Re: A dietitian recommends stop vitamin D and calcium ASAP

[Guest guest]

, this is a great article. Mega doses of any vitamins

especially fat soluable like vit D are not healthy and if you look at

history of Vit D supplements the US government reduced the amount that

could be in the over-the-counter. Also, iodine is a problem because

the government put iodine in salt to stop goiter in the US but in

recent 20 years people do not buy iodized salt and eat at home.

Restaurants used plain salt and Chefs use ther fancy salts. Most

Americans do not consume iodine rich foods. Btw, I have seen reduced

magnesium in soldiers that were in the Gulf war and HIV patients. Most

doctors never order blood test to check.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 11, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Vajda

wrote:

> PRESS Release: A Dietitian recommends stop vitamin D and Calcium ASAP

> Early Release Edition

>

> From: Vajda, R.D. 815 W. Fair Ave.,

> Marquette, MI, 49855

> Email: jennyvajda@... jennyvajda@...

> Phone: or 458-8595

> Website: www.gingerjens.com

> Speech word count: 1526 See Youtube: To be posted

>

> Yes, we can do anything. We can do anything . . . except build a

> body out of

> supplements and pharmaceuticals.Our bodies are designed to

> regenerate. White

> blood cells protect us by patrolling for old or infected cells which

> are mercy

> killed in a process called apoptosis. The waste is engulfed and

> disposed of

> without inflammation and new cells are rebuilt daily from our very

> own stem

> cells. Our intestinal cells only live an average of seven days.

> However, the

> breakdown and repair won’t happen if there are missing steps in the

> process. No

> boards, no nails, no workers or no tools, any missing element can

> halt the

> process. The miracle is that any of us are walking and talking or

> that any baby

> is born with ten fingers and toes and a cute little nose.

>

> The rate of infants born with congenital hypothyroidism has been

> escalating,

> baffling many, unless you consider an older diagnostic term – cretin

> ism or

> iodine deficiency. Cretinism is somewhat reversible if the infant

> receives

> adequate iodine after diagnosis, the thyroid gland would grow and

> begin to

> produce hormone naturally. If the infant is treated only with

> synthetic thyroid

> hormone, then organ development would continue to suffer and the

> baby will

> probably need the drug for for the rest of its life. Women receive

> synthetic

> thyroid hormone if they are diagnosed hypothyroid but they can’t gro

> w babies out

> of pharmaceuticals.

>

> All of our glands need iodine not just the thyroid gland. The pineal

> gland has

> the second largest uptake of iodine and it is crucial for melatonin

> and a good

> night’s sleep. The mammary and prostate glands need iodine as well.

> Prostate and

> breast cancer has to do with iodine deficiency and the substitution

> of bromide

> and fluoride. Lab tests have become a primary diagnostic tool and if

> the science

> underlying their use was wrong then the diagnosis based on the tests

> may not be

> very reliable. Our bodies have learned how to fool the lab test’s ex

> pectations

> of goiter by producing thyroid hormone containing fluoride or

> bromide. The gland

> is functioning normally but the hormone it is producing won’t preven

> t the

> symptoms and malfunction of hypothyroidism.

>

> Weight gain and depression are common symptoms in adults with iodine

> deficiency

> and children born hypothyroid frequently have petite growth patterns

> and reduced

> mental development. I was never diagnosed by current standards as

> hypothyroid.

> However my symptoms did go away and I lost a hundred pounds with

> little need for

> “will power†when I started taking an iodine supplement,

> containing an amount of

> iodine similar to what is provided in the traditional Japanese diet

> from the sea

> weed. It contains 83 times more iodine than our current RDA and I

> have been

> taking it for six years with no problems of toxicity. Our current

> recommendation

> has not been changed since the initial work done in the 1930’s. The

> calcium

> guidelines were increased in 1997 and haven’t been changed since. Th

> e increase

> was based on an estimation of how much calcium might be needed for

> better bone

> absorption.

>

> Yes, we can do anything . . . except grow strong bones out of

> excessive

> calcium and vitamin D supplements. Strong bones require some vitamin

> D and

> calcium but we also need magnesium, strontium, vitamin K, and even

> water. The

> average American’s serum 25-D levels were normal, above 20 ng/ml and

> Canadian’s

> had average levels around 24 ng/ml, normal. An increased risk of

> fractures has

> not been observed at these levels Sunlight is not a problem and many

> foods are

> fortified with vitamin D not just milk.

>

> Our public health initiatives have been successful at preventing

> rickets, we

> already won the battle against vitamin D deficiency. I met about

> 4000 babies

> during my fifteen years as a WIC dietitian and only one showed early

> symptoms of

> rickets. He was exclusively breast fed and he and his mother both

> had severe

> milk protein allergies. They both took to sardines which are an

> excellent

> natural source of vitamin D, and supplements were never even needed

> for the

> little boy.

>

> We are not vitamin D deficient but we do have a sub-population of

> chronically

> ill and obese people with depressed levels of the inactive form of the

> vitamin.The inactive vitamin Dá´£ is being activated at an unlimited r

> ate in wound

> and inflammatory conditions, resulting in elevated levels of the

> active hormone

> form.

>

> Increased levels of the active hormone cause movement of calcium and

> magnesium

> out of the bone which eventually leads to osteoporosis of the bone and

> calcification of everything else. It also increases intestinal

> absorption of

> calcium and it can increase levels of cortisol, the stress

> hormone.Calcium has

> been consumed at levels that our bodies are not able to excrete, and

> calcification is associated with most chronic diseases.

>

> Magnesium is readily lost by the kidneys and it is necessary for

> excretion of

> excess calcium. Diuretics and acidic diets increase magnesium losses

> in the

> urine. We need a daily intake of about 800 mg calcium and more

> magnesium than

> the current guidelines, roughly 500 mg per day. Excess calcium

> intake leads to

> magnesium deficiency from decreased intestinal absorption and

> increased urinary

> losses.

>

> Vitamin D has two forms and two lab tests of interest, and one test

> is more

> expensive.The cheap lab test for 25 hydroxy D (Dá´£), is what most of

> the research

> is based on. It is the inactive form of the vitamin and is available

> as a

> supplement. It is considered safe at higher doses because it is

> assumed that all

> people, not just healthy people, have very good kidney control over

> the

> activation of the vitamin to the hormone. The enzyme needed for

> activation to

> 1,25 dihydroxy D is being produced uncontrollably by inflammatory

> white blood

> cells and it has been shown to be produced by some cancer cell

> strains as well.

