Vitamin / Hormone D Basics
You don't need vitamin D supplements even for the winter.
We were designed to get through winter without supplements as this vitamin is stored.
Supplements are fat soluble, not the major form you need.
You need water soluble D sulfate from the sun or dairy
Water soluble D sulfate can convert to fat soluble when needed in a minority of its functions.
D sulfate is made on the skin by combining sun, cholesterol and sulfur.
I have posted on this under under D Sulfate and various topics related to cholesterol or sulfur/sulfate.
The only food source of D sulfate is dairy fat, more utilizable in raw dairy.
Milk, yogurt, cheese, butter.
Sulfate forms of nutrients are both water and fat soluble so can be stored in fat.
Many people will have to solve dairy intolerance first.
Dairy intolerance has a dozen reasons and can be fixed if you address all the reaons, but it’s complicated so it can’t be done in social media comments.
Fixing diary allergies is a good indicator of progress in healing and raw dairy is a super healer.
Raw is best as less allergenic, digestible and for preserving nutrients.
Don't take supplements: they are more likely to make you worse.
Many D supplements are synthetic.
Even "natural" supplements are fat soluble D, which only plays a small role when we need water soluble D sulfate.
Don't take fish oils for D
It's fat soluble, not what you need.
Not even your precious cod liver oil that people cling to, and I will have a separate post on why CLO can be harmful—so don’t ask here if reading this on social media..
D Cofactors.
Cofactors deficiencies for utilizing vitamin D are often a problem: magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin K, etc.
Vitamin deficiencies are not best solved by taking isolated supplements.
A whole food approach solves problems faster without fully knowing what they are, rather than trying to micromanage every detail separately in ways that are impossible.
Often minerals can be taken as isolate supplements so I never said don’t take supplements of any kind.
D Lights
If you missed enough vitamin D in the summer to store for the winter the only really reliable way to get it besides milk is through UVB lights.
However, these are mostly mercury based bulbs that mercury sensitive people cannot tolerate.
There may be some small LED lights but those are can be hard to tolerate, too.
I've never used any of those successfully.
I don't have a shopping guide, you're on your own.
But, but, but, I'm deficient.
Lab tests are useless: there many forms of D they are only measuring one or two, and this issue requires a separate post.
Even if you have a deficiency, taking a supplement is more likely to make you worse.
Increasing lab values is not the same as feeling better.
People have had improved health with dropping lab values.
Doctors that push supps don’t understand nutrition.
If you are having chronic health problems you no doubt have multiple nutritional deficiencies that they can’t identify or know how to treat. Vitamin D is just a popular thing to focus on.
I will not interpret anyone’s labs.
I can't give anyone personal or product advice or further links and references--other than FB group Secosteriod Hormone D.
We were designed to get through winter without supplements as this vitamin is stored.
Supplements are fat soluble, not the major form you need.
You need water soluble D sulfate from the sun or dairy
Water soluble D sulfate can convert to fat soluble when needed in a minority of its functions.
D sulfate is made on the skin by combining sun, cholesterol and sulfur.
I have posted on this under under D Sulfate and various topics related to cholesterol or sulfur/sulfate.
The only food source of D sulfate is dairy fat, more utilizable in raw dairy.
Milk, yogurt, cheese, butter.
Sulfate forms of nutrients are both water and fat soluble so can be stored in fat.
Many people will have to solve dairy intolerance first.
Dairy intolerance has a dozen reasons and can be fixed if you address all the reaons, but it’s complicated so it can’t be done in social media comments.
Fixing diary allergies is a good indicator of progress in healing and raw dairy is a super healer.
Raw is best as less allergenic, digestible and for preserving nutrients.
Don't take supplements: they are more likely to make you worse.
Many D supplements are synthetic.
Even "natural" supplements are fat soluble D, which only plays a small role when we need water soluble D sulfate.
Don't take fish oils for D
It's fat soluble, not what you need.
Not even your precious cod liver oil that people cling to, and I will have a separate post on why CLO can be harmful—so don’t ask here if reading this on social media..
D Cofactors.
Cofactors deficiencies for utilizing vitamin D are often a problem: magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin K, etc.
Vitamin deficiencies are not best solved by taking isolated supplements.
A whole food approach solves problems faster without fully knowing what they are, rather than trying to micromanage every detail separately in ways that are impossible.
Often minerals can be taken as isolate supplements so I never said don’t take supplements of any kind.
D Lights
If you missed enough vitamin D in the summer to store for the winter the only really reliable way to get it besides milk is through UVB lights.
However, these are mostly mercury based bulbs that mercury sensitive people cannot tolerate.
There may be some small LED lights but those are can be hard to tolerate, too.
I've never used any of those successfully.
I don't have a shopping guide, you're on your own.
But, but, but, I'm deficient.
Lab tests are useless: there many forms of D they are only measuring one or two, and this issue requires a separate post.
Even if you have a deficiency, taking a supplement is more likely to make you worse.
Increasing lab values is not the same as feeling better.
People have had improved health with dropping lab values.
Doctors that push supps don’t understand nutrition.
If you are having chronic health problems you no doubt have multiple nutritional deficiencies that they can’t identify or know how to treat. Vitamin D is just a popular thing to focus on.
I will not interpret anyone’s labs.
I can't give anyone personal or product advice or further links and references--other than FB group Secosteriod Hormone D.
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