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My daughter had a D level of 5. her provider put her on D2 50,000 units once a week for years with no benefit. After doing some research I found out how important Vitamin K was to absorbing D. I purchased Vitamin D3 with K2 daily dosing and within 3 months her D levels were within range and has stayed that way.
Sounds a lot like me. Mine was at 12. So I took the ones the doctor prescribed but nothing happened. Then after finding out more. I found out you need D3with K2. And that made such a difference. My doctor had no idea of the difference.
I was diagnosed with MS in 2016, went on an immunosuppressive, and then found out how important Vitamin D was for the immune system. In particular, it is critical for decreasing inflammation which is a key component of MS. I went through increasing intake and measuring my blood level for months until I figured out I need 8000 iu per day to stay at 100 ng/ml, which is optimal for MS. (For most people, 10,000 iu per day gets you to 100 ng/ml, 5000 iu per day gets you to 50 ng/ml, etc. So you can see that 2000 iu/day only raises your level by 20 ng/ml, which may still leave you insufficient.) Just before the Covid-19 outbreak, my doctor told me to stop the immunosuppressant because my B-cell level made me as low as an AIDS patient, and I was in danger of a viral brain infection. I did get Covid-19 but not bad enough to be hospitalized. Ever since then, my only MS medication has been Vitamin D! And I have had no more MS symptoms during the last 5 years.
You were lucky with youre vitamine D treatment. In my country literally ALL (100% ) covid patients in the hospital had a vitamin D shortage....I think this has saved you from severe consequences from Covid. (I also got covid...and my symptoms were less than a normal cold (rhino virus). But yes, I do take a daily vitamin D 1000 IU (in oil capsules..as this video tells it must be taken with fats) and magnesium citraat as supplement ...I'm 67 years old. I'm lucky with my education as child about healthy food and a wife---physician--- with also has as a target using minimal pharma (drugs) and preventing illnesses with healthy food. We also go as far as possible with not pasteurized milk products (Butter, cheese). Less processing meand more nutrients we need.
I had a friend that was diagnosed with MS. He had become suddenly incoherent and it had appeared as though he was incapable of following a conversation quickly and he had also lost a lot of basic speaking abilities. This isn't a diss, I loved him like a brother from another mother, but I was never strong enough to cope how he changed because I had pain too. With the FOMO effect at the time in early 2000s from what technology had given, how could someine with pain still so indescribable to this day as me, not leave? I still suffer the loss of a friend that day. Plus we'll never be able to share our divine intervention/ai encounter with the world. Anyways, my question was, lol, did you smoke pot prior to the diagnoses or anything out of the blue like that? I've been working on a hypothesis that is aimed at solving the reason for MS so any other info would be greatly appreciated.
I recall seeing that practically every covid death somewhere had been measured to be deficient in vitamin d and zinc, so I made sure to take plenty even on top of my multivitamin and pulled through the virus just fine with all symptoms gone within a week. (This week I caught it again and was down to a runny rose after a day) The same went for my uncle,he'd been watching this type of video since his doctor steered him towards keto for pre-diabetes. My mother didn't listen when I told her this and wouldn't take it, went to the hospital with extremely low blood oxygen, spent at least a month in an intensive care unit across the state, narrowly got out of it alive and came home *with a prescription for, guess what, vitamin d and zinc.* (She's a "burn your fingers to figure out they were right about touching the stove" kind of learner,now she watches videos like this but scoffs at keto as my uncle's health improves on it 🙄)
Stuck in ‘100 years ago’ thinking covers much of the advice put out by the majority of governments, health authorities and doctors. If you want to look after your health you have to educate yourself - the state wont help. 🤦🏼♀️ Thank you for helping that educational process! 🙏🏻
I take around 50mg vitamin D & 100mcg K2 daily. I'm stunned that even now many doctors still connect this to simple bone health and don't consider the wider benefits of these amazing nutrients.
Not only are they a lot of the times way behind the eight ball as they say. But a great deal of the time you are placed upon a treatment regiment as primarily dictated & designated by the biases of the health care system / providers, even many times in conflict / opposition with your doctor/s rationalities. You are absolutely correct in conveying that in many cases you have to take it upon yourself. To educate yourself as pertaining to your specific condition/s / needs, etc. I have been ever progressively learning / discerning this as pertaining to my ruemetoid arthritis condition. 😮
100 years ago is when Rockefeller destroyed the original western medicine that was more focussed on nutrients and herbs and replaced it with petrochemicals. Probably not a concidence that progress in establishment medicine suddenly came to a hard stop around then.
I have an “old school” doctor who has told me numerous times that I should stop taking so much vitamin D…I am 71 years old, extremely fit and healthy whereas, 8 years ago I was overweight, weak and constantly sick. Getting myself on a healthy keto/carnivore diet, along with vitamin supplements has radically improved my life. I am now healthy and strong enough to do the outdoors activities I love. It is so very critical to DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH instead of blindly trusting the advice of antiquated doctors who know NOTHING about proper nutrition !!
Don't worry! A bachelor reserarch work found out that the original recommendation is 8000 I.U. daily. There was an error and they put the dot at the wrong position and it became 800 I.U. daily. Some people recalculated the study numbers and informed the institution about their error and they corrected it, but in the meantime many people read the wrong value of 800 I.U. and published it. Since than people and journals copy the werong value from each other and no one does know the original source anymore and takes their corrected value. As everybody writes 800 I.U. they think the one source which writes 8000 i.U. is wrong!
Totally agree, I'm also on keto diet. I had 32 level of D and was prescribed 30 000 D + K for one month. Now I'm on 10 000 D without K anymore, but I will check the D level in one month, so I cannot share it yet.
I have taken 10,000 all the time in winter and then increased to 20,000 for 2 weeks and my blood test results said that my Vitamin D levels were normal. I think that these recommended levels are outdated and nobody is talking about that, which is the real problem.
Do you trust what the markers and numbers say or do you actually listen to ur body? It seem that science is fraud and all the measurements etc is fake, based on lies its mostly build. Thatswhy after 5 years they can say vitamin D is good then they change mind again
you might be overdosing and stressing liver and kidneys that make expensive urine. one way to test it is half the dose and see if you are still at normal levels and then you will know if you were hurting yourself. (Speaking as someone with Kidney necrosis, you cant tell till its too late)
My sister's geriatric doctor is stuck in the dark ages on this. He told her to quit taking so much Vit D. She was diagnosed with osteoporosis at age 35. I'll be sending her this video. Thank you much for your clarity on this.
Her doctor makes sense in a way. If you have too much vitamin D loose in bloodstream, then you can leach calcium from bones and into bloodstream and could calcify arteries along with that. The vitamin K2 is super important to make the vitamin d useful...
When I was in my 30's, I had a vit d level of 13 ml when I was first tested. I was on anxiety meds, anti depression meds, sleep meds, and HDHD meds. Under a holistic Dr's care, within 6 months, I was off all meds. This happened after supplementing with 10,000 IU daily, changing my diet by getting off soda, lowering carbs and getting more sun without sunscreen. What an interesting journey. I am so grateful to be off the meds and feel like a new person. On to a deeper dive into insulin resistance! Thank you so much for your videos, they are so helpful.
This is such a valuable video. I have been suffering from depression, burn out and panic attacks. A blood test revealed that I was vitamin D insufficient. Had taken a supplement for many years, but apparently it did not do enough. Switched to another, which I take with Magnesium, and my mental health problems are gone. Regularly testing my vitamin D levels now, which is what many people should do.
I had severe anxiety which led to panic attacks. Shallow breathing was one cause. I have depression when I don't get enough sunlight. But interesting to note that my Vitamin D is low and at the same time my TSH is 5.1 (should be 2.0) with lots of thyroid symptoms. Good to learn the connection between thyroid and Vitamin D levels.
Excellent presentation - the most comprehensive I’ve ever seen. I was diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency (26 nmol/l after five years of what felt like burnout. Just walking 1,000 yards felt like a mountain & it seemed I was always getting bronchitis & sinus infections. It took about ten years to break into the sufficiency zone (76 nmol/l), but I started feeling much stronger after about five years. My doctor said take 1,000 iu, then 2,000 iu, then 3,000 iu, then told me I wasn’t taking the right type. Then it was 3,000 iu, then 4,000 iu, & then 5,000 iu & then we started seeing better improvement. I started taking 10,000 iu for a year & when last tested, I was at 198 nmol/l. My blood calcium was just under the low end of normal, so that’s not a concern - I’ve been taking K2 MK7. I’ve since dialed my vitamin D3 back to 7,500 iu. Today, at 58 years of age, I can walk as far as I want & I tolerate stress way better. Vitamin D deficiency stole about ten years of what was supposed to be the best years of my life. I can’t recommend testing enough.
Wow! I am 54, experiencing symptoms that I blamed on menopause. My test results say I am deficient in Vit. D. I hate pills but I was taking 5000 out liquid drops. I will increase that today. My NP recommended I take 2000 IU/day
@@inga.K.J.G. Make sure it’s vitamin D3. My wife takes 5,000 iu every day & 100 mcg vitamin K2 MK7 every other day. Dr. Berg, DC, has some good videos on both.
I am African American and I take a daily dose of 40,000 IU of vitamin D3 along with 400 mcg of vitamin K2. It's crucial to note that among African Americans and individuals with darker skin tones, the rate of vitamin D deficiency skyrockets to 70%. The pigment in darker skin can hinder the absorption of sunlight, which is a crucial process for vitamin D synthesis.
I take the same K2 (400 mcg) daily with only 10,000 IU D3, uncertain if the amount of K2 you take is sufficient (in proportion to the D3). Recommend you look into the right ratio between the two (I am not saying I am right, your ratio just seems a little low in K2 based only on the ratios I have seen in combined supplements)
I once read that darker skinned people, though usually having lower vit D levels than the lighter skinned, would also have lower needs of it for healthy living. When we see that the best athletes in America in the more demanding sports are mostly African americans, that thesis may well be true.
Great presentation!! The title should have been vitamin D deficiency danger. When I first saw the title I thought taking vitamin D was dangerous 😀😀 glad I listened up to the end. You are such an amazing asset for me. I learn a lot from you and share to my loved one. May God bless you with good health and many many years to live. Thank you🙏🏽🙏🏽
I have been taking 4000IUs of Vitamin D3 along with K2 for several years. My bloods are maintained st around 250 nmol/l . I have reversed osteoporosis. Last September I tested positive for Covid. I had a ticklish cough for about five days. I had a fever one night that lead to me being tested positive. Two days later I felt fine snd tested negative. I a 75 years old and compared to all my peers I am very fit and energetic. I enjoy walking/ hiking. I walk Caminos every year. In May I walked the 300 mile Camino Fonseca. On August 20th I will set off to walk the 500 mile Camino Frances.
Niste Vi imali nikakav virus, vec trovanje!! Truju nas sa neba hemijsko biološkim otrovom Kemtreliksom, i zato imate suv kasalj, boli vas grlo, temperaturu, itd. Uzmite , ako vas boli grlo, malo sode bikarbone , u času vode i ispirajte grlo. Svako jutro pijem pola cedjenog limuna, pola kašičice sode bikarbone u 3 DC vode na gladno srce. Nebojte se.. Ako imate i ZEOLIT, pijte, izbacite teske metale. Imate u prodavnici zdrave hrane
For anyone who lives in Ireland, take note that the medical practitioners never check Vitamin D, even if you are very ill and admitted to hospital. I asked a GP about this and she said that they don't bother testing for Vt.D in Ireland because, and I quote, "everyone is always low". And this GP refused to prescribe a higher dose supplement. This led to a heated exchange to say the least. My advice, if they don't take this seriously is to change your GP.
@@badgreendragon Thanks for calling me a liar but I have no reason to be lying about this. I've been through a few GPs here and they are mostly awful. Out of date and clueless. My current GP however is awesome - one of the few that stays up to date, also spoke out during covid about the benefits of early treatment including Vit.D.
@@davidanderson8469 It can be done right. The UK is a good example for over 50 years. But things have changed in the last 10 years. The service is being deliberately run down. It seems to be part of the agenda 2030 crap.
Is that all of Ireland?...I am in North but it was only on spinal stenosis diagnosis that a Polish consultant put me on d3 for 2 months...I found by research,trial and error that I NEED D3&K2,D2,Zinc& magnesium or cod liver for best results...TY FOR POST
After being diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2017 and doing my own vigilant research. I had to ask my Oncologist to check my vitamin D after reading a study out of the University of San Diego that said direct correlation between D deficiency and colon cancer. When we checked it, it was 5. I found that their synthetic D3 never got me over 35. After finding a quality D3 on my own I can say I’m ALIVE!!!Last blood work checked in September 2023 I was sitting at 61. My goal is yes, to hit or be somewhat closer to 70. Great topic that yes more people need to know about and have checked. You need to tell your Dr you want to check it. 💗✨
i had breast cancer back in 2017. no one said a word about d3, but some months later, a friend, with the same cancer, was told to get on d3. so i did what you did, i had to ask my dr and she said “oh, yes, that can help” and i asked why she didnt tell me earlier. i think they want you to stay sick so they make money, i really believe that. oh, and so far so good, im 5 years out, no issues so far. oh, and i also take 11mg of zinc per day as they work together well. have not been sick in years, used to get colds, etc. like every 3 months.
Such good news… yes, so many rely solely on what the docs have to say and that is where we must expand our horizons and do our part; be vigilant about our health. Like stated here they are now just starting to understand the correlation and concerns that need to be addressed for certain folks. Stay well and be well. 💗✨
@@toonnaobi-okoye2949 not sure if you guys are asking me or gemini, but i take a chewable, just cause im not good at pills that much, and its Spring Valley fast disolve D3 5,000 iu (125 mcg). along with 11 mg zinc per day. 11 mg of zinc is the rda. i dont take too little or too much, its just right and safe.