>

> I am part of that chronically ill and obese sub-population. I did my

> googling

> five years ago and I got better with a medication protocol that I

> found online

> and help from my family doctor. I have had both lab tests done

> regularly for the

> last five years. I stopped supplementing with vitamin D at that time

> and have

> been avoiding vitamin D foods and supplements and avoiding excessive

> sunlight

> ever since. My five year average vitamin Dá´£ level was 20 ng/ml, whic

> h is at the

> low end of normal per the Institute of Medicines recent statement,

> and my five

> year average 1,25 D level was 59 pg/ml, which is at the higher end

> of normal. My

> migraines and autoimmune disease are in remission and my bones are

> fine. I was

> in a car accident in 2008 and had a bad fall this winter and I had

> no breaks or

> fractures.

>

> I recently started working at an assisted living facility and many

> of the

> residents were started on high doses of vitamin D by their

> individual doctors

> about a year ago when this research was first getting popular. I

> read charts

> cover to cover – and I saw their quality of life deteriorate, their

> pain levels

> increase, and worsening of their weakness, cardiac symptoms and

> dementia, and

> one death. High doses of vitamin D are not safe.

> Magnesium blocks calcium channels in cell membranes and would

> protect the brain

> cells from being over-flooded with calcium and being overworked to

> the point of

> cell death. The over-excitation of the brain cells causes anxiety and

> irritability and may be underlying the increase in rates of bullying

> and

> violence. PMS is another name for magnesium deficiency that is

> associated with

> excessive irritiability and chocolate cravings (a good source of

> magnesium).

>

> Vitamin D is actually a very powerful steroidal hormone based on

> cholesterol.The

> average American is making enough vitamin D from their stored

> cholesterol.

> Vitamin D is an expensive cholesterol supplement if you don’t need i

> t.[1] If

> you are worried about whether you need a supplement or currently are

> supplementing with vitamin D, then ask your medical provider for

> both lab tests,

> cheap and expensive, 25 hydroxy D and 1, 25 dihydroxy D. The good

> news is that

> the combined test result comparison will serve as a biomarker to

> show who does

> have chronic inflammatory conditions – proving that fibromyalgia isn

> ’t all in

> our heads.

>

> Magnesium provides power inside of the cell – fatigue is a common sy

> mptom of

> magnesium deficiency. It is essential for the growth of mature red

> and white

> blood cells in bone marrow. Anemia and granulocytes are seen in

> magnesium

> deficiency. It is used by over 300 enzymes and it is essential for

> apoptosis –

> the mercy killing of infected and precancerous cells. Hypertension

> and increased

> serum cholesterol and insulin are also symptoms. If I were writing

> the books,

> then Metabolic Syndrome would be called magnesium deficiency and so

> would

> pre-eclampsia.

>

> I recommend stopping the push to supplement with vitamin D and

> calcium and

> instead I would encourage trying the DASH diet plan. It is high in

> magnesium

> from its Bean, Nut and Seed food group and has been found helpful

> for weight

> loss as well as reducing hypertension.

>

> Please visit my website, www.gingerjens.com, for more information.

> Thanks for

> listening I hope to hear your comments.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Vajda, R.D.

>

> References:

> 1. Food Chemistry, By H. -D. Belitz, Werner Grosch, Schieberle

> (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009) ISBN 978-3-540-69933-0 (pp

> 406-407)

> 2.

>

http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/Dietary-Reference-Intakes-for-Calcium-and-Vitami\

n-D.aspx

> “The

> committee provided an exhaustive review of studies on potential

> health outcomes

> and found that the evidence supported a role for these nutrients in

> bone health

> but not in other health conditions. Overall, the committee concludes

> that the

> majority of Americans and Canadians are receiving adequate amounts

> of both

> calcium and vitamin D. Further, there is emerging evidence that too

> much of

> these nutrients may be harmful.â€

>

> “People age 71 and older may require as much as 800 IUs per day beca

> use of

> potential changes in people’s bodies as they age.†– but they

> may require less

> because of potential changes in people’s bodies as they age. –

> This is a guess

> – call it a guess and please don’t supplement innocent people

> without adequate

> evidence and testing. Making guesses at a population level can leave

> millions

> of us hurting.

> 3. http://pubget.com/paper/pgtmp_24ebf6aa5dd49d1ea990e52bac05c62f

> Clinical Practice; Vitamin D Insufficiency, Clifford j Rosen, M.D.,

> N Engl J Med

> 364(3):248-254 (2011)

> 4. http://www.ijkd.org/index.php/ijkd/article/view/

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> Evidence-Based Approach to Clinical Cases, by Farahnak Assadi,

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> Cohort,

> Marcella E. Rumawas, MD, MS, Nicola M. McKeown, PhD, Gail ,

> MA, B.

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> the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 25, No. 6, 486–492 (2006)

> 7. http://www.jci.org/articles/view/1164/pdf Hyperresponsiveness of

> Vitamin D Receptor Gene Expression to 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3, A New

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> Kathpalia,

> D A Bushinsky, M J Favus, (Volume 101, Issue 10 J Clin Invest.

> 1998;101(10):2223–2232 doi:10.1172/JCI1164 )

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> hyperabsorption.J. Clin. Invest.© The American Society for Clinical

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> 9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20081245 Magnesium ions and

> opioid

> agonistsin vincristine-induced neuropathy, Magdalena Bujalska, Helena

> Makulska-Nowak, Stanis³aw W. Gumuka, Department of Pharmacodynamics,

> Medical

> University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieoecie 26/28, PL 00-927

> Warszawa, Poland

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> magnesium and

> calcium intakes and a genetic polymorphism in the magnesium

> transporter to

> colorectal neoplasia risk. Dai Q, Shrubsole MJ, Ness RM, Schlundt D,

> Cai Q,

> Smalley WE, Li M, Shyr Y, Zheng W., Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center,

> Vanderbilt

> University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203-1738, USA.

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> heart disease, Carl J , MD, r , MD, and

> K.

