Natural Health and Nutrition

[Genevieve Simperingham]

I think we all know how important it is to get our vitamin D into us, yet most people aren’t aware of just HOW important it is to our health. I’m going to share some resources to raise awareness around this. As a family, we take Vitamin D and vitamin K2 (work well together) on the days that we don’t get that sunshine on our skins. We’re lucky living in New Zealand to have lots of sunshine most of the year, but in winter there can still be a few days where we don’e get any, or not nearly enough.

In this video, Dr James Dowd, author of the Vitamin D cure talks about what the Vit D requirement is for adults and children and gives the reassuring advice that children don’t need to be given their Vit D supplements every day.

[Genevieve Simperingham]

Dr Josh Axe on Vitamin D; symptoms of deficiency, benefits of bringing up your Vitamin D3 level and best sources of Vitamin D:

“In this video I’m going to talk about the benefits of vitamin D as well as symptoms of vitamin D deficiency. In certain studies, Americans has been found to be the #1 population in vitamin D deficiency. Some of the main symptoms of vitamin D deficiency are a weakened immune system, candida or bacterial overgrowth, emotional ups and downs, hormone imbalance, trouble putting on muscle or losing weight, weakened bones or teeth, cancer, heart disease, or diabetes. Vitamin D supports having a healthy immune response, digestive health, hormone balance, and more.

The biggest causes of vitamin D deficiency are not getting enough sunlight, certain chemicals from plastic bottles (bpa), and toxicity. Try to get outside everyday for about 20-30 minutes of natural sunlight.

Certain foods that are sources of vitamin D are wild caught fish, raw fermented milk, mushrooms, and eggs. However, there are small amounts in the food you eat.

For a good supplement, I would recommend a high quality vitamin D supplement. You don’t want to take vitamin D2, but you do want to take vitamin D3. For supplementation, take about 2000-5000 IUs a day. However, if you have a severe deficiency, then for 1-2 months, you may take 5000 IUs twice daily. Lastly, you want to take your vitamin D3 with some form of fat like coconut oil or avocado to help absorption in your body. For more on vitamin d deficiency, you can check out this article: http://draxe.com/vitamin-d-deficiency…

[Genevieve Simperingham]

In this video Dr David Clarke talks about the connections between ADHD and Vitamin D and Magnesium deficiencies.

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