Being an African who has recently moved to Sweden, winter has been very tough on me. The cold and darkness was not easy to handle. During my second winter here, I started feeling tired and depressed. I thought that maybe I was just being homesick. Some swedish friends told me though that it might be vitamin D deficiency and I needed to start taking the vitamin D supplement. I was not getting any before that. I took it during the whole winter last year. After watching this video, I understand that I need to make my level of vitamin D checked to know the intake I actually need! Thanks a lot for the video. It really was helpful!🤗
I lived in the ground level once of a building. Coincidentally my side of the apartment had a mountain and large trees. My room would be in total darkness…regardless if I opened the shade. It was the most depressing time
I was practically forced fed vit D by my grandmother via cod liver oil as a kid. 41 now, haven't been to a doctor in over 20 years, apparently look much younger than my age and usually feel really good. I'm convinced Vit D is a major reason because my grandmother lived into her 90's and was strong as an Ox and rarely sick.
Thank you for your work.. Dr Campbell. Were there any studies done on types of fats consumed and the effects on cell walls and the resistance to attack by various things?
It amazes me how society believes lies behind industry. I recently finished book called The 21 former doctor secrets by rachel morgan. She explained career thoughts perfectly
The one thing you're lacking in all of this is how to make sure that protein transporter for vitamin D is enhanced or how you get it or how you keep from being deficient in it you didn't give an answer on that
More doctors should understand this most fundamental aspect to nutrition health. But they do not understand as a general rule. Work with your doctor and help them understand.
Thank You @teedee1170. Thank you for your kind words. My passion has always been to help people understand health, but I have never taught in a school. So I guess you are one of those students 😄
Interestingly, in Ontario Canada, approximately 10 years ago, standard free bloodwork stopped including vitamin D on the panel. It became a patient expense, based on presuming most people had “enough”. And I believe that most people “trust” the medical system and forego paying for this vital information. It’s about $60.00. I’m wondering if it was a long range plan to prepare the population to become immune deficient therefore more reliant on pharmacy in the long run. Call me a theorist. But it’s just tooooo coincidental knowing what we do now and what’s happened in the last 4 years. I’ve never trusted the medical establishment. Have supplemented with D3 K2 for decades, mostly in the winter. 3,000-5,000. THANK YOU DR. EKBERG FOR THIS VERY USEFUL INFO. ❤
Finally! Someone with some sense! 🙏 People are so niave about how we are farmed and manipulated. It really frustrates me and sometimes it makes me think we deserve it 😒
Totally agree. If you didn’t think this was a possibility what is the excuse? The people in charge of health protocols are that ignorant to how important vitamin D is? No. I refuse to believe it. They know what they’re doing.
I believe you're spot on correct with your theory. I'm in Ontario too. The system is corrupt beyond the pale. Ironically, I do have a very caring family Doc, but they're in the minority!
My level was at 4 and I had been suffering with symptoms that mimicked ALS and MS. I can't tell you how much I was ridiculed by doctors including the neurologist who ran multiple tests and said vitamin D has nothing to do with it. they caused me so much stress and I developed health anxiety which put me in a vicious cycle of symptoms. I still have low vitamin D, but man, did i feel so great when i was on the 50,000 IU every week for 3 months. My numbers went up to 18, I believe. My doctors gave up on me, and I went to see a therapist. It's been 2 years of fighting for my own health and sanity. I am so thankful for videos like this that affirm my research and conclusions. I was offered a muscle relaxer for my newfound migraines, and they didn't tell me it was actually depression medication. I specifically told them I did not want to take depression medication. I wanted answers and the root cause. I ended up having a severe reaction from it. All of this is to say. I still have no idea where I land with my vitamin D, but im still fighting to fix this on my own. Thank you for your knowledge.
take the 10K IU per day for a month brother. and don't skip! if you want, test after a month. if its still below 30, keep taking the 10k IU. once its above 30 ng/DL (which is positive) you can think about either lowering it by half or take a 5K and 2.5k (so 2 capsules) per day and gradually lower it until your ng/DL stays level. edit: over the course of a week, that 50k loses its 'effect' on the body rapidly since your body probably doesn't utilize it very well. if you go on a daily 10k, you tell your body to keep maintaining a higher dose of Vit D IU ng/DL and you'll feel better.
Hi Ella, I saw your post on health issues you have been experiencing. Aside from vitamin D deficiency consider what Dr Ken Berry and Dr Anthony Chaffee recommend which is a carnivore diet of just fatty beef, butter, bacon and eggs. I’ve watched a lot of their videos and listened to their recommendations to people who have the same symptoms as you. Once the people eliminated ALL plant foods/spices/sugar/ALL sweeteners including so called “natural” and eliminated seed oils used in cooking ate only fatty beef which is the body’s optimal food their health issues disappeared and they felt good. Watch their videos and put into practice their recommendations for 90 days and experience what a difference it WILL make for you!
I really needed to hear this right now! I know I'm low on Vitamin D. I have supplements, but I'm lazy about taking them. I'm going to be a lot more serious about it now. I live in the Middle East, but because it's so hot most of the year, I tend to stay indoors with the air conditioning on. Having unlimited access to sunlight does not guarantee that your body is making enough vitamins!
There are different types of Vit D3. In most countries you can only get the unactivated one, you have to take it daily for 21 days before there is any effect in your blood. So, about a month before you have the protection it can offer. Dr John Campbell did a very good vid on this called 'The second pandemic'.
Once had a demented GP who refused to check my daughters vit D because he said ,”she doesn’t look deficient” . Took her elsewhere and she was very low.
Jeez.. You know your stuff. I just love how you make everything simple to understand… To explain something complex in way that anyone can follow is a sign of someone who truly Truly understands his subject. Thanks for another great video. Take care doc. 😊
I have watched so many of your videos during the christmas break and completely changed my diet and started with intermittent fasting based on your recommendations. Already starting to see some large improvements getting rid of my eczema I've had for 6 years. Tack för ditt riktigt fina arbete! :)
I have had a succession of poor GPs but I now have one who actually listens to what you are saying, and is big enough to say ' I don't know much about that but I will make it my business to find out' - pure gold. I studied videos and papers from Dr Michael Holick, I started self medicating on 10,000 units/day for 3 years and when I moved onto her list, she ordered vit D, calcium and bone tests done and, despite serious fat malabsorbtion problems from a dodgy pancreas, I was well in range for everything and my Vit D level came in at 137 nmol/L .... her comment was 'that is nearly as good as mine' ... and gave me a big smile. She went on to check my magnesium, K2 and zinc intake and will test again in 12 months.
Thanks for your good work dr Ekberg. Please do not use tricky video titles to get people to watch your videos-you really do not need misleading or catchy titles to get your fans to watch your videos-we have confidence that most of your videos have vital health advice. Just because everybody foes that you don’t need to jump on their bandwagon. Thanks! 🙏☀️🙏
Yeah. I think its clever because it gets the info out there. We live in a click bait world and fear sells. Nobody clicks on feel good vids. It gets the job done. TAKE VIT d. Besides...the danger is LOW vit D so it is not really misleading. If it made you watch then you are more informed. Take the win.
I have been taken 5,000 IU's of vitamin D3 a Day for around 10 years. I went to have a hip replacement 5 months ago and the surgeon said that my bones were as hard as a rock, that he never saw bones so strong and when he drilled into my leg bone to do to hip replacement his drill started smoking and the drill bit broke off into my bone. He said he never saw anything like it.
@@jeffhampton2767 Vitamin d fixes calcium on the bones. I used to work on a X-RAY clinic and when people from the countryside came to take their x-ray, it would take TWICE the time for the x-ray to be ``revealed`` in the chemical liquid. It was due to their bones being way more dense than city folks` bones. Agricultural people had denser bones, I thought it was due to drinking raw milk, but it was probably due to sun exposure all day long.
This is one of the most important videos you have made, Dr. Ekberg. I wish it had been labeled correctly, because now it is misleading people. Whoever makes your labels should be aware of this (and aware of spelling errors as well). Nowhere else that I know of can I find all of this vital information. If only they had substituted "Information" for "danger"!
Excellent information, but the title makes it sound like Vit. D is a danger, rather than emphasizing how important it is. People might see the title and think there's no danger to them because they don't take Vit. D, and then they wouldn't watch the video. I would also emphasize that they should take D3 rather than D2.
@@paulawagstaff686 Yep, click bait and also true, the danger is the DEFICIENCY which is how he starts the video. I too am not happy with RUclips promoting click bait titles but we use the tools we have.
I’m a physician. I have fought keeping up my vitamin D level for a long time. In the beginning of the pandemic, sadly it was 18. I took 10,000 IU for a year, got out in the sun as much as I could. Rechecked it and it was only 19. Researching, I added K2. Six months later, during the winter months, it went up to 54. Then to 81! My adult daughter went from 31 to 90 in 3 months of 5000 IU daily. K2 was the key for us. K2 and also vitamin A help with the absorption of D3. (That is why you find vitamins with “A,D,K.)
I heard of a study done on vitamin D absorption years ago. They found the same issue you experienced. They had the study participants consume D with the largest meal of the day. The outcome was great - they assumed the meals had enough fat (fat soluble supplement) to increase absorption. I have had 3 cardiac ablations for 4 types of arrhythmias. K2 can cause PAC’s - not the same as what I had but it makes me too nervous to take it. I eat a fair bit of red meat and green leafy vegetables. My last level, with supplementation, was 60 nanograms per deciliter.
I am always amused when a Physician admits any type of natural, non pharma needs. I am also surprised that with all of the massive, extensive education doctors posses that they often delayed in discovery of proper application for natural supplements. I notice that many hospitals now have specific doctors and departments assigned for supplement overuse. So Many People gobble up Vitamin D, with results of negative health issues due to not completing their study of the function and how it is properly distributed in our bodies, blood stream for it's purpose. Vitamin D, without the addition of Vitamin K is essentially worthless, and as stated often causes damage from over intake. Unfortunately, today's natural food sources of Vitamin K, chickens and their eggs are deficient in that vitamin due to being fed primarily off grains and not foraging of the natural greens. I am no physician and claim to know nothing, but do achieve great results for positive results of my health at the age of 75. I am never ill, have tons of energy, always active for at least 8-10 hours of assorted workings, not to forget being diagnosed with CML in 2004 and remaining in constant remission. The Real Shame is Western Medicine being Dependent on Big Pharma for treatments. In my lonely opinion; believe that all Physicians be mandated to study natural, vitamin, amino acids and diet for proper treatment of their patients ailments. Thank you for your honesty and hopeful help to others for the need of Vitamin K. Sometimes money won't repair a physical need.
I love how you broke down the different ways that vitamin D can impact our health. It's fascinating to see how one nutrient can have such a big impact on our bodies. I'm definitely going to share this video with my friends and family.
I’ve always felt so iffy about sunscreen. I hate the way it feels on my face, I don’t even put a lot on. But I still apply it because, it’s “anti-aging” according to dermatologist. What’s your opinion?
The reason one has to reapply sunscreen after bathing is because (of course) it loses its efficacy after a time and washes off in seawater. I have also heard that the levels of chemicals from sunscreen are contributing to reef deterioration in Australia, where massive amounts of sunscreen are used. How factual this information is, l have been unable to determine with any amount of accuracy. I am also concerned about the sheer amount of cheicals being applied to the skin, when using sunscreen. Since becoming a ketovor, l have never burned in the sun, despite not using a sunscreen. I do, however, aclimatise myself very gradually to increasing levels of sun exposure throughout the spring and summer.
Without the sun blocker, accelerated aging and skin cancers will be your next concern. I've had 3 Moh's surgeries on my face, already. Remember, we have destroyed a lot of the ozone layer, which blocked some of the dangerous rays.
sunscreen is such a scam. if the sun really is so strong that you need to block it, you would rub on mud like our ancestors. how come nobody does that? it would be messy/ugly? i guess cancer isn't such a big deal then
Fantastic presentation. Thank you. I just got my blood work results last week and for the first time Vitamin D was included in my blood work. My reading was 39 ng/ml so technically "in range" but less than ideal. I was looking for how much to take in a supplement and came across this video. LOVE your all-encompassing explanation of how Vitamin D does or does not work in the body. Seems pretty straight-forward for me now. Take 5000 IU daily and get my blood checked in three months and see what my number is. With a starting point of 39, 5000 IU's a day is not going to push me into any kind of danger zone (>100) in three months. Thank you very much.
D3 levels above 80ng/mL causes greater gene expression that causes the body to use more magnesium, zinc and vitamin C. If low on magnesium then negative symptoms can occur, hence the D3 "toxicity. Ideal magnesium level is 6-6.8mg/dL based on the RBC Mg blood test. My D3 level is at 125ng/mL and my Mg is at 6.5mg/dL this in order to accelerate soft tissue repair (ligaments and cartilage).
I like it how simple you can talk about health. During whole video I was thinking that almost the same effects on body have omega3. It is essential, body cannot make it, the cells need it to divide, absorb vitamins and get rid of toxins. When these two are together(other vitamins too) they can do magic in our bodies
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Thank you for the detailed explanation about vitamin D. I do have a small critique regarding how you titled your video. Upon reading the title, it seemed as if you were going to discuss the dangers of vitamin D. I couldn't believe someone would challenge everything I thought I knew about the beneficial effects of maintaining the right vitamin D levels in the blood. That's why I clicked on the video. Fortunately, you ended up reiterating information I was already familiar with from other sources! I'm aware that many people only read the titles, and in this case, they could have gotten the wrong idea about vitamin D.
There is an Italian book that challenges all of this, very thoroughly researched and documented. Very complex topic. The author mostly notes complications to the digestive system from oral D3 so topical vitamin D might be the better approach.
I have been taking vitamin D3 and K2 since the Covid pandemic started to boost my immune system. Last week, I met up with a friend who had a cold. A few days later, I thought I was coming down with a cold, sneezing and coughing more than usual. That night, I started shivering in bed ( with an electric blanket on). The shivering was my immune system fighting the cold virus. Because the next day, I was symptom-free! In addition, I was going through menopause when I started taking Vitamin D and K2. I used to wake up sweating, even in the winter. The sweats have stopped because of the vitamin D, which helps to regulate your body temperature. So, to any woman considering going on HRT, try taking Vitamin D3 and K2.
@@rosepalmer3525I took 8,000 IU of vitamin D3 and 100 mcg of K2. Make sure you are drinking enough water as well as that can help control your body temperature. Your GP won't recommend Vitamin D because there is no money in it and they would rather prescribe you HRT.
Thank you. How sad is our healthcare system when so many Drs are clueless on PURPOSE regarding vitamins and nutrition due to Big Pharma's input in their training?