> , PhD, (AJCN, 32: May 1979, pp 967-970

> 12. http://www.ajcn.org/content/29/8/854.short Vitamin D

> resistance in

> magnesium deficiency, Ramon Medalle, M, Waterhouse, MD

> and Theodore

> J Hahn, MD, (AJCN, 29: August 1976, pp854-858)

>

> 13. http://www.ajcn.org/content/75/1/72.shortExchangeable magnesium

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> in healthy women: effects of magnesium supplementation1–4

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> Andrzej

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> Clinical

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>

> 14. http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/69/1/56.full.pdfIntestinal

> and

> Hepatic CYP3A4 Catalyze Hydroxylation of 1_,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3:

> Implications

> for Drug-InducedOsteomalacia, Yang Xu, Takanori Hashizume, Margaret

> C. Shuhart,

> Connie L. , Wendel L. , Toshiyuki Sakaki, F.

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> 6–65

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> Most Asian

> Men Have Better Prostate Cancer Survival Rates, Finding could help

> to govern

> treatment approaches, study suggests.By Reinberg, HealthDay

> Reporter

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> Race Plays A

> Key Role In Prostate Cancer Survival Rates

> 17. http://www.cancerproject.org/survival/cancer_facts/breast.php “A

> sian

> countries, such as Japan, have low rates of breast cancer, while

> Western

> countries have cancer rates that are many times higher. 25,26

> However, when

> Japanese girls are raised on westernized diets, their rate of breast

> cancer

> increases dramatically.â€

> 18. DASH Diet May Cut Heart Disease Risk, - source Hopkins

> Medicine,

> Today’s Dietitian, Vol . 12, No. 10, Oct. 2010, p 25

> 19. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6548295 Hypercalcemia

> Associated

> withSilicone-Induced Granulomas, Kozeny GA, Barbato AL, Bansal VK,

> Vertuno LL,

> Hano JE. N Engl J Med. 1984 Oct 25;311(17):1103-5.

> 20. http://www.psyn-journal.com/article/S0925-4927%2898%2900013-4/abstract

> On

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> hypothesis-driven pilot study, Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages 187-191 (30

> June 1998)

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> Degree of pineal calcification (DOC) is associated with

> polysomnographic sleep

> measures in primary insomnia patients, ï‚· Mahlberg Thorsten K

> ienast

> 22.

> http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/vitaminDPharmacology.shtml This one is

> dangerous-

>

> Calcitriol (1,25(OH)2D3 or 1,25D3)

> Calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) is made from calcidiol in the

> kidneys and

> in tissues and is the most potent steroid hormone derived from

> cholecalciferol.

> In fact, it is the most potent steroid hormone in the human body.

> Calcitriol has

> significant anti-cancer activity. It is sometimes referred to as the

> active form

> of vitamin D. Calcitriol levels should never be used to determine if

> you are

> deficient in vitamin D. – Why on earth shouldn’t we test whether

> the body has

> too little, enough, or too much of such a powerful and dangerous

> hormone. This

> psychiatrist is urging people to give their children 2000 IU of

> vitamin D3 for

> every 25 # of body weight and he is encouraging pregnant women to

> take 5000 IU.

> This is dangerous and needs to stop – the most potent steroid hormon

> e should not

> be experimented with on innocent children and pregnant ladies – or a

> nyone. He is

> urging megadosing with no check of the active form of the chemical.

> He talks

> about the forms like they are totally separate and that the

> enzymatic steps are

> fool-proof, but they are not.

>

> Dietitians are experts on nutrient balance, not psychiatrists.

>

>

[Guest guest]

The serum blood test to " check " for magnesium deficiency that is regularly used

will only find super acute body-at-last-resort drops. Chronic conditions show up

with a red blood cell or muscle biopsy - intracellular fluid test. I don't have

my other favorite article on the list by a St Louis kidney doctor, but

nephrologists seem to know the most about electrolyte balance. Our nutrient

guideline government reports don't even consider calcium and magnesium in the

" Water and Electrolytes " report - also need to add to my bibliography. I am

cutting and pasting the mess together because I can't get Zotero figured out. I

think I need some deep breathing exercises and to hire a secretary.

If anybody sees any glaring - stupid errors on my blog spot could you please

tell me before I really go live?

BTW in fact checking myself - my first bibliography listing " Food Chemistry " - I

discovered the cholesterol key - we really do make the stuff out of cholesterol

so the men in 's last email who were given an outrageous 2800 mg calcium -

but not vit D at the same time - were being pushed into a hypercalcemia -driven

vitamin D activation frenzy that drove their LDL cholesterol levels down - can I

prove this - no - can they prove anything they are doing either?

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: " rd-usa " <rd-usa >

Sent: Sat, February 12, 2011 1:15:36 AM

Subject: Re: A dietitian recommends stop vitamin D and calcium ASAP

, this is a great article. Mega doses of any vitamins

especially fat soluable like vit D are not healthy and if you look at

history of Vit D supplements the US government reduced the amount that

could be in the over-the-counter. Also, iodine is a problem because

the government put iodine in salt to stop goiter in the US but in

recent 20 years people do not buy iodized salt and eat at home.

Restaurants used plain salt and Chefs use ther fancy salts. Most

Americans do not consume iodine rich foods. Btw, I have seen reduced

magnesium in soldiers that were in the Gulf war and HIV patients. Most

doctors never order blood test to check.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 11, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Vajda

wrote:

> PRESS Release: A Dietitian recommends stop vitamin D and Calcium ASAP

> Early Release Edition

>

> From: Vajda, R.D. 815 W. Fair Ave.,

> Marquette, MI, 49855

> Email: jennyvajda@... jennyvajda@...

> Phone: or 458-8595

> Website: www.gingerjens.com

> Speech word count: 1526 See Youtube: To be posted

>

> Yes, we can do anything. We can do anything . . . except build a

> body out of

> supplements and pharmaceuticals.Our bodies are designed to

> regenerate. White

> blood cells protect us by patrolling for old or infected cells which

> are mercy

> killed in a process called apoptosis. The waste is engulfed and

> disposed of

> without inflammation and new cells are rebuilt daily from our very

> own stem

> cells. Our intestinal cells only live an average of seven days.

> However, the

> breakdown and repair won’t happen if there are missing steps in the

> process. No

> boards, no nails, no workers or no tools, any missing element can

> halt the

> process. The miracle is that any of us are walking and talking or

> that any baby

> is born with ten fingers and toes and a cute little nose.

>

> The rate of infants born with congenital hypothyroidism has been

> escalating,

> baffling many, unless you consider an older diagnostic term – cretin

> ism or

> iodine deficiency. Cretinism is somewhat reversible if the infant

> receives

> adequate iodine after diagnosis, the thyroid gland would grow and

> begin to

> produce hormone naturally. If the infant is treated only with

> synthetic thyroid

> hormone, then organ development would continue to suffer and the

> baby will

> probably need the drug for for the rest of its life. Women receive

> synthetic

> thyroid hormone if they are diagnosed hypothyroid but they can’t gro

> w babies out

> of pharmaceuticals.

