Health Tip: Vitamin D

By Nimrod Weiner
Beyond a doubt, getting adequate vitamin D is essential for your health. Recent studies continue to confirm vitamin  D as a “superstar” nutrient crucial for good health (in fact, it’s probably closer to a hormone than a vitamin). Vitamin D regulates the levels of calcium and phosphate in the bloodstream, and it promotes the mineralization and growth of bones, working together with calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin K2. It plays a massive role in the immune response, activating and “arming” the killer T-cells for defense against infections and bacteria. It modulates the expression of genes that regulate cell proliferation suggesting a potential role in cancer incidence, and it reduces systemic, chronic inflammation.
And yet it is one of the most chronically deficient vitamins in industrial humans today!
As an equatorial people, homo sapiens spent well over half of our collective development time bathed in tropical sun, almost year-round. But now, our modern lifestyles rarely allow for such regular sun exposure. We can’t all bask in the midday sun nor can we even reliably count on there being adequate sunlight on a regular basis. Additionally, we’re told to avoid the sun at all costs, or if we absolutely must venture out into the light, to apply a thick layer of sunscreen. And we’ve seen the recent problems reported to be caused by us coating ourselves in sunscreen (vitamin D deficiency linked to obesity, MS and other dysfunctions).
On top of this, food is a poor source of vitamin D, and very little can be obtained from even the healthiest of diets.
Between office jobs without a view, window panes that allow UV-A but not UV-B rays, humans just aren’t giving their skin enough opportunities to create sufficient amounts of vitamin D.
So, what can you do? Get out in the sun – not only will it importantly boost your Vitamin D level, helping with hormone and energy levels as well as immunity, it will also help you to take a break from what we think are the 101 important things for us to do each day. And, find a good, natural supplement (artificial ones can be more harmful than good).
Our message, as always, is these 3 simple steps:
    •    Reduce lifestyle stressors
    •    Increase healthy lifestyle activities
    •    Take away the imprint lifestyle stressors left on your body (see a chiropractor)
Choose Wisely!





By Nimrod Weiner