I'm afraid that my doctor and his staff are: overweight, diabetic, and vitamin d deficient. If they cannot help themselves, what are the chances that they will do me any good? The first question that they ask me is "what pharmacy do you use?". When I reply none, they look at me like I'm from mars!
LOL, yeah no kidding. Great examples of healthy workers at the doctors office, lol. "What pharmacy do you use", lol, is that like asking who you bank with or what brand of gas do you put in your car, lol. Just ridiculous these f'ing drug pushers.
Thank you so much for sharing this incredibly helpful video! The content is clear, easy to understand, and provides a lot of really necessary information about vitamin D. This is a great resource that helps me better understand how to supplement vitamin D safely and effectively. I hope you will continue to make more useful content like this. Thank you so much! 👍👍
Most doctors are clueless about vitamin D dosages, I have multiple direct examples of such incompetence: for instance, in 2020 an andrologist who didn't know anything about my vitamin D levels literally warned me not to take more than 2000 IU per day... If only he'd known that I can only keep my vit D levels higher than 60 when my daily intake is at least 15000 IU, and even at 25000 IU my body will take several months to get closer to 100, and only occasionally will surpass it. PS. where I live I get no significant sun exposure, not even in summer.
I moved and the dr. scoffed at me when I requested vitamin D test along with my other tests. Went to my previous doctor 160 miles away and found out my vitamin D levels are in the moderate range even though I was taking 5000 units a day and getting one to two hours of sunlight this last summer.
It will be absorbed and used a lot better if also take a fair bit of Magnesium (D depletes Mg), K2 as mk4 or still wont manage calcium properly, retinol A (in ratio of 10x more A than D, naturally found in unmodified cod liver oil), and to use the A well you also need copper. Its not a simple take 1 thing get better equation.. Its a complex dance of interrelated needs.
I live in the low 40's latitude with between 9 and 15 hours of sunlight year round. I take 2000 IU of vD in the summer months from April to September, and 4000 IU in October to March. This typically keeps me in the ~60 range for ng/dl. I'm generally happy with those numbers. I also take vD with grass-fed yogurt and avocado breakfast in the AM, very fatty and filling and allows for fat solubility.
You probably meant ng/ml, the good doctor wan confusing his units through out the video, often reverting to the shorthand of just calling it "ng" which is mass and not concentration.
Twelve years ago, I went to my doctor with a lot of bone pain and severe fatigue. My vitamin D level was 9. Later, it was discovered that I had a parathyroid tumor. Since surgery, I have maintained a vitamin D level of around 60 with supplementation and sun exposure.
@@ridea.l982 Not sure that your recommendation is right for everyone. My friend was taking Vit D (10,000 IU's everyday for over 10 years and vit k) and ended up with serious calcium in his heart. He was vit D toxic in the hospital. He stopped all vit D for 3 months, upped his Vit K and his heart surgery was cancelled.
Another superb video. If most of our PCPs were half as clear, informed, and informative as Dr Ekberg, we'd all be a lot better off. Deep gratitude for your efforts to improve health and education.
Thank you, Dr Ekberg! I've been following your advices in the last couple of years, vitamin D included. More recently it's is the case also for my daughter and for her, the increase in immunity - asma symptoms - and energy - no more lack of energy for a 18 yo girl - are impressive!
You and Dr Mandell are so awesome sharing such critical information for us to know. Thank you for being such excellent doctors and having the best interest in our wellness and not illness. If we were more educated in wellness all of us would be so much healthier then what we are taught to believe
Probably one of your best videos ever (and you have some great ones). MD's don't tie diabetes with other disease processes (gout, HBP, asthma, etc) but certainly there is a pretty hard link with diabetes and Vit D deficiency. Yet, never once has an MD requested my D level to be checked. I discovered it pretty much on my own. I'm the only family member to live far north and the only one with Type II, and when I spend even a few weeks in a sunny warm place in shorts and short sleeves, my BG is very much controlled - even with some bread and pasta (yes I know). So now winter setting in - the great dark north - I just upped my Vit D via liquid drops (capsules don't seem to allow good absorption) plus fish oil and cod liver oil. And my "pirate coffee" and 2MAD (noon and 6PM, animal protein, health fats, green veggies only). I'm giving it a couple months so too soon. BUT VERY Timely vid, thanks. You are great and inspiring!
Starting to understand your 'presentation style' Dr Ekberg (you funny!) You just love to teach! I kept trying to figure out "So what is the "No. 1 thing..."? Lol... You often start with a nonsensical 'catch phrase' then proceed to deconstruct the "non-sense", step by step... You remind me of my old school teachers whom I really loved and respected... good solid, structured knowledge, laid out and organized... all I had to do was "show up" and "take notes!" Thank you! The fact this is based on "current" knowledge is profound and insightful... I'm glad for real doctors and teachers like yourself... I remember picking up Dr Earl Mindell's book "Vitamin Bible" back in 1993-94? forever grateful for people who take the time to share their practical knowledge
I had low vit D and was prescribed vit D2. I took it for 6 months, and the follow-up D level was even lower. I started vit D3 plus vit K2. My vit D level is now normal. I found this information on the internet. My doctor had no idea why the D 2 didn't raise my levels.
When covid began, before there were vaccines, I looked at the NHS admissions printouts online. (I'm in the UK). Those low on vitamin D were flagged as 'over represented'. I upped my vitamin D3 and K2 intake. Later a house member got COVID and a week later so did I. I was quite sick for 3 days. Never took the jabs. Approaching 80, still AOK.
You are lacking iodine. The RDI for this mineral is a joke I take 2 drops of 5% Lugols every day and have done for 30 years, never been sick since Iodine was Trashed by Big Pharma 120 years ago because it was killing their sales Look it up, Iodine is lethal to all pathogens and 100% safe to your biome, no pharma product can claim this
Me too & I knew when everything happened so fast, various types of vaccines for different nationalities - I knew then that everything was happening too fast & disappeared over night. Donald Trump had just returned from China & India bragging about his Secret Deals after he was defeated. Then he advised his base & followers not to take the shot, because they already were his pets. And the medical profession didn’t know what to Do, until they realized that their wages were going up. The key is eating natural foods because artificial foods & drugs are for population controlling
@soulTraveller144What will they think of next to poison us? They no longer put GMO's on ingredient lists, they now say "contains Bio-Engineered food ingredients." Aren't they tricky.They put this crap in everything now, chips, soups( Chunky soups) which was my favorite, cookies, ice creams.They have pulled out all the stops since Covid 19 didn't accomplish their goal of killing off 70% of the world's population. Looks like they want to use nukes now.
Increasing vitamin D does seem to be one of the easiest ways to improve and/or maintain health. I've recently begun supplementing with an FDA approved vitamin D light. I prefer this method for a few reasons, not the least of which is that the body regulates how much it produces through the skin. Oral supplements, as you noted, can lead to toxicity. Thank you for all you're doing to help people improve the quality of their life.
Thank You @realjoeplummer so much for showing your appreciation and supporting the channel, and for helping me get the message of health out to the world. 🙏 🏆 😄
This was the most clear, concise, thorough excellent presentation. I wish ALL doctors were so well informed vs struggling to get them to do the bloodwork
Last week when I did the lab work ordered during my annual physical, I had to sign forms indicating that Medicare may not pay for the Vitamin D test and the HBA1C. Talk about being 100 years behind the times! With the majority of Americans suffering from diabetes and chronic illnesses, those two tests are probably the most important for Medicare to cover.
Last year, 2023, I went to Lab Corp for blood work. I had to sign a paper that stated I may have to pay for vitamin D test if Medicare doesn’t cover it. I did not have to pay.
Sure would be nice if there was a test ppl could use at home on a regular basis since it's so critical. Some of us don't have easy access to blood testing and don't have insurance.
if you're in the u.s., lab corp and quest offer a variety of wellness blood tests that don't require an order from a doctor. you do have to pay for it, but the costs is fairly reasonable.
I wish there was a test for at home as well. I had to pay out of pocket to get a blood test for my daughter. I requested only the vitamin D test from a lab called "Any Lab Now" that will do any test you want without a Doctor's order. Sure it cost me, about 124.00 for just the vitamin D test which was worth finding out she her levels were too low.
Your teaching in your videos is always superb! I also like that your videos are usually no more than 30 minutes. I can’t endure the 2 hour long (or more) videos of others.
@@Apophis1010 He made the clickbait designed to make people think taking it was bad. But that's because most people are "lacking logical reason". Meaning they fell into the trap. But the fortunate part was that he provided a good explanation of all concerns and great data. Which was the point of the "clickbait" part... to get people to watch good information. However, that said, the title did say "the number 1 danger you must know" not "the danger of taking VIt D". Which for challenged people will make them assume the danger is taking it rather than there is a danger associated with it (not taking it). It's lost on most. Hence the comments by most calling it out. You are not allowed to be too smart or you get attacked. That's a common risk amongst smart people. Too smart and you are drowned as a "witch". lol
Metaphorically speaking for those that know what metaphors are. For the rest, just take the crap and get tested for D at routine exams and adjust as required based on your results.
One major and important aspect that influences the dose someone would need and was not mentioned is body weight. Heavier people or people with more fatty tissue need higher doses to achieve the optimal level because the vitamin D is absorbed by fat. According to Brazilian Doctor Cicero Coimbra 200IU per kilogram is a good and safe way to measure how much to take.
Thank you! I’ve been indoors for several years, taking care of my dying husband…but started to take Vitamin D. The Ankylosing sponalitis in my foot went away. The EXTREME pain in my fused spine & right hip subsided. My pain meds have been lowered again & this time I survived. But after he died I was paralyzed with grief & became a total hermit, for 3yrs now and must change my ways & get up & out. I’m very weak! I stopped my brief sojourn w/K2 this month when my feet swelled & got purple. I have blood problems from the vaccine, and must take aspirin now. Amazingly my feet are improving with elevating them & wearing compression socks, in a matter of days w/no K2! Not out of the woods, but plan to sunbathe with NO SUNSCREEN at least 30 minutes a day now that the sun hits the back yard. I’m going to try not to kick the bucket before I turn 79 in June, and spend more time exercising & trying to walk again. I’d be dead by now without Vitamin D. Now let’s get my SKIN to stop shedding so much! And I’m growing back muscles by using weights & bands & marching in place 100steps at a time, holding onto my Walker, MANY times a day. This was an excellent video. Thanks so much.
Hi, Lorraine. I had a friend who was like an Aunt to me or an adopted grandmother. She was a Virginia farm girl from the Shenandoah Valley. She told me she would exercise by walking around the dining room table. She lived to be 90 and had ancestors who lived to be 100. My Sincere Condolences Regarding Your Late Husband. Be Well.
When I made a doctor visit for blood work this summer, my doctor said their practice does not administer Vitamin D testing, since EVERYONE is deficient! She did not include this test that day, and I guess I’ll have to find another source to check my levels! Incredible, right?
I recently went in for an annual physical with a doctor I had only seen once before since we had changed health insurance plans. When I asked for a Vit D test, she literally rolled her eyes and said Vit D tests and supplementation are fads that have no grounds in science, and that she didn't participate in fads.
After I had bariatric surgery my Vitamin D levels dropped to 17-18 ng. I also am over 70 and I have had multiple skin cancers, so I hide from the sun. I was still in the high 20s with 10000 mg daily. I changed from "dry" tablets to capsules of D3 dissolved in MTC oil. I have dropped back to 5000 IU and I am now above 30. I think the MTC oil gives the D3 a running start when it enters my shortened digestive track. I also take K.
noon time sun on your torso for 15 minutes (if you are caucasian, longer if you are dark complected as melanin prevents sun absorption) is best unless you are north of the 34 parallel, then you will need supplementation, esp during fall, winter and spring.
This is the absolute best detailed info about vitamin D that I’ve ever come across. I thought I knew about vitamin D but this video connects so many dots. Thank you so much!
Dr. Ekberg, You're incredibly right about it being a biomarker. I was low on Vitamin D before I got tongue cancer 10 years ago. An acquaintance of mine was low on Vitamin before she got colon cancer. The Dangers of Vitamin D are not getting enough of it! It's Dangerous if you are Low in it. I can see why you named your video the way that you did💜Thank you 🤗
I got very sick for 4 weeks with a flu (test for A & B and Covid but all negative). I was just about over it and then got a head cold for another 4 weeks. I was very surprised by what happened. There I realised that I had stopped taking my Vit D3 about 6 weeks before I first got sick.
@@ВасилийКолесников-л9ы I don't think apple cider vinegar would have helped with being low in vitamin D. I do use ACV sometimes if I get some stomach acid / reflux and it helps with that.
Agree. The important examples of dark skinned medical staff deaths were overlooked by chief medical officer when he declined to accept that vitamin D should be recommended.
After reading a study in February of this year I increased my vitamin D intake to 10,000 IU's every morning. I have had no bad side effects with this increase, and on a positive note, it seems to be helping my Arthritis. Be careful to limit how much calcium you get, though. High vitamin D with lots of calcium is known to cause hypercalcemia. That's bad news for your joints and can cause kidney stones. That's my personal experience.
Gonna start taking mine daily. Atm I take it every other day bc it used to give me back ache. I have RA btw, no medication, 90% symptom free thanks to (I think) keto + IF.
HardRockMiner ~I take 4000 IU Vitamin D a day along with 500 mg of Magnesium (& Omega 3)with it is supposed to help it absorb better. I’m not taking Vitamin K2 MK7 yet but I plan on doing this in the future. ~Coincidentally enough I see your name is HardRockMiner. Back in 1990 (33 years ago) I was detecting alone with manual VLF metal detector (Compass Gold Scanner) when I found a hard rock surface vein of gold that I hand chiselled out 12 oz (11.98 oz to be more exact) in kaolin and a translucent gray quartz with a small amount of rusted iron. I put it in my wash basin and a fellow put in a ball mill with mercury, squeeze it through leather chamois, and then put it in a kiln with borax to pour a bar for me. The last time that I went back there was in 2001 (22 years ago and haven’t been there since then) and it was still the same, nobody had done any more work on it leaving it untouched. I often thought someday I would like to go back there and take it down deeper to see if the vein continues on. There’s more to it than that but I have been caregiver for both of my parents, dad passed away last year. Now I’m free to go so I hope to go back there within the next year or two as long as I can sell the house first.