>

> All of our glands need iodine not just the thyroid gland. The pineal

> gland has

> the second largest uptake of iodine and it is crucial for melatonin

> and a good

> night’s sleep. The mammary and prostate glands need iodine as well.

> Prostate and

> breast cancer has to do with iodine deficiency and the substitution

> of bromide

> and fluoride. Lab tests have become a primary diagnostic tool and if

> the science

> underlying their use was wrong then the diagnosis based on the tests

> may not be

> very reliable. Our bodies have learned how to fool the lab test’s ex

> pectations

> of goiter by producing thyroid hormone containing fluoride or

> bromide. The gland

> is functioning normally but the hormone it is producing won’t preven

> t the

> symptoms and malfunction of hypothyroidism.

>

> Weight gain and depression are common symptoms in adults with iodine

> deficiency

> and children born hypothyroid frequently have petite growth patterns

> and reduced

> mental development. I was never diagnosed by current standards as

> hypothyroid.

> However my symptoms did go away and I lost a hundred pounds with

> little need for

> “will power†when I started taking an iodine supplement,

> containing an amount of

> iodine similar to what is provided in the traditional Japanese diet

> from the sea

> weed. It contains 83 times more iodine than our current RDA and I

> have been

> taking it for six years with no problems of toxicity. Our current

> recommendation

> has not been changed since the initial work done in the 1930’s. The

> calcium

> guidelines were increased in 1997 and haven’t been changed since. Th

> e increase

> was based on an estimation of how much calcium might be needed for

> better bone

> absorption.

>

> Yes, we can do anything . . . except grow strong bones out of

> excessive

> calcium and vitamin D supplements. Strong bones require some vitamin

> D and

> calcium but we also need magnesium, strontium, vitamin K, and even

> water. The

> average American’s serum 25-D levels were normal, above 20 ng/ml and

> Canadian’s

> had average levels around 24 ng/ml, normal. An increased risk of

> fractures has

> not been observed at these levels Sunlight is not a problem and many

> foods are

> fortified with vitamin D not just milk.

>

> Our public health initiatives have been successful at preventing

> rickets, we

> already won the battle against vitamin D deficiency. I met about

> 4000 babies

> during my fifteen years as a WIC dietitian and only one showed early

> symptoms of

> rickets. He was exclusively breast fed and he and his mother both

> had severe

> milk protein allergies. They both took to sardines which are an

> excellent

> natural source of vitamin D, and supplements were never even needed

> for the

> little boy.

>

> We are not vitamin D deficient but we do have a sub-population of

> chronically

> ill and obese people with depressed levels of the inactive form of the

> vitamin.The inactive vitamin Dá´£ is being activated at an unlimited r

> ate in wound

> and inflammatory conditions, resulting in elevated levels of the

> active hormone

> form.

>

> Increased levels of the active hormone cause movement of calcium and

> magnesium

> out of the bone which eventually leads to osteoporosis of the bone and

> calcification of everything else. It also increases intestinal

> absorption of

> calcium and it can increase levels of cortisol, the stress

> hormone.Calcium has

> been consumed at levels that our bodies are not able to excrete, and

> calcification is associated with most chronic diseases.

>

> Magnesium is readily lost by the kidneys and it is necessary for

> excretion of

> excess calcium. Diuretics and acidic diets increase magnesium losses

> in the

> urine. We need a daily intake of about 800 mg calcium and more

> magnesium than

> the current guidelines, roughly 500 mg per day. Excess calcium

> intake leads to

> magnesium deficiency from decreased intestinal absorption and

> increased urinary

> losses.

>

> Vitamin D has two forms and two lab tests of interest, and one test

> is more

> expensive.The cheap lab test for 25 hydroxy D (Dá´£), is what most of

> the research

> is based on. It is the inactive form of the vitamin and is available

> as a

> supplement. It is considered safe at higher doses because it is

> assumed that all

> people, not just healthy people, have very good kidney control over

> the

> activation of the vitamin to the hormone. The enzyme needed for

> activation to

> 1,25 dihydroxy D is being produced uncontrollably by inflammatory

> white blood

> cells and it has been shown to be produced by some cancer cell

> strains as well.

>

> I am part of that chronically ill and obese sub-population. I did my

> googling

> five years ago and I got better with a medication protocol that I

> found online

> and help from my family doctor. I have had both lab tests done

> regularly for the

> last five years. I stopped supplementing with vitamin D at that time

> and have

> been avoiding vitamin D foods and supplements and avoiding excessive

> sunlight

> ever since. My five year average vitamin Dá´£ level was 20 ng/ml, whic

> h is at the

> low end of normal per the Institute of Medicines recent statement,

> and my five

> year average 1,25 D level was 59 pg/ml, which is at the higher end

> of normal. My

> migraines and autoimmune disease are in remission and my bones are

> fine. I was

> in a car accident in 2008 and had a bad fall this winter and I had

> no breaks or

> fractures.

>

> I recently started working at an assisted living facility and many

> of the

> residents were started on high doses of vitamin D by their

> individual doctors

> about a year ago when this research was first getting popular. I

> read charts

> cover to cover – and I saw their quality of life deteriorate, their

> pain levels

> increase, and worsening of their weakness, cardiac symptoms and

> dementia, and

> one death. High doses of vitamin D are not safe.

> Magnesium blocks calcium channels in cell membranes and would

> protect the brain

> cells from being over-flooded with calcium and being overworked to

> the point of

> cell death. The over-excitation of the brain cells causes anxiety and

> irritability and may be underlying the increase in rates of bullying

> and

> violence. PMS is another name for magnesium deficiency that is

> associated with

> excessive irritiability and chocolate cravings (a good source of

> magnesium).

>

> Vitamin D is actually a very powerful steroidal hormone based on

> cholesterol.The

> average American is making enough vitamin D from their stored

> cholesterol.

> Vitamin D is an expensive cholesterol supplement if you don’t need i

> t.[1] If

> you are worried about whether you need a supplement or currently are

> supplementing with vitamin D, then ask your medical provider for

> both lab tests,

> cheap and expensive, 25 hydroxy D and 1, 25 dihydroxy D. The good

> news is that

> the combined test result comparison will serve as a biomarker to

> show who does

> have chronic inflammatory conditions – proving that fibromyalgia isn

> ’t all in

> our heads.

