I gotta give pushback on the concern with kidneys and Vitamin D toxicity because when it's taken with a sufficient level of Vitamin K2, there is measurably no 'excess' calcium in the blood to cause the toxic condition of hypercalcemia. The Mayo Clinic has had an 'update' on their opinion of Vitamin D Toxicity and it's risk, and said "The evidence is clear that vitamin D toxicity is one of the rarest medical conditions and is typically due to intentional or inadvertent intake of extremely high doses of vitamin D (usually in the range of >50,000-100,000 IU/d for months to years)" - Direct Quote. Second, "what is considered to be a toxic level?" Some doctors will say anything above 60 ng/mL... My lab test said the upper boundary is 96ng/mL... Vitamin D researchers say 50ng/mL is the beginning of optimal and can run up to 140ng/mL as long as you're supplementing sufficient Vitamin K2 with it and watching Calcium levels. I heard somewhere that calcium levels don't begin to increase to significantly different levels until they reach above 60ng/mL; but, I understand that the threshold could be a sliding scale here. I can't find the source for my note on this. Just my opinion here; but, it's based upon research I've done.
Over-supplementation generally doesn't cause depletion of other things, it makes it apparent that you are also low in those as well. Supplements are extremely targeted, processed foods are extremely lacking, vegetables are better, meats and animal fats contain almost everything, and organ meat and bone broth will give you pretty much everything your body needs. Vitamin D is a no-brainer, most people spend less than 10% of the time in the sun than they would have 30 years ago. Naturally evaporated sea salt should be the only salt you use, most people are low in salts but overdosed in sodium because all processed foods use only sodium chloride. Sea salts have many different trace elements that your body needs for all functions. In short, if you have a healthy diet of natural whole foods, garden-grown vegetables, sun or vitamin D, and a good amount of sea salt such as Celtic Sea Salt, you should not have to supplement with anything. I hope your channel gets more traction because you have a lot of good information to share and we have been misled for a long time by food processors and corporations.
RUclips suggested this to me because I take a lot of supplements lol. But I also do a LOT of research on anything I take, never overdose, get my blood checked regularly, etc. They can be life changing so it's very easy to get sucked in! IMO the 2 biggest issues with them are: 1. People will start taking things without fully researching it. Like moa, safety, dosing, med interactions, etc. 2. Lack of basic regulation. While we should have the freedom to take something that isn't FDA approved; supplements should still have to pass independent testing for things like heavy metals, pesticides, etc.
Re: #2... There is plenty of regulation, too much in fact. What we need is regulation without the accompanying corruption (see my comments above). In concept I agree with your comments in #2, however we need unbiased regulation. There is too much corruption and influence peddling in just about all of our regulatory agencies. The FDA is a prime example. The FDA receives 75% of its funding from the pharmaceutical industry (Forbes article). Does anyone think that is a problem, and might explain some of the crazy nonsensical findings, guidance, rules, and regulations they have come out with ??? Recent history has taught us that we need totally independent regulation, free of influence and bias in order to trust anything they say or do.
I believe food is medicine (phrase coined by Casey and Calley Means), but the problem is... our available foods today are not the foods of our grandparents. Foods today lack the nutrients and likely contain high levels of pesticides and forever chemicals. Many folks think the answer is to grow your own foods, however that is not without its own problems, like chemicals being dispersed in the skies over our heads to manipulate the weather and who know what other motives may be at play there. Supplements also have problems like no regulation. While I am not fond of regulations due to the corruption involved with such, given the above, supplements seem to be the only alternative. If we could get a handle on our food production (and education), folks should not need supplements. However, what choice do we have given the sad state of our available foods. Doctors tell us that every body (person) is different, and while I believe that to be true to some extent, what normal person has the financial ability to visit the doctor and pay for expensive blood tests as frequently as they should. As you indicated, even if tests find that a particular supplement might have some benefit to you, that could change maybe a month later. Who has the financial ability to visit the doctor as often as they should when taking such supplements. The current medical industry is in a sad state of affairs. Corruption and influence peddling is rampant in the industry. The food is designed to make us overeat because that increases profits. The food is laden with the best chemicals money can buy to increase shelf life and make it more appealing to the human eye, and when that food makes us sick, it drives us to the doctors to get diagnosed for ailments. Once the diagnosis is made, off to the pharmacy we go to get that pill that we need to be on the rest of our lives, which in turn enriches the pharmaceutical industry. Then when we get sicker from the drug interactions... off to the hospital we go where they make even more money. And, don't forget the health insurance companies in that scenario who probably make more money than all the doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals combined. I don't have the answers... but folks must admit, something is wrong with our health industry. We are sicker, and more overweight today that at any time in our country's history. We have more chronic diseases today than at any time in our history. It's hard to come up with answers when so many avoid the clear and convincing signals our population is exhibiting, and are being ignored. For being one of the richest countries in the modern world we rank extremely low on the scale of healthy populations. My guess... it's corruption pure and simple. Your thoughts ???
