hallmark symptom of vitamin D deficiency. Number two, high blood pressure. Ninety of hypertension is an unknown cause. Well guess what? It's probably a low vitamin D situation. Number three, depression. If you're low in vitamin D, it's going bring your mood down. You see this a lot in the winter when people are not exposed to the sun. Number four, sleep problems, sleep apnea and snoring. Number five, any problem with your skin whether it's acne, flaky skin, dry skin, inflammation in the skin as in dermatitis usually is a vitamin D deficiency. And then we arrive to number six which actually will surprise a lot of people. Low vitamin D is the first thing that occurs before someone can develop an autoimmune disease. Right now autoimmune diseases outrank heart disease and cancer. I believe it's because of low vitamin D.

Vitamin C boosts the immune system by increasing white blood cell mobility and activity; without it, they become sluggish. Vitamin C also enhances phagocytosis, which is the ability of phagocytes to consume pathogens. Additionally, vitamin C aids white blood cells in producing defenses against infections. A lack of vitamin C can prolong the duration of illness. White blood cells contain 100 times more vitamin C than blood because the immune system relies heavily on it.

Eighty-five percent of the world's population is clinically deficient in vitamin D3, a nutrient humans make from sunlight and cholesterol. Vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol, is arguably the most important nutrient in the human body. People have been taught to fear the sun, but most are not getting enough. The rise in skin cancer incidence is superimposable with the use of sunscreen. Since 2018, multiple brands of sunscreen have been pulled from the market for directly causing skin cancer.

Vitamin D deficiency can cause mental sluggishness, slow decision-making, impaired thinking and focus, and distractibility. Vitamin D has a profound effect on the front part of the brain, which acts as a relay system. Vitamin D3 is needed for communication between neurons.

Avoiding the sun may be just as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. There's an association between at least 17 different cancers and a vitamin D insufficiency and autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular disease. Vitamin D is intimately involved in over 2,000 different genes. Our immune system absolutely cannot work without vitamin D. 90 to 95% of vitamin D comes from the sun. Even in the early nineteen hundreds, they had sanitariums that you can go to to bathe in the sun as a cure for TB and asthma and many different illnesses. I mean, just think about the mainstream recommendation for sun by the American Dermatology Association. You must stay out of the sun, and if you're out in the sun, use sunblock because the sun is dangerous. I'm talking about a moderate amount of sun so you'd never burn.

There is a flood of research on what vitamin D can do for cancer, and it helps in many different ways. Research that shows vitamin D doesn't help is influenced by big pharma. Studies that don't show a favorable outcome use tiny amounts of vitamin D, which is why they don't create the desired effects.