>

> Magnesium provides power inside of the cell – fatigue is a common sy

> mptom of

> magnesium deficiency. It is essential for the growth of mature red

> and white

> blood cells in bone marrow. Anemia and granulocytes are seen in

> magnesium

> deficiency. It is used by over 300 enzymes and it is essential for

> apoptosis –

> the mercy killing of infected and precancerous cells. Hypertension

> and increased

> serum cholesterol and insulin are also symptoms. If I were writing

> the books,

> then Metabolic Syndrome would be called magnesium deficiency and so

> would

> pre-eclampsia.

>

> I recommend stopping the push to supplement with vitamin D and

> calcium and

> instead I would encourage trying the DASH diet plan. It is high in

> magnesium

> from its Bean, Nut and Seed food group and has been found helpful

> for weight

> loss as well as reducing hypertension.

>

> Please visit my website, www.gingerjens.com, for more information.

> Thanks for

> listening I hope to hear your comments.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Vajda, R.D.

>

> References:

> 1. Food Chemistry, By H. -D. Belitz, Werner Grosch, Schieberle

> (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009) ISBN 978-3-540-69933-0 (pp

> 406-407)

> 2.

>http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/Dietary-Reference-Intakes-for-Calcium-and-Vitam\

in-D.aspx

>x

>

> “The

> committee provided an exhaustive review of studies on potential

> health outcomes

> and found that the evidence supported a role for these nutrients in

> bone health

> but not in other health conditions. Overall, the committee concludes

> that the

> majority of Americans and Canadians are receiving adequate amounts

> of both

> calcium and vitamin D. Further, there is emerging evidence that too

> much of

> these nutrients may be harmful.â€

>

> “People age 71 and older may require as much as 800 IUs per day beca

> use of

> potential changes in people’s bodies as they age.†– but they

> may require less

> because of potential changes in people’s bodies as they age. –

> This is a guess

> – call it a guess and please don’t supplement innocent people

> without adequate

> evidence and testing. Making guesses at a population level can leave

> millions

> of us hurting.

> 3. http://pubget.com/paper/pgtmp_24ebf6aa5dd49d1ea990e52bac05c62f

> Clinical Practice; Vitamin D Insufficiency, Clifford j Rosen, M.D.,

> N Engl J Med

> 364(3):248-254 (2011)

> 4. http://www.ijkd.org/index.php/ijkd/article/view/

> 140Hypomagnesemia, An

> Evidence-Based Approach to Clinical Cases, by Farahnak Assadi,

> Iranian Journal

> of Kidney Diseases, Vol 4, No 1 (2010)

> 5. http://www.eatright.org/About/Content.aspx?id=8356Position of the

> American Dietetic Association: Total Diet Approach to Communicating

> Food and

> Nutrition (JADA, Volume 107, Issue 7, Pages 1224-1232 (July 2007)

> 6. http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/25/6/486 Magnesium Intake Is

> Related to Improved Insulin Homeostasis in the Framingham Offspring

> Cohort,

> Marcella E. Rumawas, MD, MS, Nicola M. McKeown, PhD, Gail ,

> MA, B.

> Meigs, MD, MPH, W.F. , MD, BS and F. Jacques, ScD,

> Journal of

> the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 25, No. 6, 486–492 (2006)

> 7. http://www.jci.org/articles/view/1164/pdf Hyperresponsiveness of

> Vitamin D Receptor Gene Expression to 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3, A New

> Characteristic of Genetic Hypercalciuric Stone–forming Rats,J Yao, P

> Kathpalia,

> D A Bushinsky, M J Favus, (Volume 101, Issue 10 J Clin Invest.

> 1998;101(10):2223–2232 doi:10.1172/JCI1164 )

>

> 8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8381825 Increased intestinal

> vitamin

> D receptor in genetic hypercalciuric rats. A cause of intestinal

> calcium

> hyperabsorption.J. Clin. Invest.© The American Society for Clinical

> Investigation, Inc. 0021-9738/93/02/0661/07 Volume 91, February

> 1993, 661-667

> 9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20081245 Magnesium ions and

> opioid

> agonistsin vincristine-induced neuropathy, Magdalena Bujalska, Helena

> Makulska-Nowak, Stanis³aw W. Gumuka, Department of Pharmacodynamics,

> Medical

> University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieoecie 26/28, PL 00-927

> Warszawa, Poland

> 10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17823441The relation of

> magnesium and

> calcium intakes and a genetic polymorphism in the magnesium

> transporter to

> colorectal neoplasia risk. Dai Q, Shrubsole MJ, Ness RM, Schlundt D,

> Cai Q,

> Smalley WE, Li M, Shyr Y, Zheng W., Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center,

> Vanderbilt

> University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203-1738, USA.

> qi.dai@... J Clin Nutr. 2007 Sep;86(3):743-51

> 11. http://www.ajcn.org/content/32/5/967.full.pdfMyocardial tissue

> concentrations of magnesium and potassium in men dying suddenly from

> ischemic

> heart disease, Carl J , MD, r , MD, and

> K.

> , PhD, (AJCN, 32: May 1979, pp 967-970

> 12. http://www.ajcn.org/content/29/8/854.short Vitamin D

> resistance in

> magnesium deficiency, Ramon Medalle, M, Waterhouse, MD

> and Theodore

> J Hahn, MD, (AJCN, 29: August 1976, pp854-858)

>

> 13. http://www.ajcn.org/content/75/1/72.shortExchangeable magnesium

> pool masses

> in healthy women: effects of magnesium supplementation1–4

> Feillet-Coudray, Coudray, Jean-Claude Tressol, Pépin,

> Andrzej

> Mazur, A Abrams, and Yves RayssiguierAmerican Journal of

> Clinical

> Nutrition, Vol. 75, No. 1, 72-78, January 2002

>

> 14. http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/69/1/56.full.pdfIntestinal

> and

> Hepatic CYP3A4 Catalyze Hydroxylation of 1_,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3:

> Implications

> for Drug-InducedOsteomalacia, Yang Xu, Takanori Hashizume, Margaret

> C. Shuhart,

> Connie L. , Wendel L. , Toshiyuki Sakaki, F.

> Kalhorn, B.

