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I'm glad that addressed the vitamin supplementation issue here as it

is crucial for healing of digestive symptoms. Additionally, people with

digestive

issues often have higher needs than those with normal digestion and

assimilation. There are a couple of issues I would also offer as follows:

VITAMIN C

I would skip the ascorbic acid form completely and bump up to at least the

salt form, sodium ascorbate. Being pH neutral there is no problem with

digestive irritation at any reasonable dose and the amount of sodium is

irrelevant. Furthermore, I would recommend the Ester C form as the one to

take, and most scientists rate it to be at least 10X as powerful as any other

commercially-available form. Ester C is not water soluble so you don't excrete

your vitamins into the urine when it spikes into the bloodstream. Be sure to

get it with rutins and bioflavinoids.

VITAMIN D

According to the manuscript for the new Krispin Sullivan book " Naked at

Noon " it's virtually impossible to absorb adequate ultraviolet rays via the skin

surface. This is especially true if you live below Latitude 38 or if it is

winter or

overcast. Manufacture of D is related to not only time in the sun but also total

square footage of skin exposed, a small amount of skin exposed lends

piddley amounts. An person on the equator can make >10,000 iu a day if

nude and outdoors all the time, so how much will you make with your arm out

the car window for 20 minutes? Piddley amounts, guaranteed not to be

enough. The new standard is that we need at least 5000 iu total daily

production to be sane and healthy. This, the most commonly deficient

vitamin, is an endemic problem with patients who have depression, chronic

pain, ankylosing spondylitis, Grave's disease, lupus and raft of other

autoimmune diseases. Vitamin D levels also have a lot to do with whether you

get cancer, especially breast cancer, or not. You can get blood tested for

Vitamin D levels and the new acceptible optimal level is near 60 ng/mL (80ng

is the upper limit for safety). Good sources of the vitamin include cod liver

oil

and the new micro-encapsulated form. It's also in butterfat, egg yolks, organ

meats, and seafood, particularly shrimp and crab. A healthy dose is 4000 iu

daily which is pretty hard to get unless you work at it. This deficiency alone

creates a raft of sick people today. Toxicity requires doses that exceed

100,000 iu daily for months on end.

VITAMIN A

Beta-carotene is a powerful and extremely valuable antioxidant and

free-radical scavenger and is found in most dark and colorful vegetables and

greens. While many nutritional manuals say you can get enough Vitamin A

from converting the precursor beta-carotene that is not true for infants,

children, diabetics and people with thyroid problems. It's also impossible to

convert to A if the diet is too low in good fat. It's a dangerous gamble

especially since vitamin A is easy to find and fun to eat. The best sources of

preformed A include butter, egg yolks, liver, seafood, and fish liver oils.

Synthetic Vitamin A is not safe to take. Antibiotics, laxatives, fat

substitutes

and cholesterol-lowering drugs interfere with vitamin A absorption. Weston A.

Price found that all the healthy and isolated people had a diet TEN TIMES as

high in Vitamin A as the typical American. Just don't eat polar bear liver.

VITAMINS E AND K

The best food sources include unrefined vegetable oils, butter, organ meats,

grain, nuts. seeds. legumes, and dark leafy green vegetables.

As always, the very best way to get your adequate and safe levels of vitamins

and minerals is to eat the very best food you can find all the time.

Will in MInneapolis