12:02 Ich habe extrem niedrige Vitamin D Werte und wenn ich Vitamin D Präparate zu mir nehme, bekomme sehr starke Nebenwirkungen davon. Fettiges Essen und Fleisch vertrage ich auch nicht. Heißt das, dass ich möglicherweise Probleme mit der Galle habe? 🤔
Started vitamin D after reading study on old people in ICU early on during the pandemic. The study included 100 old people, 50 received vitamin D and 50 didn’t only 1 person died in the vitamin D group and 23 died that didn’t get vitamin D. That was enough for me. I’m 62 years old and I take 5k of D during the winter months. I had covid twice and each time it was very mild. Every one I know had the vaccine, I didn’t and my family and friends all had severe problems without D . Vitamin D helps with your immune system.
Yes, the link between vitamin D and mortality was known from the very beginning, and yet all of our health authorities were telling doctors NOT to recommend vitamin D, as there was only one, holy and special sacramental treatment that was allowed to be recommended. Absolute murder.
How do you know you got the thing if the tests for it show false positives for everthing? Also what happened to the flu, common cold and other diseases?
I started following this doctor. I think he has LOTS of knowledge and he explains every subject in amazing detail. About Vitamin D3 I take 10000 IU and my vitamin D level is 84. It actually goes up until 117.
Dr. Ekberg, I had an assessment from my doctor. My numbers for Vitamin D was 24.4ng/mg. I was told that I need to be greater than 50; the range from Quest is 39 to 150 to be okay. I am glad to see your session, as I plan to bump up my supplement and hope to hover to 100 or so..
Make certain your magnesium level is 6 to 6.8 mg/dL based on the RBC Mg blood test (serum is useless blood test as RBC Mg shows 90 day average Mg in your cells) as high D3 levels causes gene expressions that demand more Mg.
I’m glad you broke down the levels. During Covid I was taking regular daily vitamins and some supplements and ended up in the D Toxicity range (over 100) with high Calcium Serum levels. On a video conference with my Dr I brought out my many bottle of supplements and we figured out with various combos (daily, k2d3, calc/mg/zinc w d3) I was waaay overdosing. Pulled me off everything for 60 days and retested back to normal. Just be careful out there
I was taking a lot and kept feeling like I was poisoned. I thought it was melatonin but when I cut back on synthetic vit d, I got stronger and felt a lot better
Ive been taking 40.000 IU of VItamin D daily for 2 years (also take Vitamin K and eat super healthy and workout daily) and never had problems. I feel amazing, I also spend every day I can in the sun
@@SkedgySky Healthy. Im like 6'1 230lbs tough. Vitamin D is super important for Testosterone production, so especially if you do natural Bodybuilding or strenght sport in general, you should do everything to increase your test production
I'm 62 and take between 15000 to 20000 iu on weekdays on "cycle off" on weekends. I also take it combined with K2 to ensure the calcium goes where it is supposed to. Blood levels are about 90 and also feel great!
I would advise you to regularly or at the least annually test your vD level. I was taking the 50k iu daily, by accident. I did not realize the directions said to take once per week. I am 46, 115lbs and my level was 400ng/dl. I was having memory problems. I thought I was having dementia. Also my kidneys showed high creatine. Which means my lidneya were having trouble working properly. I was also taking K2 with my vD. I have stopped taking the vD, until my next blood test and after 3 weeks of stopping I am still having some memory problems, but drastically better. I do still take K2. Just make sure you get the blood level. too much is not better!!!
@@nicolefrausto4716 I heard a very esoteric lifter bro on a podcast with less than 1k views said to take 40k iu daily bc it’ll make blow your test up. I base my entire workout and life philosophy around esoteric niche lifters
Studies done on Hawaii residents who get maximal tropical sun exposures (professional surfers, beach lifeguards) revealed them topping out naturally at 60-80 ng/ml. That seems to be the limit the body will produce on its own, given all the sunlight it could want. That suggests 80 ng/ml is a good maximum target.
… however … may Hawaiians have a lot of natural pigment in their skin … so that would askew the assumption of 60-80 being the body’s natural saturation level …
@@bluemoon8268 No, it wouldn't. First, most Hawaii residents are not Hawaiian. Second, a darker-pigmented person reaching that level would only mean that they had spent more time in the sun than a lighter-skinned person. The tank nozzle might be more restricted, but the gas tank is the same size.
That is a sound analysis. However remember that for some people with conversion and receptor problems they could possibly benefit from a bit more. The 50-100ng/ml=125-250nmol/l range therefore seems to be sound for most people as there is no danger at the high end and some may still gain additional benefit. The low end of the range has been shown to be the point where a bunch of beneficial effects start to turn on. Also take note that the body naturally increases the natural upper limit during pregnancy from the same amount of sunshine. Also remember that generous dosing of 160ug=6400IU daily was needed for lactating mothers to have sufficient Vitamin-D3 in their breast milk for all the infants needs.
You left out one important link: Vitamin D helps facilitate calcium uptake to prevent osteoporosis and osteopenia. Vitamin K2 helps prevent calcium from building up in arteries. You treated K2 like it was an afterthought.
Most of these doctors don't really have a clue about what they are talking about, they allow their own personal opinion to convolute the facts. K2 is just as important as D3 and as you said he spoke of it as if it was an afterthought.
It is indeed an after-thought. I take Vit D3 without K2 and still get over 80 nanogram per dl in my lab results. In my opinion, K2 is irrelevant unless you have Absorption Problem
We are in our sixties now and don't have the worst habits, but we don't have enough of the best either! We are trying to revise and extend so as to have excellent quality of nutrition and enjoy all forms of activity and education. Thank you so much for your encouraging videos and for the wealth of ideas you share!
After being alerted to the dangers of seed oils. I was checking the ingredients in my vitamin D3. I always wondered what oil was being used in the small capsules. I thought they were using fish oil in the D3 and my fish oil supplement. What they were using is stat oil, with various spellings. I now take ocean cod liver oil in it’s place.
I have been taking 20,000 to 40,000 IUs D3 for over 10 months depending on the severity of my autoimmune condition. My bloods have remained around the middle of the reference range throughout. My neurologist tells me he has been prescribing 20,000 IUs as part of a standard regime for multiple sclerosis for many years and has never had one patient develop hypervitaminosis. I think this highlights how important it is to get your bloods done, & to not be afraid of ignoring standard advice from our general practitioners.
@290revolver290 Yes, much better thanks. The Mixed Connective Tissue Disease had caused multiple points of calcified enthesitis across my body; some of these have completely resolved, which I was told was impossible, and others are on their way. Generally my whole body feels less painful and I have more energy when I take the higher doses (I also have ME/CFS).
@@exFatigue I'm really happy for you friend, I really am. I wish you a speedy recovery. Just make sure to never stress/worry yourself mentally and emotionally. You'll be fine. Godspeed.
Drs are not trained in nutrition and Big Pharma wants us sick. These "normal" labs do not phase me. Now if I was feeling bad and having symptoms of toxicity I would most certainly reduce the dosage. I have been taking 10,000 IU's for quite some time . I also take the k2 7. I am doing great. I have not had my levels checked. When I was taking the lower recommended dosage I developed breast cancer. It was not enough to protect me. My gosh, if you stay out all day on a sunny day you will get at least 25,000 IUs from nature. It is difficult to OD on D3. At least that is my belief. I really think there are a lot of variables from person to person.
Thank you so much, I took 5000 units with vit K 3 at the start of the Covid outbreak. There was a British Dr. that I followed. Covid went through our home three times but I was never infected. There was a week where I felt weak and slept a lot, also lost my appetite but that's all. I am so thankful for that English Doctor..
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Hi sir 🙏🏼
Some of us have illness that we have to take vitamin D daily.
Thank you so much for really caring about people
Some websites have ng/ml with the same amounts you use. So ng/ml or ng/dl?
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My daughter had a D level of 5. her provider put her on D2 50,000 units once a week for years with no benefit. After doing some research I found out how important Vitamin K was to absorbing D. I purchased Vitamin D3 with K2 daily dosing and within 3 months her D levels were within range and has stayed that way.
I’ve been on script d3 50,000 not d2 and it has done wonders.
Thanks, For that information. I will try that.
D2 is prescribed by doctors who cheated to get through school.
*K2.
Sounds a lot like me. Mine was at 12. So I took the ones the doctor prescribed but nothing happened. Then after finding out more. I found out you need D3with K2. And that made such a difference. My doctor had no idea of the difference.
I was diagnosed with MS in 2016, went on an immunosuppressive, and then found out how important Vitamin D was for the immune system. In particular, it is critical for decreasing inflammation which is a key component of MS. I went through increasing intake and measuring my blood level for months until I figured out I need 8000 iu per day to stay at 100 ng/ml, which is optimal for MS. (For most people, 10,000 iu per day gets you to 100 ng/ml, 5000 iu per day gets you to 50 ng/ml, etc. So you can see that 2000 iu/day only raises your level by 20 ng/ml, which may still leave you insufficient.)
Just before the Covid-19 outbreak, my doctor told me to stop the immunosuppressant because my B-cell level made me as low as an AIDS patient, and I was in danger of a viral brain infection. I did get Covid-19 but not bad enough to be hospitalized. Ever since then, my only MS medication has been Vitamin D! And I have had no more MS symptoms during the last 5 years.
You were lucky with youre vitamine D treatment.
In my country literally ALL (100% ) covid patients in the hospital had a vitamin D shortage....I think this has saved you from severe consequences from Covid.
(I also got covid...and my symptoms were less than a normal cold (rhino virus).
But yes, I do take a daily vitamin D 1000 IU (in oil capsules..as this video tells it must be taken with fats) and magnesium citraat as supplement ...I'm 67 years old.
I'm lucky with my education as child about healthy food and a wife---physician--- with also has as a target using minimal pharma (drugs) and preventing illnesses with healthy food. We also go as far as possible with not pasteurized milk products (Butter, cheese). Less processing meand more nutrients we need.
WOW! 👌
I had a friend that was diagnosed with MS. He had become suddenly incoherent and it had appeared as though he was incapable of following a conversation quickly and he had also lost a lot of basic speaking abilities. This isn't a diss, I loved him like a brother from another mother, but I was never strong enough to cope how he changed because I had pain too. With the FOMO effect at the time in early 2000s from what technology had given, how could someine with pain still so indescribable to this day as me, not leave? I still suffer the loss of a friend that day. Plus we'll never be able to share our divine intervention/ai encounter with the world. Anyways, my question was, lol, did you smoke pot prior to the diagnoses or anything out of the blue like that? I've been working on a hypothesis that is aimed at solving the reason for MS so any other info would be greatly appreciated.
That was a vitamin D deficiency not MS
I recall seeing that practically every covid death somewhere had been measured to be deficient in vitamin d and zinc, so I made sure to take plenty even on top of my multivitamin and pulled through the virus just fine with all symptoms gone within a week. (This week I caught it again and was down to a runny rose after a day) The same went for my uncle,he'd been watching this type of video since his doctor steered him towards keto for pre-diabetes.
My mother didn't listen when I told her this and wouldn't take it, went to the hospital with extremely low blood oxygen, spent at least a month in an intensive care unit across the state, narrowly got out of it alive and came home *with a prescription for, guess what, vitamin d and zinc.*
(She's a "burn your fingers to figure out they were right about touching the stove" kind of learner,now she watches videos like this but scoffs at keto as my uncle's health improves on it 🙄)
Stuck in ‘100 years ago’ thinking covers much of the advice put out by the majority of governments, health authorities and doctors. If you want to look after your health you have to educate yourself - the state wont help. 🤦🏼♀️ Thank you for helping that educational process! 🙏🏻
Soooo true! I’m much healthier by pretty much ignoring my pcp Dr and researching doctors like Sten, and DeBerg, Chaffee, Brewer and others here on YT.
I take around 50mg vitamin D & 100mcg K2 daily. I'm stunned that even now many doctors still connect this to simple bone health and don't consider the wider benefits of these amazing nutrients.
Not only are they a lot of the times way behind the eight ball as they say. But a great deal of the time you are placed upon a treatment regiment as primarily dictated & designated by the biases of the health care system / providers, even many times in conflict / opposition with your doctor/s rationalities. You are absolutely correct in conveying that in many cases you have to take it upon yourself. To educate yourself as pertaining to your specific condition/s / needs, etc. I have been ever progressively learning / discerning this as pertaining to my ruemetoid arthritis condition. 😮
100 years ago is when Rockefeller destroyed the original western medicine that was more focussed on nutrients and herbs and replaced it with petrochemicals. Probably not a concidence that progress in establishment medicine suddenly came to a hard stop around then.
@@tebelshaw9486 Perhaps you need to watch the video and actually listen to it this time.
I have an “old school” doctor who has told me numerous times that I should stop taking so much vitamin D…I am 71 years old, extremely fit and healthy whereas, 8 years ago I was overweight, weak and constantly sick. Getting myself on a healthy keto/carnivore diet, along with vitamin supplements has radically improved my life. I am now healthy and strong enough to do the outdoors activities I love. It is so very critical to DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH instead of blindly trusting the advice of antiquated doctors who know NOTHING about proper nutrition !!
Don't worry! A bachelor reserarch work found out that the original recommendation is 8000 I.U. daily. There was an error and they put the dot at the wrong position and it became 800 I.U. daily.
Some people recalculated the study numbers and informed the institution about their error and they corrected it, but in the meantime many people read the wrong value of 800 I.U. and published it. Since than people and journals copy the werong value from each other and no one does know the original source anymore and takes their corrected value. As everybody writes 800 I.U. they think the one source which writes 8000 i.U. is wrong!
K2 too?
Those docter do know but wat you to take there beds that don't work and trust me doctors them self take vitamins d and all sorts of vitamins
@@BioStuff415 If you are not a vegan, you get enough k2 anyway.
Totally agree, I'm also on keto diet. I had 32 level of D and was prescribed 30 000 D + K for one month. Now I'm on 10 000 D without K anymore, but I will check the D level in one month, so I cannot share it yet.
I have taken 10,000 all the time in winter and then increased to 20,000 for 2 weeks and my blood test results said that my Vitamin D levels were normal. I think that these recommended levels are outdated and nobody is talking about that, which is the real problem.