> Watkins, G. Schuetz, and E. Thummel 0026-895X/06/6901-5

> 6–65

> MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY Vol. 69, No. 1 Copyright © 2006 The American

> Society for

> Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 17392/3070154 Mol

> Pharmacol 69:56–65,

> 2006 Printed in U.S.A.

> 15. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=4508275 & page=1

> Most Asian

> Men Have Better Prostate Cancer Survival Rates, Finding could help

> to govern

> treatment approaches, study suggests.By Reinberg, HealthDay

> Reporter

> 16. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060613072943.htm

> Race Plays A

> Key Role In Prostate Cancer Survival Rates

> 17. http://www.cancerproject.org/survival/cancer_facts/breast.php “A

> sian

> countries, such as Japan, have low rates of breast cancer, while

> Western

> countries have cancer rates that are many times higher. 25,26

> However, when

> Japanese girls are raised on westernized diets, their rate of breast

> cancer

> increases dramatically.â€

> 18. DASH Diet May Cut Heart Disease Risk, - source Hopkins

> Medicine,

> Today’s Dietitian, Vol . 12, No. 10, Oct. 2010, p 25

> 19. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6548295 Hypercalcemia

> Associated

> withSilicone-Induced Granulomas, Kozeny GA, Barbato AL, Bansal VK,

> Vertuno LL,

> Hano JE. N Engl J Med. 1984 Oct 25;311(17):1103-5.

> 20. http://www.psyn-journal.com/article/S0925-4927%2898%2900013-4/abstract

> On

> Pineal calcification and its relation to subjective slep perception: a

> hypothesis-driven pilot study, Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages 187-191 (30

> June 1998)

> 21. http://www.sleep-journal.com/article/S1389-9457%2808%2900154-8/abstract

> Degree of pineal calcification (DOC) is associated with

> polysomnographic sleep

> measures in primary insomnia patients, ï‚· Mahlberg Thorsten K

> ienast

> 22.

> http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/vitaminDPharmacology.shtml This one is

> dangerous-

>

> Calcitriol (1,25(OH)2D3 or 1,25D3)

> Calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) is made from calcidiol in the

> kidneys and

> in tissues and is the most potent steroid hormone derived from

> cholecalciferol.

> In fact, it is the most potent steroid hormone in the human body.

> Calcitriol has

> significant anti-cancer activity. It is sometimes referred to as the

> active form

> of vitamin D. Calcitriol levels should never be used to determine if

> you are

> deficient in vitamin D. – Why on earth shouldn’t we test whether

> the body has

> too little, enough, or too much of such a powerful and dangerous

> hormone. This

> psychiatrist is urging people to give their children 2000 IU of

> vitamin D3 for

> every 25 # of body weight and he is encouraging pregnant women to

> take 5000 IU.

> This is dangerous and needs to stop – the most potent steroid hormon

> e should not

> be experimented with on innocent children and pregnant ladies – or a

> nyone. He is

> urging megadosing with no check of the active form of the chemical.

> He talks

> about the forms like they are totally separate and that the

> enzymatic steps are

> fool-proof, but they are not.

>

> Dietitians are experts on nutrient balance, not psychiatrists.

>

>

[Guest guest]

The serum blood test to " check " for magnesium deficiency that is regularly used

will only find super acute body-at-last-resort drops. Chronic conditions show up

with a red blood cell or muscle biopsy - intracellular fluid test. I don't have

my other favorite article on the list by a St Louis kidney doctor, but

nephrologists seem to know the most about electrolyte balance. Our nutrient

guideline government reports don't even consider calcium and magnesium in the

" Water and Electrolytes " report - also need to add to my bibliography. I am

cutting and pasting the mess together because I can't get Zotero figured out. I

think I need some deep breathing exercises and to hire a secretary.

If anybody sees any glaring - stupid errors on my blog spot could you please

tell me before I really go live?

BTW in fact checking myself - my first bibliography listing " Food Chemistry " - I

discovered the cholesterol key - we really do make the stuff out of cholesterol

so the men in 's last email who were given an outrageous 2800 mg calcium -

but not vit D at the same time - were being pushed into a hypercalcemia -driven

vitamin D activation frenzy that drove their LDL cholesterol levels down - can I

prove this - no - can they prove anything they are doing either?

R Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: " rd-usa " <rd-usa >

Sent: Sat, February 12, 2011 1:15:36 AM

Subject: Re: A dietitian recommends stop vitamin D and calcium ASAP

, this is a great article. Mega doses of any vitamins

especially fat soluable like vit D are not healthy and if you look at

history of Vit D supplements the US government reduced the amount that

could be in the over-the-counter. Also, iodine is a problem because

the government put iodine in salt to stop goiter in the US but in

recent 20 years people do not buy iodized salt and eat at home.

Restaurants used plain salt and Chefs use ther fancy salts. Most

Americans do not consume iodine rich foods. Btw, I have seen reduced

magnesium in soldiers that were in the Gulf war and HIV patients. Most

doctors never order blood test to check.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 11, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Vajda

wrote:

> PRESS Release: A Dietitian recommends stop vitamin D and Calcium ASAP

> Early Release Edition

>

> From: Vajda, R.D. 815 W. Fair Ave.,

> Marquette, MI, 49855

> Email: jennyvajda@... jennyvajda@...

> Phone: or 458-8595

> Website: www.gingerjens.com

> Speech word count: 1526 See Youtube: To be posted

>

> Yes, we can do anything. We can do anything . . . except build a

> body out of

> supplements and pharmaceuticals.Our bodies are designed to

> regenerate. White

> blood cells protect us by patrolling for old or infected cells which

> are mercy

> killed in a process called apoptosis. The waste is engulfed and

> disposed of

> without inflammation and new cells are rebuilt daily from our very

> own stem

> cells. Our intestinal cells only live an average of seven days.

> However, the

> breakdown and repair won’t happen if there are missing steps in the

> process. No

> boards, no nails, no workers or no tools, any missing element can

> halt the

> process. The miracle is that any of us are walking and talking or

> that any baby

> is born with ten fingers and toes and a cute little nose.

>

> The rate of infants born with congenital hypothyroidism has been

> escalating,

> baffling many, unless you consider an older diagnostic term – cretin

> ism or

> iodine deficiency. Cretinism is somewhat reversible if the infant

> receives

> adequate iodine after diagnosis, the thyroid gland would grow and

> begin to

> produce hormone naturally. If the infant is treated only with

> synthetic thyroid

> hormone, then organ development would continue to suffer and the

> baby will

> probably need the drug for for the rest of its life. Women receive

> synthetic

> thyroid hormone if they are diagnosed hypothyroid but they can’t gro

> w babies out

> of pharmaceuticals.

