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The Importance Of Vitamin D
Many diseases are impacted by your vitamin D level. Dr. John Cannell, a prominent researcher, and advocate for vitamin D use, points out that vitamin D appears to reduce the risk of suffering from virtually any disease.
Vitamin D is not just a vitamin, it's a pre-hormone that serves multiple gene-regulatory functions. It helps to regulate your ability to fight infections. It is involved in the process of producing over 200 anti-microbial peptides, the most important of which is cathelicidin, a naturally occurring broad-spectrum antibiotic.
You only have about 30,000 genes in your body, and vitamin D has been shown to influence more than 2,000 of them, so the true impact on your health is easy to see. It may, in fact, have literally thousands of health benefits. It's likely we're just beginning to scratch the surface of it's true potential.
The widely-dispersed message to avoid the sun as much as possible, combined with an overall cultural trend of spending more time indoors during both work and leisure time, has greatly contributed to widespread vitamin D deficiency seen today which in turn is fueling an astonishingly diverse array of common chronic diseases, including cancer, hypertension, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and Alzheimer's to name a few.
Many studies show that the higher your vitamin D levels, the lower your risk of contracting colds, flu and other respiratory tract infections, however you need to have your vitamin D levels tested to find out. Standard blood tests consider 30 ng/ml to be in normal range, however it has been shown that the optional level would be more like 60-80 ng/ml.
Research suggests that up to 85% of people could be deficient in vitamin D without knowing it, leading to less-than-optimal health.
Current scientific research suggests that all cells and tissues in your body have vitamin D receptors and further concludes that every cell and tissue needs vitamin D for its wellbeing. Even in absence of any outwardly obvious signs, vitamin D impacts an incredible array of support systems and functions in your body.
Since healthy levels of vitamin D protect and promote so many of your body's functions, a deficiency may mean your body lacks the tools it needs to keep you in optimal health. However, since vitamin D toxicity can be difficult to reverse, it is not recommended to begin supplementation without getting your levels tested first.
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