They are. Dr. Berg has a video on it!
@@AirPoweredthe right dr
The recommended amounts are what you need to not die. Nothing to do with optimal function.
Do you trust what the markers and numbers say or do you actually listen to ur body? It seem that science is fraud and all the measurements etc is fake, based on lies its mostly build. Thatswhy after 5 years they can say vitamin D is good then they change mind again
you might be overdosing and stressing liver and kidneys that make expensive urine. one way to test it is half the dose and see if you are still at normal levels and then you will know if you were hurting yourself. (Speaking as someone with Kidney necrosis, you cant tell till its too late)
My sister's geriatric doctor is stuck in the dark ages on this. He told her to quit taking so much Vit D. She was diagnosed with osteoporosis at age 35. I'll be sending her this video. Thank you much for your clarity on this.
Her doctor makes sense in a way. If you have too much vitamin D loose in bloodstream, then you can leach calcium from bones and into bloodstream and could calcify arteries along with that. The vitamin K2 is super important to make the vitamin d useful...
You never eat vegetables, do you? Fast food and vitamin D. Then take vitamin K which has the main role in coagulation then surprise: blood clot
@@digiteyeonly K causes coagulation, not K2
D2 does not work very well.
D3 3000 to 5000 plus k2/k7, works very good. Also research the brands because some brands are pure garbage.
@ProudToBeBritishFprob is there all no good nowadays days best to listen to sten
When I was in my 30's, I had a vit d level of 13 ml when I was first tested. I was on anxiety meds, anti depression meds, sleep meds, and HDHD meds. Under a holistic Dr's care, within 6 months, I was off all meds. This happened after supplementing with 10,000 IU daily, changing my diet by getting off soda, lowering carbs and getting more sun without sunscreen. What an interesting journey. I am so grateful to be off the meds and feel like a new person. On to a deeper dive into insulin resistance! Thank you so much for your videos, they are so helpful.
@marcimccann1109 watch his video about low carb diet and you will get suprised knowing you 've been lied to about it....
This is such a valuable video. I have been suffering from depression, burn out and panic attacks. A blood test revealed that I was vitamin D insufficient. Had taken a supplement for many years, but apparently it did not do enough. Switched to another, which I take with Magnesium, and my mental health problems are gone. Regularly testing my vitamin D levels now, which is what many people should do.
I had severe anxiety which led to panic attacks. Shallow breathing was one cause. I have depression when I don't get enough sunlight.
But interesting to note that my Vitamin D is low and at the same time my TSH is 5.1 (should be 2.0) with lots of thyroid symptoms. Good to learn the connection between thyroid and Vitamin D levels.
@@nolajacob5306 Definitely. In my case, a thyroid specialist pointed out the vitamin D deficiency.
Excellent presentation - the most comprehensive I’ve ever seen. I was diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency (26 nmol/l after five years of what felt like burnout. Just walking 1,000 yards felt like a mountain & it seemed I was always getting bronchitis & sinus infections. It took about ten years to break into the sufficiency zone (76 nmol/l), but I started feeling much stronger after about five years. My doctor said take 1,000 iu, then 2,000 iu, then 3,000 iu, then told me I wasn’t taking the right type. Then it was 3,000 iu, then 4,000 iu, & then 5,000 iu & then we started seeing better improvement. I started taking 10,000 iu for a year & when last tested, I was at 198 nmol/l. My blood calcium was just under the low end of normal, so that’s not a concern - I’ve been taking K2 MK7. I’ve since dialed my vitamin D3 back to 7,500 iu. Today, at 58 years of age, I can walk as far as I want & I tolerate stress way better. Vitamin D deficiency stole about ten years of what was supposed to be the best years of my life. I can’t recommend testing enough.
You haven't said what type of vit D
Wow! I am 54, experiencing symptoms that I blamed on menopause. My test results say I am deficient in Vit. D. I hate pills but I was taking 5000 out liquid drops. I will increase that today. My NP recommended I take 2000 IU/day
K2 mk4 and mk7 different. Look it up.
@@inga.K.J.G. Make sure it’s vitamin D3. My wife takes 5,000 iu every day & 100 mcg vitamin K2 MK7 every other day. Dr. Berg, DC, has some good videos on both.
That’s my story 😢😢
I am African American and I take a daily dose of 40,000 IU of vitamin D3 along with 400 mcg of vitamin K2. It's crucial to note that among African Americans and individuals with darker skin tones, the rate of vitamin D deficiency skyrockets to 70%. The pigment in darker skin can hinder the absorption of sunlight, which is a crucial process for vitamin D synthesis.
I take the same K2 (400 mcg) daily with only 10,000 IU D3, uncertain if the amount of K2 you take is sufficient (in proportion to the D3). Recommend you look into the right ratio between the two (I am not saying I am right, your ratio just seems a little low in K2 based only on the ratios I have seen in combined supplements)
I am so angry that advice is not given out to all people with darker skin! Spread the word!
I once read that darker skinned people, though usually having lower vit D levels than the lighter skinned, would also have lower needs of it for healthy living. When we see that the best athletes in America in the more demanding sports are mostly African americans, that thesis may well be true.
@@radam2818 the best athletes will be being given amazing nutrients and vitamins and minerals i would say.
@@mattiasdahlstrom2024Isn't strange?😢😮
Great presentation!! The title should have been vitamin D deficiency danger. When I first saw the title I thought taking vitamin D was dangerous 😀😀 glad I listened up to the end. You are such an amazing asset for me. I learn a lot from you and share to my loved one. May God bless you with good health and many many years to live. Thank you🙏🏽🙏🏽
He knows what he's doing, It's clickbait
he like most you tubers are shameless about doing it
I wasted minutes watching this waiting to learn of the DANGER. Not subscribing.
Definitely click bait, but glad I watched. Wish he would've elaborated on the effects of too much.
Plus K2 is very important.
Apparently RUclips algorithm doesnt promote videos if they arent click baited.
I have been taking 4000IUs of Vitamin D3 along with K2 for several years.
My bloods are maintained st around 250 nmol/l .
I have reversed osteoporosis.
Last September I tested positive for Covid.
I had a ticklish cough for about five days.
I had a fever one night that lead to me being tested positive.
Two days later I felt fine snd tested negative.
I a 75 years old and compared to all my peers I am very fit and energetic.
I enjoy walking/ hiking.
I walk Caminos every year.
In May I walked the 300 mile Camino Fonseca.
On August 20th I will set off to walk the 500 mile Camino Frances.
❤wow🎉🎉🎉
Respect!!!
Don't forget the PCR test does not test for c19. The CDC admitted to this.
You likely had a mild form of the flu. Remember, the flu statistics disappeared.
Niste Vi imali nikakav virus, vec trovanje!! Truju nas sa neba hemijsko biološkim otrovom Kemtreliksom, i zato imate suv kasalj, boli vas grlo, temperaturu, itd. Uzmite , ako vas boli grlo, malo sode bikarbone , u času vode i ispirajte grlo. Svako jutro pijem pola cedjenog limuna, pola kašičice sode bikarbone u 3 DC vode na gladno srce. Nebojte se.. Ako imate i ZEOLIT, pijte, izbacite teske metale. Imate u prodavnici zdrave hrane
For anyone who lives in Ireland, take note that the medical practitioners never check Vitamin D, even if you are very ill and admitted to hospital. I asked a GP about this and she said that they don't bother testing for Vt.D in Ireland because, and I quote, "everyone is always low". And this GP refused to prescribe a higher dose supplement. This led to a heated exchange to say the least. My advice, if they don't take this seriously is to change your GP.
And people want government care in the US.
This is not true, must be a bad GP you got. Mine always checks vit D on each blood test.
@@badgreendragon Thanks for calling me a liar but I have no reason to be lying about this. I've been through a few GPs here and they are mostly awful. Out of date and clueless. My current GP however is awesome - one of the few that stays up to date, also spoke out during covid about the benefits of early treatment including Vit.D.
@@davidanderson8469 It can be done right. The UK is a good example for over 50 years. But things have changed in the last 10 years. The service is being deliberately run down. It seems to be part of the agenda 2030 crap.
Is that all of Ireland?...I am in North but it was only on spinal stenosis diagnosis that a Polish consultant put me on d3 for 2 months...I found by research,trial and error that I NEED D3&K2,D2,Zinc& magnesium or cod liver for best results...TY FOR POST
Jump to 19:00 for the “what to do” parts. Great explanation of all the functions of the body prior to this.
Thank Goodness for you!!!
Personally think everyone needs D3/K2 20000 a day
@@EdelweisSusieo
no thanks . I like to watch all the video
I hope you mean 200 mcg. @@mrs.happydog584
After being diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2017 and doing my own vigilant research. I had to ask my Oncologist to check my vitamin D after reading a study out of the University of San Diego that said direct correlation between D deficiency and colon cancer. When we checked it, it was 5. I found that their synthetic D3 never got me over 35. After finding a quality D3 on my own I can say I’m ALIVE!!!Last blood work checked in September 2023 I was sitting at 61. My goal is yes, to hit or be somewhat closer to 70. Great topic that yes more people need to know about and have checked. You need to tell your Dr you want to check it. 💗✨
i had breast cancer back in 2017. no one said a word about d3, but some months later, a friend, with the same cancer, was told to get on d3. so i did what you did, i had to ask my dr and she said “oh, yes, that can help” and i asked why she didnt tell me earlier. i think they want you to stay sick so they make money, i really believe that. oh, and so far so good, im 5 years out, no issues so far. oh, and i also take 11mg of zinc per day as they work together well. have not been sick in years, used to get colds, etc. like every 3 months.
Such good news… yes, so many rely solely on what the docs have to say and that is where we must expand our horizons and do our part; be vigilant about our health. Like stated here they are now just starting to understand the correlation and concerns that need to be addressed for certain folks. Stay well and be well. 💗✨
What Vit D was the quality one???
What’s the brand of vitamin d3 you found and used?
@@toonnaobi-okoye2949 not sure if you guys are asking me or gemini, but i take a chewable, just cause im not good at pills that much, and its Spring Valley fast disolve D3 5,000 iu (125 mcg). along with 11 mg zinc per day. 11 mg of zinc is the rda. i dont take too little or too much, its just right and safe.
Being an African who has recently moved to Sweden, winter has been very tough on me. The cold and darkness was not easy to handle. During my second winter here, I started feeling tired and depressed. I thought that maybe I was just being homesick. Some swedish friends told me though that it might be vitamin D deficiency and I needed to start taking the vitamin D supplement. I was not getting any before that. I took it during the whole winter last year. After watching this video, I understand that I need to make my level of vitamin D checked to know the intake I actually need! Thanks a lot for the video. It really was helpful!🤗
I lived in the ground level once of a building. Coincidentally my side of the apartment had a mountain and large trees. My room would be in total darkness…regardless if I opened the shade.
It was the most depressing time
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@@TonyMoze Sorry to hear that! I can understand the feeling.
Dark skin people don’t absorb Vitamin D as well as light skin people.
I was practically forced fed vit D by my grandmother via cod liver oil as a kid. 41 now, haven't been to a doctor in over 20 years, apparently look much younger than my age and usually feel really good. I'm convinced Vit D is a major reason because my grandmother lived into her 90's and was strong as an Ox and rarely sick.
or its your genetics =)
@@sunlit777 In part maybe yes, but I'm certain the adequate D3 plays a major role.
before this "eat 10,000 IU" craze people also lived to over 100 (at least some of them) How are you so certain?@@garrygrant2394
Yes we had that too , I am also quite healthy and strong
You still need to see a doctor and have basic other blood work done.
First class work, thank you doctor.
Hi Dr Campbell!❤
Thank you for your work.. Dr Campbell.
Were there any studies done on types of fats consumed and the effects on cell walls and the resistance to attack by various things?
Be still my heart ❤ Dr Campbell is in the house 🏠
@@gsand07lol
Don’t you think it’s time we were our own doctors?
Change the title of this video! It makes it sound like Vit D is dangerous!!
In that way , youtube video will remain. Let it😊
Agreed.
Dont make conclusions based on a video title? Anyone who does that is lost regardless.
possibly done to trick ppl into watching
No problem with that title. It explained about vitamin d and the danger
It amazes me how society believes lies behind industry. I recently finished book called The 21 former doctor secrets by rachel morgan. She explained career thoughts perfectly
its been banned on Amazon, be careful
ty for sharing!
@@andrewromaro12Banned for the wrong reasons?!?
The one thing you're lacking in all of this is how to make sure that protein transporter for vitamin D is enhanced or how you get it or how you keep from being deficient in it you didn't give an answer on that
This "book" Is a scam! Information in it is outdated by 2 years at least!
Students who were privileged to be lectured by this Dr were extremely fortunate!
More doctors should understand this most fundamental aspect to nutrition health. But they do not understand as a general rule. Work with your doctor and help them understand.
Please.
@@Bronte866
Thank You @teedee1170. Thank you for your kind words. My passion has always been to help people understand health, but I have never taught in a school. So I guess you are one of those students 😄
We are also fortunate to hear it. Information isn’t just valuable when you pay to be in a room and end with some paper.
Hands down the most informative health expert on youtube. Thanks Doc!
What about Dr. Berg?
@@darkNovaskarBerg belongs to the “Church of Scientology “ Cult ,, which really shows where his head is at !!
Dr Eric Berg is the best.....Dr Ekberg is 2nd best.
@@darkNovaskar He is the best !
@@blaze1148 both awesome
Interestingly, in Ontario Canada, approximately 10 years ago, standard free bloodwork stopped including vitamin D on the panel. It became a patient expense, based on presuming most people had “enough”. And I believe that most people “trust” the medical system and forego paying for this vital information. It’s about $60.00. I’m wondering if it was a long range plan to prepare the population to become immune deficient therefore more reliant on pharmacy in the long run. Call me a theorist. But it’s just tooooo coincidental knowing what we do now and what’s happened in the last 4 years. I’ve never trusted the medical establishment. Have supplemented with D3 K2 for decades, mostly in the winter. 3,000-5,000. THANK YOU DR. EKBERG FOR THIS VERY USEFUL INFO. ❤
Finally! Someone with some sense! 🙏 People are so niave about how we are farmed and manipulated. It really frustrates me and sometimes it makes me think we deserve it 😒
Totally agree. If you didn’t think this was a possibility what is the excuse? The people in charge of health protocols are that ignorant to how important vitamin D is? No. I refuse to believe it. They know what they’re doing.