>

> All of our glands need iodine not just the thyroid gland. The pineal

> gland has

> the second largest uptake of iodine and it is crucial for melatonin

> and a good

> night’s sleep. The mammary and prostate glands need iodine as well.

> Prostate and

> breast cancer has to do with iodine deficiency and the substitution

> of bromide

> and fluoride. Lab tests have become a primary diagnostic tool and if

> the science

> underlying their use was wrong then the diagnosis based on the tests

> may not be

> very reliable. Our bodies have learned how to fool the lab test’s ex

> pectations

> of goiter by producing thyroid hormone containing fluoride or

> bromide. The gland

> is functioning normally but the hormone it is producing won’t preven

> t the

> symptoms and malfunction of hypothyroidism.

>

> Weight gain and depression are common symptoms in adults with iodine

> deficiency

> and children born hypothyroid frequently have petite growth patterns

> and reduced

> mental development. I was never diagnosed by current standards as

> hypothyroid.

> However my symptoms did go away and I lost a hundred pounds with

> little need for

> “will power†when I started taking an iodine supplement,

> containing an amount of

> iodine similar to what is provided in the traditional Japanese diet

> from the sea

> weed. It contains 83 times more iodine than our current RDA and I

> have been

> taking it for six years with no problems of toxicity. Our current

> recommendation

> has not been changed since the initial work done in the 1930’s. The

> calcium

> guidelines were increased in 1997 and haven’t been changed since. Th

> e increase

> was based on an estimation of how much calcium might be needed for

> better bone

> absorption.

>

> Yes, we can do anything . . . except grow strong bones out of

> excessive

> calcium and vitamin D supplements. Strong bones require some vitamin

> D and

> calcium but we also need magnesium, strontium, vitamin K, and even

> water. The

> average American’s serum 25-D levels were normal, above 20 ng/ml and

> Canadian’s

> had average levels around 24 ng/ml, normal. An increased risk of

> fractures has

> not been observed at these levels Sunlight is not a problem and many

> foods are

> fortified with vitamin D not just milk.

>

> Our public health initiatives have been successful at preventing

> rickets, we

> already won the battle against vitamin D deficiency. I met about

> 4000 babies

> during my fifteen years as a WIC dietitian and only one showed early

> symptoms of

> rickets. He was exclusively breast fed and he and his mother both

> had severe

> milk protein allergies. They both took to sardines which are an

> excellent

> natural source of vitamin D, and supplements were never even needed

> for the

> little boy.

>

> We are not vitamin D deficient but we do have a sub-population of

> chronically

> ill and obese people with depressed levels of the inactive form of the

> vitamin.The inactive vitamin Dá´£ is being activated at an unlimited r

> ate in wound

> and inflammatory conditions, resulting in elevated levels of the

> active hormone

> form.

>

> Increased levels of the active hormone cause movement of calcium and

> magnesium

> out of the bone which eventually leads to osteoporosis of the bone and

> calcification of everything else. It also increases intestinal

> absorption of

> calcium and it can increase levels of cortisol, the stress

> hormone.Calcium has

> been consumed at levels that our bodies are not able to excrete, and

> calcification is associated with most chronic diseases.

>

> Magnesium is readily lost by the kidneys and it is necessary for

> excretion of

> excess calcium. Diuretics and acidic diets increase magnesium losses

> in the

> urine. We need a daily intake of about 800 mg calcium and more

> magnesium than

> the current guidelines, roughly 500 mg per day. Excess calcium

> intake leads to

> magnesium deficiency from decreased intestinal absorption and

> increased urinary

> losses.

>

> Vitamin D has two forms and two lab tests of interest, and one test

> is more

> expensive.The cheap lab test for 25 hydroxy D (Dá´£), is what most of

> the research

> is based on. It is the inactive form of the vitamin and is available

> as a

> supplement. It is considered safe at higher doses because it is

> assumed that all

> people, not just healthy people, have very good kidney control over

> the

> activation of the vitamin to the hormone. The enzyme needed for

> activation to

> 1,25 dihydroxy D is being produced uncontrollably by inflammatory

> white blood

> cells and it has been shown to be produced by some cancer cell

> strains as well.

>

> I am part of that chronically ill and obese sub-population. I did my

> googling

> five years ago and I got better with a medication protocol that I

> found online

> and help from my family doctor. I have had both lab tests done

> regularly for the

> last five years. I stopped supplementing with vitamin D at that time

> and have

> been avoiding vitamin D foods and supplements and avoiding excessive

> sunlight

> ever since. My five year average vitamin Dá´£ level was 20 ng/ml, whic

> h is at the

> low end of normal per the Institute of Medicines recent statement,

> and my five

> year average 1,25 D level was 59 pg/ml, which is at the higher end

> of normal. My

> migraines and autoimmune disease are in remission and my bones are

> fine. I was

> in a car accident in 2008 and had a bad fall this winter and I had

> no breaks or

> fractures.

>

> I recently started working at an assisted living facility and many

> of the

> residents were started on high doses of vitamin D by their

> individual doctors

> about a year ago when this research was first getting popular. I

> read charts

> cover to cover – and I saw their quality of life deteriorate, their

> pain levels

> increase, and worsening of their weakness, cardiac symptoms and

> dementia, and

> one death. High doses of vitamin D are not safe.

> Magnesium blocks calcium channels in cell membranes and would

> protect the brain

> cells from being over-flooded with calcium and being overworked to

> the point of

> cell death. The over-excitation of the brain cells causes anxiety and

> irritability and may be underlying the increase in rates of bullying

> and

> violence. PMS is another name for magnesium deficiency that is

> associated with

> excessive irritiability and chocolate cravings (a good source of

> magnesium).

>

> Vitamin D is actually a very powerful steroidal hormone based on

> cholesterol.The

> average American is making enough vitamin D from their stored

> cholesterol.

> Vitamin D is an expensive cholesterol supplement if you don’t need i

> t.[1] If

> you are worried about whether you need a supplement or currently are

> supplementing with vitamin D, then ask your medical provider for

> both lab tests,

> cheap and expensive, 25 hydroxy D and 1, 25 dihydroxy D. The good

> news is that

> the combined test result comparison will serve as a biomarker to

> show who does

> have chronic inflammatory conditions – proving that fibromyalgia isn

> ’t all in

> our heads.