I gotta give pushback on the concern with kidneys and Vitamin D toxicity because when it's taken with a sufficient level of Vitamin K2, there is measurably no 'excess' calcium in the blood to cause the toxic condition of hypercalcemia. The Mayo Clinic has had an 'update' on their opinion of Vitamin D Toxicity and it's risk, and said "The evidence is clear that vitamin D toxicity is one of the rarest medical conditions and is typically due to intentional or inadvertent intake of extremely high doses of vitamin D (usually in the range of >50,000-100,000 IU/d for months to years)" - Direct Quote.
Second, "what is considered to be a toxic level?" Some doctors will say anything above 60 ng/mL... My lab test said the upper boundary is 96ng/mL... Vitamin D researchers say 50ng/mL is the beginning of optimal and can run up to 140ng/mL as long as you're supplementing sufficient Vitamin K2 with it and watching Calcium levels.
I heard somewhere that calcium levels don't begin to increase to significantly different levels until they reach above 60ng/mL; but, I understand that the threshold could be a sliding scale here. I can't find the source for my note on this.
Just my opinion here; but, it's based upon research I've done.
Over-supplementation generally doesn't cause depletion of other things, it makes it apparent that you are also low in those as well. Supplements are extremely targeted, processed foods are extremely lacking, vegetables are better, meats and animal fats contain almost everything, and organ meat and bone broth will give you pretty much everything your body needs. Vitamin D is a no-brainer, most people spend less than 10% of the time in the sun than they would have 30 years ago. Naturally evaporated sea salt should be the only salt you use, most people are low in salts but overdosed in sodium because all processed foods use only sodium chloride. Sea salts have many different trace elements that your body needs for all functions. In short, if you have a healthy diet of natural whole foods, garden-grown vegetables, sun or vitamin D, and a good amount of sea salt such as Celtic Sea Salt, you should not have to supplement with anything. I hope your channel gets more traction because you have a lot of good information to share and we have been misled for a long time by food processors and corporations.
Great information. Thank you
My biggest beef with most multi - vitamins or B complex is stupid amounts of B6. It’s good to cycle off everything to me.
That's why I only use name-brand top-quality placebo. None of that cheap stuff.
RUclips suggested this to me because I take a lot of supplements lol. But I also do a LOT of research on anything I take, never overdose, get my blood checked regularly, etc. They can be life changing so it's very easy to get sucked in! IMO the 2 biggest issues with them are:
1. People will start taking things without fully researching it. Like moa, safety, dosing, med interactions, etc.
2. Lack of basic regulation. While we should have the freedom to take something that isn't FDA approved; supplements should still have to pass independent testing for things like heavy metals, pesticides, etc.
You should take testing blood with a grain of salt. You should be testing intracellular nutrients (in lysosomes). If you want an accurate estimate
Re: #2... There is plenty of regulation, too much in fact. What we need is regulation without the accompanying corruption (see my comments above). In concept I agree with your comments in #2, however we need unbiased regulation. There is too much corruption and influence peddling in just about all of our regulatory agencies. The FDA is a prime example. The FDA receives 75% of its funding from the pharmaceutical industry (Forbes article). Does anyone think that is a problem, and might explain some of the crazy nonsensical findings, guidance, rules, and regulations they have come out with ??? Recent history has taught us that we need totally independent regulation, free of influence and bias in order to trust anything they say or do.
I believe food is medicine (phrase coined by Casey and Calley Means), but the problem is... our available foods today are not the foods of our grandparents. Foods today lack the nutrients and likely contain high levels of pesticides and forever chemicals. Many folks think the answer is to grow your own foods, however that is not without its own problems, like chemicals being dispersed in the skies over our heads to manipulate the weather and who know what other motives may be at play there.
Supplements also have problems like no regulation. While I am not fond of regulations due to the corruption involved with such, given the above, supplements seem to be the only alternative. If we could get a handle on our food production (and education), folks should not need supplements. However, what choice do we have given the sad state of our available foods. Doctors tell us that every body (person) is different, and while I believe that to be true to some extent, what normal person has the financial ability to visit the doctor and pay for expensive blood tests as frequently as they should. As you indicated, even if tests find that a particular supplement might have some benefit to you, that could change maybe a month later. Who has the financial ability to visit the doctor as often as they should when taking such supplements.
The current medical industry is in a sad state of affairs. Corruption and influence peddling is rampant in the industry. The food is designed to make us overeat because that increases profits. The food is laden with the best chemicals money can buy to increase shelf life and make it more appealing to the human eye, and when that food makes us sick, it drives us to the doctors to get diagnosed for ailments. Once the diagnosis is made, off to the pharmacy we go to get that pill that we need to be on the rest of our lives, which in turn enriches the pharmaceutical industry. Then when we get sicker from the drug interactions... off to the hospital we go where they make even more money. And, don't forget the health insurance companies in that scenario who probably make more money than all the doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals combined.
I don't have the answers... but folks must admit, something is wrong with our health industry. We are sicker, and more overweight today that at any time in our country's history. We have more chronic diseases today than at any time in our history. It's hard to come up with answers when so many avoid the clear and convincing signals our population is exhibiting, and are being ignored. For being one of the richest countries in the modern world we rank extremely low on the scale of healthy populations. My guess... it's corruption pure and simple.
Your thoughts ???
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