I believe you're spot on correct with your theory. I'm in Ontario too. The system is corrupt beyond the pale. Ironically, I do have a very caring family Doc, but they're in the minority!
@@1dayfreeTotally agree, ignorance is bliss becomes ignorance is tragic!
No wonder! You are so right!
Thanks for emphasizing the importance of getting it measured
My level was at 4 and I had been suffering with symptoms that mimicked ALS and MS. I can't tell you how much I was ridiculed by doctors including the neurologist who ran multiple tests and said vitamin D has nothing to do with it. they caused me so much stress and I developed health anxiety which put me in a vicious cycle of symptoms. I still have low vitamin D, but man, did i feel so great when i was on the 50,000 IU every week for 3 months. My numbers went up to 18, I believe. My doctors gave up on me, and I went to see a therapist. It's been 2 years of fighting for my own health and sanity. I am so thankful for videos like this that affirm my research and conclusions. I was offered a muscle relaxer for my newfound migraines, and they didn't tell me it was actually depression medication. I specifically told them I did not want to take depression medication. I wanted answers and the root cause. I ended up having a severe reaction from it. All of this is to say. I still have no idea where I land with my vitamin D, but im still fighting to fix this on my own. Thank you for your knowledge.
50k a week is too low
I take 10k iu a day
Keep going. Doctors seem clueless
take the 10K IU per day for a month brother. and don't skip!
if you want, test after a month. if its still below 30, keep taking the 10k IU.
once its above 30 ng/DL (which is positive) you can think about either lowering it by half or take a 5K and 2.5k (so 2 capsules) per day and gradually lower it until your ng/DL stays level.
edit: over the course of a week, that 50k loses its 'effect' on the body rapidly since your body probably doesn't utilize it very well.
if you go on a daily 10k, you tell your body to keep maintaining a higher dose of Vit D IU ng/DL and you'll feel better.
You have to take the vitamin D with vitamin K2 so it absorbs correctly otherwise calcium will get stuck in your veins
Hi Ella, I saw your post on health issues you have been experiencing. Aside from vitamin D deficiency consider what Dr Ken Berry and Dr Anthony Chaffee recommend which is a carnivore diet of just fatty beef, butter, bacon and eggs. I’ve watched a lot of their videos and listened to their recommendations to people who have the same symptoms as you. Once the people eliminated ALL plant foods/spices/sugar/ALL sweeteners including so called “natural” and eliminated seed oils used in cooking ate only fatty beef which is the body’s optimal food their health issues disappeared and they felt good. Watch their videos and put into practice their recommendations for 90 days and experience what a difference it WILL make for you!
I really needed to hear this right now! I know I'm low on Vitamin D. I have supplements, but I'm lazy about taking them. I'm going to be a lot more serious about it now. I live in the Middle East, but because it's so hot most of the year, I tend to stay indoors with the air conditioning on. Having unlimited access to sunlight does not guarantee that your body is making enough vitamins!
There are different types of Vit D3. In most countries you can only get the unactivated one, you have to take it daily for 21 days before there is any effect in your blood. So, about a month before you have the protection it can offer. Dr John Campbell did a very good vid on this called 'The second pandemic'.
Definitely the best health channel on RUclips
These videos are like a college course. Dr. Ekberg is a great teacher.
You got that one right.
Probably why I fell asleep.
@@dustyrustymusty3577 Take it or leave it. Less health on the leave it side.
Prevod na srpski
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Dr. Ekberg, you raise the gold standard with your presentations. Many thanks.
Once had a demented GP who refused to check my daughters vit D because he said ,”she doesn’t look deficient” . Took her elsewhere and she was very low.
And what were you feeding her before that?
Sounds like my Dr. 😒
dr are incouraged by government health plans to not order tests they think are unnessessry to save money ,
May I ask your ethnicity, if you don't mind sharing?
@@leonfrancis3418 sure but can I ask why ?
Jeez.. You know your stuff.
I just love how you make everything simple to understand… To explain something complex in way that anyone can follow is a sign of someone who truly Truly understands his subject.
Thanks for another great video.
Take care doc. 😊
I have watched so many of your videos during the christmas break and completely changed my diet and started with intermittent fasting based on your recommendations. Already starting to see some large improvements getting rid of my eczema I've had for 6 years. Tack för ditt riktigt fina arbete! :)
1. In the UK, getting cooperation from your GP, even when you have significant problems can be hard.
An important and constructive video. Thanks!
I had levels in the region of 220 Vitamin D and my GP had kittens. As someone with darker skin I think it was a great acheivement.
Same in the US
@@bigben8272 You're darn right! We need more litters like that 🙂
I have had a succession of poor GPs but I now have one who actually listens to what you are saying, and is big enough to say ' I don't know much about that but I will make it my business to find out' - pure gold. I studied videos and papers from Dr Michael Holick, I started self medicating on 10,000 units/day for 3 years and when I moved onto her list, she ordered vit D, calcium and bone tests done and, despite serious fat malabsorbtion problems from a dodgy pancreas, I was well in range for everything and my Vit D level came in at 137 nmol/L .... her comment was 'that is nearly as good as mine' ... and gave me a big smile. She went on to check my magnesium, K2 and zinc intake and will test again in 12 months.
What’s 2. ????
Thanks for your good work dr Ekberg. Please do not use tricky video titles to get people to watch your videos-you really do not need misleading or catchy titles to get your fans to watch your videos-we have confidence that most of your videos have vital health advice. Just because everybody foes that you don’t need to jump on their bandwagon.
Thanks! 🙏☀️🙏
Agreed!
Correct
Yeah. I think its clever because it gets the info out there. We live in a click bait world and fear sells. Nobody clicks on feel good vids. It gets the job done. TAKE VIT d. Besides...the danger is LOW vit D so it is not really misleading. If it made you watch then you are more informed. Take the win.
I have been taken 5,000 IU's of vitamin D3 a Day for around 10 years. I went to have a hip replacement 5 months ago and the surgeon said that my bones were as hard as a rock, that he never saw bones so strong and when he drilled into my leg bone to do to hip replacement his drill started smoking and the drill bit broke off into my bone. He said he never saw anything like it.
Pitanje je je li to doista dobro, jer kosti bi u jedno trebale biti i fleksibilne da se ne lome?!
It`s very good, more dbone density = less chance of breaking.
@@nikolagolub9668 I'm sorry I only speak English.
@@MrDezossa The surgeon did say that I would never get osteoporosis.
@@jeffhampton2767 Vitamin d fixes calcium on the bones. I used to work on a X-RAY clinic and when people from the countryside came to take their x-ray, it would take TWICE the time for the x-ray to be ``revealed`` in the chemical liquid. It was due to their bones being way more dense than city folks` bones.
Agricultural people had denser bones, I thought it was due to drinking raw milk, but it was probably due to sun exposure all day long.
This is one of the most important videos you have made, Dr. Ekberg. I wish it had been labeled correctly, because now it is misleading people. Whoever makes your labels should be aware of this (and aware of spelling errors as well). Nowhere else that I know of can I find all of this vital information. If only they had substituted "Information" for "danger"!
Excellent information, but the title makes it sound like Vit. D is a danger, rather than emphasizing how important it is. People might see the title and think there's no danger to them because they don't take Vit. D, and then they wouldn't watch the video. I would also emphasize that they should take D3 rather than D2.
It’s a click bait title. Literally every podcaster does it. Kinda annoying…
VERY annoying, in fact I was going to skip it, as I decided by the title this was NOT a doctor I would listen to...
@@paulawagstaff686 Yep, click bait and also true, the danger is the DEFICIENCY which is how he starts the video.
I too am not happy with RUclips promoting click bait titles but we use the tools we have.
I’m a physician. I have fought keeping up my vitamin D level for a long time. In the beginning of the pandemic, sadly it was 18. I took 10,000 IU for a year, got out in the sun as much as I could. Rechecked it and it was only 19. Researching, I added K2. Six months later, during the winter months, it went up to 54. Then to 81! My adult daughter went from 31 to 90 in 3 months of 5000 IU daily. K2 was the key for us. K2 and also vitamin A help with the absorption of D3. (That is why you find vitamins with “A,D,K.)
Yeah how did he not mention vit A? It's what balances the D3...
I heard of a study done on vitamin D absorption years ago. They found the same issue you experienced. They had the study participants consume D with the largest meal of the day. The outcome was great - they assumed the meals had enough fat (fat soluble supplement) to increase absorption.
I have had 3 cardiac ablations for 4 types of arrhythmias. K2 can cause PAC’s - not the same as what I had but it makes me too nervous to take it. I eat a fair bit of red meat and green leafy vegetables. My last level, with supplementation, was 60 nanograms per deciliter.
I am always amused when a Physician admits any type of natural, non pharma needs. I am also surprised that with all of the massive, extensive education doctors posses that they often delayed in discovery of proper application for natural supplements. I notice that many hospitals now have specific doctors and departments assigned for supplement overuse. So Many People gobble up Vitamin D, with results of negative health issues due to not completing their study of the function and how it is properly distributed in our bodies, blood stream for it's purpose. Vitamin D, without the addition of Vitamin K is essentially worthless, and as stated often causes damage from over intake. Unfortunately, today's natural food sources of Vitamin K, chickens and their eggs are deficient in that vitamin due to being fed primarily off grains and not foraging of the natural greens. I am no physician and claim to know nothing, but do achieve great results for positive results of my health at the age of 75. I am never ill, have tons of energy, always active for at least 8-10 hours of assorted workings, not to forget being diagnosed with CML in 2004 and remaining in constant remission. The Real Shame is Western Medicine being Dependent on Big Pharma for treatments. In my lonely opinion; believe that all Physicians be mandated to study natural, vitamin, amino acids and diet for proper treatment of their patients ailments. Thank you for your honesty and hopeful help to others for the need of Vitamin K. Sometimes money won't repair a physical need.
Still these should be taken separately 😊 not in the same supplement. 🙏🏻
In what city do you practice medicine Karen?
I love how you broke down the different ways that vitamin D can impact our health. It's fascinating to see how one nutrient can have such a big impact on our bodies. I'm definitely going to share this video with my friends and family.
It’s actually a hormone.
Thanks for your miracle talk sharing ❤😮
Title is misleading. Suggests Vitamin D could be dangerous.
He's gotta get your attention somehow 😊
True, I have the same opinion
One thing that was forgotten is the fact that we use a ton of sun blocker, which stops the process of vitamin D production in the body.
No sunscreen for me....
I’ve always felt so iffy about sunscreen. I hate the way it feels on my face, I don’t even put a lot on. But I still apply it because, it’s “anti-aging” according to dermatologist. What’s your opinion?
The reason one has to reapply sunscreen after bathing is because (of course) it loses its efficacy after a time and washes off in seawater. I have also heard that the levels of chemicals from sunscreen are contributing to reef deterioration in Australia, where massive amounts of sunscreen are used. How factual this information is, l have been unable to determine with any amount of accuracy.
I am also concerned about the sheer amount of cheicals being applied to the skin, when using sunscreen. Since becoming a ketovor, l have never burned in the sun, despite not using a sunscreen. I do, however, aclimatise myself very gradually to increasing levels of sun exposure throughout the spring and summer.
Without the sun blocker, accelerated aging and skin cancers will be your next concern. I've had 3 Moh's surgeries on my face, already.
Remember, we have destroyed a lot of the ozone layer, which blocked some of the dangerous rays.
sunscreen is such a scam. if the sun really is so strong that you need to block it, you would rub on mud like our ancestors. how come nobody does that? it would be messy/ugly? i guess cancer isn't such a big deal then
Fantastic presentation. Thank you. I just got my blood work results last week and for the first time Vitamin D was included in my blood work. My reading was 39 ng/ml so technically "in range" but less than ideal. I was looking for how much to take in a supplement and came across this video. LOVE your all-encompassing explanation of how Vitamin D does or does not work in the body. Seems pretty straight-forward for me now. Take 5000 IU daily and get my blood checked in three months and see what my number is. With a starting point of 39, 5000 IU's a day is not going to push me into any kind of danger zone (>100) in three months. Thank you very much.
D3 levels above 80ng/mL causes greater gene expression that causes the body to use more magnesium, zinc and vitamin C. If low on magnesium then negative symptoms can occur, hence the D3 "toxicity. Ideal magnesium level is 6-6.8mg/dL based on the RBC Mg blood test. My D3 level is at 125ng/mL and my Mg is at 6.5mg/dL this in order to accelerate soft tissue repair (ligaments and cartilage).
I like it how simple you can talk about health. During whole video I was thinking that almost the same effects on body have omega3. It is essential, body cannot make it, the cells need it to divide, absorb vitamins and get rid of toxins. When these two are together(other vitamins too) they can do magic in our bodies
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Thank you for the detailed explanation about vitamin D. I do have a small critique regarding how you titled your video. Upon reading the title, it seemed as if you were going to discuss the dangers of vitamin D. I couldn't believe someone would challenge everything I thought I knew about the beneficial effects of maintaining the right vitamin D levels in the blood. That's why I clicked on the video. Fortunately, you ended up reiterating information I was already familiar with from other sources! I'm aware that many people only read the titles, and in this case, they could have gotten the wrong idea about vitamin D.
That’s why it’s called click bait. Nice I know. But it gets viewers.
There is an Italian book that challenges all of this, very thoroughly researched and documented. Very complex topic. The author mostly notes complications to the digestive system from oral D3 so topical vitamin D might be the better approach.
I am also not a fan of Clickbait. It really sucks and it makes it hard to trust.
Cng@@kemosabe5120
Yes I agree about the title of the video as it caused me to think it would be a negative on vitamin D.
I have been taking vitamin D3 and K2 since the Covid pandemic started to boost my immune system. Last week, I met up with a friend who had a cold. A few days later, I thought I was coming down with a cold, sneezing and coughing more than usual. That night, I started shivering in bed ( with an electric blanket on). The shivering was my immune system fighting the cold virus. Because the next day, I was symptom-free!
In addition, I was going through menopause when I started taking Vitamin D and K2. I used to wake up sweating, even in the winter. The sweats have stopped because of the vitamin D, which helps to regulate your body temperature. So, to any woman considering going on HRT, try taking Vitamin D3 and K2.
Great info that Hrt is poison.
What's the dosage? Going through menopause but I still plan to do a test.
Brilliant advice
@@rosepalmer3525I took 8,000 IU of vitamin D3 and 100 mcg of K2. Make sure you are drinking enough water as well as that can help control your body temperature. Your GP won't recommend Vitamin D because there is no money in it and they would rather prescribe you HRT.
Thank you. How sad is our healthcare system when so many Drs are clueless on PURPOSE regarding vitamins and nutrition due to Big Pharma's input in their training?
I'm afraid that my doctor and his staff are: overweight, diabetic, and vitamin d deficient. If they cannot help themselves, what are the chances that they will do me any good?
The first question that they ask me is "what pharmacy do you use?". When I reply none, they look at me like I'm from mars!
Find another Doctor
I am so stealing your line about not using a pharmacy! 😂
I have the similar situation . I don’t take any medication and insist to do so.
I'm 66 and on NO medications. It's hard to keep doctor due to this reason. So I see my PCP only once a year for a quick visit.
LOL, yeah no kidding. Great examples of healthy workers at the doctors office, lol. "What pharmacy do you use", lol, is that like asking who you bank with or what brand of gas do you put in your car, lol. Just ridiculous these f'ing drug pushers.
Thank you so much for sharing this incredibly helpful video! The content is clear, easy to understand, and provides a lot of really necessary information about vitamin D. This is a great resource that helps me better understand how to supplement vitamin D safely and effectively. I hope you will continue to make more useful content like this. Thank you so much! 👍👍
Most doctors are clueless about vitamin D dosages, I have multiple direct examples of such incompetence: for instance, in 2020 an andrologist who didn't know anything about my vitamin D levels literally warned me not to take more than 2000 IU per day... If only he'd known that I can only keep my vit D levels higher than 60 when my daily intake is at least 15000 IU, and even at 25000 IU my body will take several months to get closer to 100, and only occasionally will surpass it.
PS. where I live I get no significant sun exposure, not even in summer.
I moved and the dr. scoffed at me when I requested vitamin D test along with my other tests.
Went to my previous doctor 160 miles away and found out my vitamin D levels are in the moderate range even though I was taking 5000 units a day and getting one to two hours of sunlight this last summer.
Northern Canada or Scandinavia?
Most doctors are clueless about vitamin D dosages✔
38 th parallel & lower is the best for the sun & D VITAMIN!👌 🎉😂❤.
It will be absorbed and used a lot better if also take a fair bit of Magnesium (D depletes Mg), K2 as mk4 or still wont manage calcium properly, retinol A (in ratio of 10x more A than D, naturally found in unmodified cod liver oil), and to use the A well you also need copper.
Its not a simple take 1 thing get better equation.. Its a complex dance of interrelated needs.
I live in the low 40's latitude with between 9 and 15 hours of sunlight year round. I take 2000 IU of vD in the summer months from April to September, and 4000 IU in October to March. This typically keeps me in the ~60 range for ng/dl. I'm generally happy with those numbers. I also take vD with grass-fed yogurt and avocado breakfast in the AM, very fatty and filling and allows for fat solubility.
You probably meant ng/ml, the good doctor wan confusing his units through out the video, often reverting to the shorthand of just calling it "ng" which is mass and not concentration.
So you take a man made synthetic pill?
@jimbarroficial . . . . Then according to what I heard, you should live for 300 years.
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Twelve years ago, I went to my doctor with a lot of bone pain and severe fatigue. My vitamin D level was 9. Later, it was discovered that I had a parathyroid tumor. Since surgery, I have maintained a vitamin D level of around 60 with supplementation and sun exposure.
You need to get it higher
@annanorth7007 . . . It's a miracle . . . thank GOD! You're cured! Amazing. If only I could get my hands on some Vitamin D I would live forever!
@@Rovingdog628 lol, vit D are averywere
God bless! How did they found the parathyroid tumor?
@@xantonify My calcium level was high.
I' m 64, from 2 years I tske D3+ K2 5000ui and 100mcg. Before treatment the Hydr 25 was 29 , now is 65. I feel better in all the aspects.
Żeby być zdrowy musisz brać minimum 20.000 IU + k2mk7 200
dziennie , a wynik powinien być wyższy niż 200.
@@ridea.l982 Not sure that your recommendation is right for everyone. My friend was taking Vit D (10,000 IU's everyday for over 10 years and vit k) and ended up with serious calcium in his heart. He was vit D toxic in the hospital. He stopped all vit D for 3 months, upped his Vit K and his heart surgery was cancelled.
I take it everyday and my nails grow wolverine speed which i need to be careful of while sleeping just in case i scratch my face
Another superb video. If most of our PCPs were half as clear, informed, and informative as Dr Ekberg, we'd all be a lot better off. Deep gratitude for your efforts to improve health and education.
Many PCPs are liars and withhold useful information on purpose.
Just misleading clickbait and you didn't even noticed.
They are no and it is intentional. They ar forbidden for talking prevention. You can read about it in something called The Flexner Report- 1920.
Thank you, Dr Ekberg! I've been following your advices in the last couple of years, vitamin D included. More recently it's is the case also for my daughter and for her, the increase in immunity - asma symptoms - and energy - no more lack of energy for a 18 yo girl - are impressive!
Advice is a collective noun. In English you never add an s to it. It is already plural. Adding an s identifies you as not a native English speaker.
@@suzanneemerson2625 You can already tel from the name that he is Spanish speaker.
You and Dr Mandell are so awesome sharing such critical information for us to know. Thank you for being such excellent doctors and having the best interest in our wellness and not illness. If we were more educated in wellness all of us would be so much healthier then what we are taught to believe
I totally agree!! 👍
Probably one of your best videos ever (and you have some great ones). MD's don't tie diabetes with other disease processes (gout, HBP, asthma, etc) but certainly there is a pretty hard link with diabetes and Vit D deficiency. Yet, never once has an MD requested my D level to be checked. I discovered it pretty much on my own. I'm the only family member to live far north and the only one with Type II, and when I spend even a few weeks in a sunny warm place in shorts and short sleeves, my BG is very much controlled - even with some bread and pasta (yes I know). So now winter setting in - the great dark north - I just upped my Vit D via liquid drops (capsules don't seem to allow good absorption) plus fish oil and cod liver oil. And my "pirate coffee" and 2MAD (noon and 6PM, animal protein, health fats, green veggies only). I'm giving it a couple months so too soon. BUT VERY Timely vid, thanks. You are great and inspiring!
Starting to understand your 'presentation style' Dr Ekberg (you funny!) You just love to teach! I kept trying to figure out "So what is the "No. 1 thing..."? Lol... You often start with a nonsensical 'catch phrase' then proceed to deconstruct the "non-sense", step by step... You remind me of my old school teachers whom I really loved and respected... good solid, structured knowledge, laid out and organized... all I had to do was "show up" and "take notes!" Thank you! The fact this is based on "current" knowledge is profound and insightful... I'm glad for real doctors and teachers like yourself... I remember picking up Dr Earl Mindell's book "Vitamin Bible" back in 1993-94? forever grateful for people who take the time to share their practical knowledge
Amazing depth and quality of information being put out for free. You are a fantastic human being for this doctor!
I had low vit D and was prescribed vit D2. I took it for 6 months, and the follow-up D level was even lower. I started vit D3 plus vit K2. My vit D level is now normal. I found this information on the internet. My doctor had no idea why the D 2 didn't raise my levels.
When covid began, before there were vaccines, I looked at the NHS admissions printouts online. (I'm in the UK). Those low on vitamin D were flagged as 'over represented'. I upped my vitamin D3 and K2 intake. Later a house member got COVID and a week later so did I. I was quite sick for 3 days. Never took the jabs. Approaching 80, still AOK.
You are lacking iodine. The RDI for this mineral is a joke
I take 2 drops of 5% Lugols every day and have done for 30 years, never been sick since
Iodine was Trashed by Big Pharma 120 years ago because it was killing their sales
Look it up, Iodine is lethal to all pathogens and 100% safe to your biome, no pharma product can claim this
Me too & I knew when everything happened so fast, various types of vaccines for different nationalities - I knew then that everything was happening too fast & disappeared over night.
Donald Trump had just returned from China & India bragging about his Secret Deals after he was defeated. Then he advised his base & followers not to take the shot, because they already were his pets.
And the medical profession didn’t know what to Do, until they realized that their wages were going up.
The key is eating natural foods because artificial foods & drugs are for population controlling
So glad that you did not take the V! Me either!
So a house member got the flu and not the propaganda name covid?
@soulTraveller144What will they think of next to poison us? They no longer put GMO's on ingredient lists, they now say "contains Bio-Engineered food ingredients." Aren't they tricky.They put this crap in everything now, chips, soups( Chunky soups) which was my favorite, cookies, ice creams.They have pulled out all the stops since Covid 19 didn't accomplish their goal of killing off 70% of the world's population. Looks like they want to use nukes now.
Increasing vitamin D does seem to be one of the easiest ways to improve and/or maintain health. I've recently begun supplementing with an FDA approved vitamin D light. I prefer this method for a few reasons, not the least of which is that the body regulates how much it produces through the skin. Oral supplements, as you noted, can lead to toxicity. Thank you for all you're doing to help people improve the quality of their life.
Thank You @realjoeplummer so much for showing your appreciation and supporting the channel, and for helping me get the message of health out to the world. 🙏 🏆 😄
You are one of my favorite doctors. Explanation is on point!!!!
Tak, dzisiaj otrzymywaniu witaminy D od słońca przeszkadzają opryski odrzutowcami zaslaniające nsłońce i niebieskie niebo !
The very best Vit D overview I have ever watched. And I have watched many. Thanks
This was the most clear, concise, thorough excellent presentation. I wish ALL doctors were so well informed vs struggling to get them to do the bloodwork
Last week when I did the lab work ordered during my annual physical, I had to sign forms indicating that Medicare may not pay for the Vitamin D test and the HBA1C. Talk about being 100 years behind the times! With the majority of Americans suffering from diabetes and chronic illnesses, those two tests are probably the most important for Medicare to cover.
Medicare should cover preventative medicines as well which are way cheaper than treatments
Lucky I live in Australia it's free
@@cherylhettrick3138Lol Sure it is, after you wait 6 months to go to the doctor.
@@cherylhettrick3138Oh, and it's not "free" Nothing is free. You're paying for it in taxes.
Last year, 2023, I went to Lab Corp for blood work. I had to sign a paper that stated I may have to pay for vitamin D test if Medicare doesn’t cover it. I did not have to pay.
The blood tests should be made minimum once in winter and one in summer, so the vitamin D would change with the seasons.
Sure would be nice if there was a test ppl could use at home on a regular basis since it's so critical. Some of us don't have easy access to blood testing and don't have insurance.
I have insurance but it did not pay for vitD
if you're in the u.s., lab corp and quest offer a variety of wellness blood tests that don't require an order from a doctor. you do have to pay for it, but the costs is fairly reasonable.
Thanks for the tip orangemoon. I will look into that. Still...wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to check like we can for blood glucose.
I wish there was a test for at home as well. I had to pay out of pocket to get a blood test for my daughter. I requested only the vitamin D test from a lab called "Any Lab Now" that will do any test you want without a Doctor's order. Sure it cost me, about 124.00 for just the vitamin D test which was worth finding out she her levels were too low.
Your teaching in your videos is always superb! I also like that your videos are usually no more than 30 minutes. I can’t endure the 2 hour long (or more) videos of others.
Good video. However, the title misled me into thinking Vitamin D was dangerous to consume. Until I watched the video entirely.
The danger is not having enough. Seems straight forward
I agree that was indeed my impression
@@Apophis1010 He made the clickbait designed to make people think taking it was bad. But that's because most people are "lacking logical reason". Meaning they fell into the trap. But the fortunate part was that he provided a good explanation of all concerns and great data. Which was the point of the "clickbait" part... to get people to watch good information. However, that said, the title did say "the number 1 danger you must know" not "the danger of taking VIt D". Which for challenged people will make them assume the danger is taking it rather than there is a danger associated with it (not taking it). It's lost on most. Hence the comments by most calling it out. You are not allowed to be too smart or you get attacked. That's a common risk amongst smart people. Too smart and you are drowned as a "witch". lol
Metaphorically speaking for those that know what metaphors are. For the rest, just take the crap and get tested for D at routine exams and adjust as required based on your results.
Me Too !
All of the other doctors on RUclips should take classes from you. You are outstanding, Sir.
One major and important aspect that influences the dose someone would need and was not mentioned is body weight. Heavier people or people with more fatty tissue need higher doses to achieve the optimal level because the vitamin D is absorbed by fat. According to Brazilian Doctor Cicero Coimbra 200IU per kilogram is a good and safe way to measure how much to take.
Thank you! I’ve been indoors for several years, taking care of my dying husband…but started to take Vitamin D. The Ankylosing sponalitis in my foot went away. The EXTREME pain in my fused spine & right hip subsided. My pain meds have been lowered again & this time I survived. But after he died I was paralyzed with grief & became a total hermit, for 3yrs now and must change my ways & get up & out. I’m very weak! I stopped my brief sojourn w/K2 this month when my feet swelled & got purple. I have blood problems from the vaccine, and must take aspirin now. Amazingly my feet are improving with elevating them & wearing compression socks, in a matter of days w/no K2! Not out of the woods, but plan to sunbathe with NO SUNSCREEN at least 30 minutes a day now that the sun hits the back yard. I’m going to try not to kick the bucket before I turn 79 in June, and spend more time exercising & trying to walk again. I’d be dead by now without Vitamin D. Now let’s get my SKIN to stop shedding so much! And I’m growing back muscles by using weights & bands & marching in place 100steps at a time, holding onto my Walker, MANY times a day. This was an excellent video. Thanks so much.
That skin shedding is also from the V. I have that as well and can't get it to stop.
Hi, Lorraine. I had a friend who was like an Aunt to me or an adopted grandmother. She was a Virginia farm girl from the Shenandoah Valley. She told me she would exercise by walking around the dining room table. She lived to be 90 and had ancestors who lived to be 100.
My Sincere Condolences Regarding Your Late Husband.
Be Well.
keep fighting
God bless you ❤
Thanks for these wonderful replies! ♥️♥️♥️
When I made a doctor visit for blood work this summer, my doctor said their practice does not administer Vitamin D testing, since EVERYONE is deficient! She did not include this test that day, and I guess I’ll have to find another source to check my levels! Incredible, right?
I recently went in for an annual physical with a doctor I had only seen once before since we had changed health insurance plans. When I asked for a Vit D test, she literally rolled her eyes and said Vit D tests and supplementation are fads that have no grounds in science, and that she didn't participate in fads.
By that logic, there is no point in treating high cholesterol or blood pressure, etc.. That doctor is an idiot!
Maybe a new and better doctor too. See if you can get at home test
I will find another doctor that care more .
Bedankt
After I had bariatric surgery my Vitamin D levels dropped to 17-18 ng. I also am over 70 and I have had multiple skin cancers, so I hide from the sun. I was still in the high 20s with 10000 mg daily. I changed from "dry" tablets to capsules of D3 dissolved in MTC oil. I have dropped back to 5000 IU and I am now above 30. I think the MTC oil gives the D3 a running start when it enters my shortened digestive track. I also take K.
noon time sun on your torso for 15 minutes (if you are caucasian, longer if you are dark complected as melanin prevents sun absorption) is best unless you are north of the 34 parallel, then you will need supplementation, esp during fall, winter and spring.
@@benevolentdictator2315 I am quite far north of the 34th parallel.
The world need this information
This is the absolute best detailed info about vitamin D that I’ve ever come across. I thought I knew about vitamin D but this video connects so many dots. Thank you so much!
Dr. Ekberg, You're incredibly right about it being a biomarker. I was low on Vitamin D before I got tongue cancer 10 years ago. An acquaintance of mine was low on Vitamin before she got colon cancer. The Dangers of Vitamin D are not getting enough of it! It's Dangerous if you are Low in it. I can see why you named your video the way that you did💜Thank you 🤗
I got very sick for 4 weeks with a flu (test for A & B and Covid but all negative). I was just about over it and then got a head cold for another 4 weeks. I was very surprised by what happened. There I realised that I had stopped taking my Vit D3 about 6 weeks before I first got sick.
Яблочный уксус хорошо работает ега.
@@ВасилийКолесников-л9ы I don't think apple cider vinegar would have helped with being low in vitamin D. I do use ACV sometimes if I get some stomach acid / reflux and it helps with that.
This deficiency was one of the reasons behind covid deaths
I think it was something else 🤔
@@dannymann5120vitamin V?
@@dannymann5120mRNA. But vitamin D as well early in 2020
Age and Obesity primarily
Agree. The important examples of dark skinned medical staff deaths were overlooked by chief medical officer when he declined to accept that vitamin D should be recommended.
After reading a study in February of this year I increased my vitamin D intake to 10,000 IU's every morning. I have had no bad side effects with this increase, and on a positive note, it seems to be helping my Arthritis. Be careful to limit how much calcium you get, though. High vitamin D with lots of calcium is known to cause hypercalcemia. That's bad news for your joints and can cause kidney stones. That's my personal experience.
Gonna start taking mine daily. Atm I take it every other day bc it used to give me back ache. I have RA btw, no medication, 90% symptom free thanks to (I think) keto + IF.
HardRockMiner ~I take 4000 IU Vitamin D a day along with 500 mg of Magnesium (& Omega 3)with it is supposed to help it absorb better. I’m not taking Vitamin K2 MK7 yet but I plan on doing this in the future.
~Coincidentally enough I see your name is HardRockMiner. Back in 1990 (33 years ago) I was detecting alone with manual VLF metal detector (Compass Gold Scanner) when I found a hard rock surface vein of gold that I hand chiselled out 12 oz (11.98 oz to be more exact) in kaolin and a translucent gray quartz with a small amount of rusted iron. I put it in my wash basin and a fellow put in a ball mill with mercury, squeeze it through leather chamois, and then put it in a kiln with borax to pour a bar for me. The last time that I went back there was in 2001 (22 years ago and haven’t been there since then) and it was still the same, nobody had done any more work on it leaving it untouched. I often thought someday I would like to go back there and take it down deeper to see if the vein continues on. There’s more to it than that but I have been caregiver for both of my parents, dad passed away last year. Now I’m free to go so I hope to go back there within the next year or two as long as I can sell the house first.
@@jackiedelvalleRA is for …Rest Alive?😁
Half of the people don’t know what acronym mean.
@@jean-marclamothe8859 Ummm...Rheumatoid Arthritis?
RA= Rheumatoid Arthritis
12:02 Ich habe extrem niedrige Vitamin D Werte und wenn ich Vitamin D Präparate zu mir nehme, bekomme sehr starke Nebenwirkungen davon. Fettiges Essen und Fleisch vertrage ich auch nicht. Heißt das, dass ich möglicherweise Probleme mit der Galle habe? 🤔
Best vitamin D presentation I have ever seen and heard.
Started vitamin D after reading study on old people in ICU early on during the pandemic. The study included 100 old people, 50 received vitamin D and 50 didn’t only 1 person died in the vitamin D group and 23 died that didn’t get vitamin D. That was enough for me. I’m 62 years old and I take 5k of D during the winter months. I had covid twice and each time it was very mild. Every one I know had the vaccine, I didn’t and my family and friends all had severe problems without D . Vitamin D helps with your immune system.
Yes, the link between vitamin D and mortality was known from the very beginning, and yet all of our health authorities were telling doctors NOT to recommend vitamin D, as there was only one, holy and special sacramental treatment that was allowed to be recommended. Absolute murder.
"Doc, am I going to die from covid?"
"If vitamin D helps with symptoms, then yes, yes you are"
Plandemic, ,,,,Covid is abbreviation of certificate of vaccination id
How do you know you got the thing if the tests for it show false positives for everthing? Also what happened to the flu, common cold and other diseases?
@@ReapingTheHarvest Don't ask questions, just shut up and take your boosters.
Awesome, good reminder for me to begin taking my 5000 iu D supplement now that winter is coming!
Don't forget to add K2 (Mk-7) and magnesium for proper absorption!
I started following this doctor. I think he has LOTS of knowledge and he explains every subject in amazing detail. About Vitamin D3 I take 10000 IU and my vitamin D level is 84. It actually goes up until 117.
How do you find out your vitamin d number, do you do a home test?
Dr. Ekberg, I had an assessment from my doctor. My numbers for Vitamin D was 24.4ng/mg. I was told that I need to be greater than 50; the range from Quest is 39 to 150 to be okay. I am glad to see your session, as I plan to bump up my supplement and hope to hover to 100 or so..
Make certain your magnesium level is 6 to 6.8 mg/dL based on the RBC Mg blood test (serum is useless blood test as RBC Mg shows 90 day average Mg in your cells) as high D3 levels causes gene expressions that demand more Mg.
misleading heading - please change.
I think the reason they use these kinds of headings is to get people to watch the video. I worked with me.
It is odd to see a doctor use bait on RUclips
@@dotjeff4543 I suppose. Interesting times...
Vit D has been bad mouthed through covid. It may be to prevent being taken off the tube
Welcome to youtube
I’m glad you broke down the levels. During Covid I was taking regular daily vitamins and some supplements and ended up in the D Toxicity range (over 100) with high Calcium Serum levels. On a video conference with my Dr I brought out my many bottle of supplements and we figured out with various combos (daily, k2d3, calc/mg/zinc w d3) I was waaay overdosing. Pulled me off everything for 60 days and retested back to normal. Just be careful out there
You didn't balance, now you're going to spike up and down fast ,and re create issues, you be careful out there
@@daleval2182 Were you in the videoconference with her and her doctor?
I was taking a lot and kept feeling like I was poisoned. I thought it was melatonin but when I cut back on synthetic vit d, I got stronger and felt a lot better
@@almaburns6562 not sure ? I attend many , I have studied herbal and supplements over 37 years, I do attend many ,can't keep up
Does not take a Doctor. Use common sense.
I don’t know what to believe I’ve heard of people taking super high doses for critical problems. One says this one says that’s very confusing.
Ive been taking 40.000 IU of VItamin D daily for 2 years (also take Vitamin K and eat super healthy and workout daily) and never had problems. I feel amazing, I also spend every day I can in the sun
40,000iu that crazy high. What are your blood levels?
@@SkedgySky Healthy. Im like 6'1 230lbs tough. Vitamin D is super important for Testosterone production, so especially if you do natural Bodybuilding or strenght sport in general, you should do everything to increase your test production
I'm 62 and take between 15000 to 20000 iu on weekdays on "cycle off" on weekends. I also take it combined with K2 to ensure the calcium goes where it is supposed to. Blood levels are about 90 and also feel great!
I would advise you to regularly or at the least annually test your vD level. I was taking the 50k iu daily, by accident. I did not realize the directions said to take once per week. I am 46, 115lbs and my level was 400ng/dl. I was having memory problems. I thought I was having dementia. Also my kidneys showed high creatine. Which means my lidneya were having trouble working properly. I was also taking K2 with my vD.
I have stopped taking the vD, until my next blood test and after 3 weeks of stopping I am still having some memory problems, but drastically better. I do still take K2.
Just make sure you get the blood level. too much is not better!!!
@@nicolefrausto4716 I heard a very esoteric lifter bro on a podcast with less than 1k views said to take 40k iu daily bc it’ll make blow your test up. I base my entire workout and life philosophy around esoteric niche lifters
Studies done on Hawaii residents who get maximal tropical sun exposures (professional surfers, beach lifeguards) revealed them topping out naturally at 60-80 ng/ml. That seems to be the limit the body will produce on its own, given all the sunlight it could want. That suggests 80 ng/ml is a good maximum target.
Interesting …. and makes sense !
I've just got bloodwork done for Vit D and magnesium. Was told my levels of both and phosphorus were adequate. No levels quoted. I'm Type 2 diabetic 😮
… however … may Hawaiians have a lot of natural pigment in their skin … so that would askew the assumption of 60-80 being the body’s natural saturation level …
@@bluemoon8268 No, it wouldn't. First, most Hawaii residents are not Hawaiian. Second, a darker-pigmented person reaching that level would only mean that they had spent more time in the sun than a lighter-skinned person. The tank nozzle might be more restricted, but the gas tank is the same size.
That is a sound analysis. However remember that for some people with conversion and receptor problems they could possibly benefit from a bit more. The 50-100ng/ml=125-250nmol/l range therefore seems to be sound for most people as there is no danger at the high end and some may still gain additional benefit. The low end of the range has been shown to be the point where a bunch of beneficial effects start to turn on.
Also take note that the body naturally increases the natural upper limit during pregnancy from the same amount of sunshine. Also remember that generous dosing of 160ug=6400IU daily was needed for lactating mothers to have sufficient Vitamin-D3 in their breast milk for all the infants needs.
You left out one important link: Vitamin D helps facilitate calcium uptake to prevent osteoporosis and osteopenia. Vitamin K2 helps prevent calcium from building up in arteries. You treated K2 like it was an afterthought.
Exactly!
Most of these doctors don't really have a clue about what they are talking about, they allow their own personal opinion to convolute the facts. K2 is just as important as D3 and as you said he spoke of it as if it was an afterthought.
It is indeed an after-thought. I take Vit D3 without K2 and still get over 80 nanogram per dl in my lab results. In my opinion, K2 is irrelevant unless you have Absorption Problem
@@stellaigbo3430 K2 is essential to transport calcium into you bones, it is in no way shape or form, irrelevant.
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We are in our sixties now and don't have the worst habits, but we don't have enough of the best either! We are trying to revise and extend so as to have excellent quality of nutrition and enjoy all forms of activity and education. Thank you so much for your encouraging videos and for the wealth of ideas you share!
After being alerted to the dangers of seed oils. I was checking the ingredients in my vitamin D3. I always wondered what oil was being used in the small capsules. I thought they were using fish oil in the D3 and my fish oil supplement.
What they were using is stat oil, with various spellings.
I now take ocean cod liver oil in it’s place.
Often it’s sold in EVO also
Cod liver oil is superb!
What is 'stat oil' ?
@@BCSTS - No such thing. He's just messing with you. Stat Oil was the name of a Norwegian petroleum company.
I have been taking 20,000 to 40,000 IUs D3 for over 10 months depending on the severity of my autoimmune condition. My bloods have remained around the middle of the reference range throughout. My neurologist tells me he has been prescribing 20,000 IUs as part of a standard regime for multiple sclerosis for many years and has never had one patient develop hypervitaminosis. I think this highlights how important it is to get your bloods done, & to not be afraid of ignoring standard advice from our general practitioners.
Do you feel much better and what are the improvements you've seen so far?
@290revolver290 Yes, much better thanks. The Mixed Connective Tissue Disease had caused multiple points of calcified enthesitis across my body; some of these have completely resolved, which I was told was impossible, and others are on their way. Generally my whole body feels less painful and I have more energy when I take the higher doses (I also have ME/CFS).
@@exFatigue I'm really happy for you friend, I really am. I wish you a speedy recovery. Just make sure to never stress/worry yourself mentally and emotionally. You'll be fine. Godspeed.
Did you eyes get dry? Did you you need to increase A?
Drs are not trained in nutrition and Big Pharma wants us sick. These "normal" labs do not phase me. Now if I was feeling bad and having symptoms of toxicity I would most certainly reduce the dosage. I have been taking 10,000 IU's for quite some time . I also take the k2 7. I am doing great. I have not had my levels checked. When I was taking the lower recommended dosage I developed breast cancer. It was not enough to protect me. My gosh, if you stay out all day on a sunny day you will get at least 25,000 IUs from nature. It is difficult to OD on D3. At least that is my belief. I really think there are a lot of variables from person to person.
Thank you so much, I took 5000 units with vit K 3 at the start of the Covid outbreak. There was a British Dr. that I followed. Covid went through our home three times but I was never infected. There was a week where I felt weak and slept a lot, also lost my appetite but that's all. I am so thankful for that English Doctor..
His name is Dr Campbell and he is world famous. Same for me, no colds for years and no COVID.
I take 10, 00 a day of D with K. Dr Berg. And no covid or sickness