>

> Magnesium provides power inside of the cell – fatigue is a common sy

> mptom of

> magnesium deficiency. It is essential for the growth of mature red

> and white

> blood cells in bone marrow. Anemia and granulocytes are seen in

> magnesium

> deficiency. It is used by over 300 enzymes and it is essential for

> apoptosis –

> the mercy killing of infected and precancerous cells. Hypertension

> and increased

> serum cholesterol and insulin are also symptoms. If I were writing

> the books,

> then Metabolic Syndrome would be called magnesium deficiency and so

> would

> pre-eclampsia.

>

> I recommend stopping the push to supplement with vitamin D and

> calcium and

> instead I would encourage trying the DASH diet plan. It is high in

> magnesium

> from its Bean, Nut and Seed food group and has been found helpful

> for weight

> loss as well as reducing hypertension.

>

> Please visit my website, www.gingerjens.com, for more information.

> Thanks for

> listening I hope to hear your comments.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Vajda, R.D.

>

> References:

> 1. Food Chemistry, By H. -D. Belitz, Werner Grosch, Schieberle

> (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009) ISBN 978-3-540-69933-0 (pp

> 406-407)

> 2.

>http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/Dietary-Reference-Intakes-for-Calcium-and-Vitam\

in-D.aspx

>x

>

> “The

> committee provided an exhaustive review of studies on potential

> health outcomes

> and found that the evidence supported a role for these nutrients in

> bone health

> but not in other health conditions. Overall, the committee concludes

> that the

> majority of Americans and Canadians are receiving adequate amounts

> of both

> calcium and vitamin D. Further, there is emerging evidence that too

> much of

> these nutrients may be harmful.â€

>

> “People age 71 and older may require as much as 800 IUs per day beca

> use of

> potential changes in people’s bodies as they age.†– but they

> may require less

> because of potential changes in people’s bodies as they age. –

> This is a guess

> – call it a guess and please don’t supplement innocent people

> without adequate

> evidence and testing. Making guesses at a population level can leave

> millions

> of us hurting.

> 3. http://pubget.com/paper/pgtmp_24ebf6aa5dd49d1ea990e52bac05c62f

> Clinical Practice; Vitamin D Insufficiency, Clifford j Rosen, M.D.,

> N Engl J Med

> 364(3):248-254 (2011)

> 4. http://www.ijkd.org/index.php/ijkd/article/view/

> 140Hypomagnesemia, An

> Evidence-Based Approach to Clinical Cases, by Farahnak Assadi,

> Iranian Journal

> of Kidney Diseases, Vol 4, No 1 (2010)

> 5. http://www.eatright.org/About/Content.aspx?id=8356Position of the

> American Dietetic Association: Total Diet Approach to Communicating

> Food and

> Nutrition (JADA, Volume 107, Issue 7, Pages 1224-1232 (July 2007)

> 6. http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/25/6/486 Magnesium Intake Is

> Related to Improved Insulin Homeostasis in the Framingham Offspring

> Cohort,

> Marcella E. Rumawas, MD, MS, Nicola M. McKeown, PhD, Gail ,

> MA, B.

> Meigs, MD, MPH, W.F. , MD, BS and F. Jacques, ScD,

> Journal of

> the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 25, No. 6, 486–492 (2006)

> 7. http://www.jci.org/articles/view/1164/pdf Hyperresponsiveness of

> Vitamin D Receptor Gene Expression to 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3, A New

> Characteristic of Genetic Hypercalciuric Stone–forming Rats,J Yao, P

> Kathpalia,

> D A Bushinsky, M J Favus, (Volume 101, Issue 10 J Clin Invest.

> 1998;101(10):2223–2232 doi:10.1172/JCI1164 )

>

> 8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8381825 Increased intestinal

> vitamin

> D receptor in genetic hypercalciuric rats. A cause of intestinal

> calcium

> hyperabsorption.J. Clin. Invest.© The American Society for Clinical

> Investigation, Inc. 0021-9738/93/02/0661/07 Volume 91, February

> 1993, 661-667

> 9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20081245 Magnesium ions and

> opioid

> agonistsin vincristine-induced neuropathy, Magdalena Bujalska, Helena

> Makulska-Nowak, Stanis³aw W. Gumuka, Department of Pharmacodynamics,

> Medical

> University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieoecie 26/28, PL 00-927

> Warszawa, Poland

> 10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17823441The relation of

> magnesium and

> calcium intakes and a genetic polymorphism in the magnesium

> transporter to

> colorectal neoplasia risk. Dai Q, Shrubsole MJ, Ness RM, Schlundt D,

> Cai Q,

> Smalley WE, Li M, Shyr Y, Zheng W., Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center,

> Vanderbilt

> University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203-1738, USA.

> qi.dai@... J Clin Nutr. 2007 Sep;86(3):743-51

> 11. http://www.ajcn.org/content/32/5/967.full.pdfMyocardial tissue

> concentrations of magnesium and potassium in men dying suddenly from

> ischemic

> heart disease, Carl J , MD, r , MD, and

> K.

> , PhD, (AJCN, 32: May 1979, pp 967-970

> 12. http://www.ajcn.org/content/29/8/854.short Vitamin D

> resistance in

> magnesium deficiency, Ramon Medalle, M, Waterhouse, MD

> and Theodore

> J Hahn, MD, (AJCN, 29: August 1976, pp854-858)

>

> 13. http://www.ajcn.org/content/75/1/72.shortExchangeable magnesium

> pool masses

> in healthy women: effects of magnesium supplementation1–4

> Feillet-Coudray, Coudray, Jean-Claude Tressol, Pépin,

> Andrzej

> Mazur, A Abrams, and Yves RayssiguierAmerican Journal of

> Clinical

> Nutrition, Vol. 75, No. 1, 72-78, January 2002

>

> 14. http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/69/1/56.full.pdfIntestinal

> and

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> 22.

> http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/vitaminDPharmacology.shtml This one is

> dangerous-

>

> Calcitriol (1,25(OH)2D3 or 1,25D3)

> Calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) is made from calcidiol in the

> kidneys and

> in tissues and is the most potent steroid hormone derived from

> cholecalciferol.

> In fact, it is the most potent steroid hormone in the human body.

> Calcitriol has

> significant anti-cancer activity. It is sometimes referred to as the

> active form

> of vitamin D. Calcitriol levels should never be used to determine if

> you are

> deficient in vitamin D. – Why on earth shouldn’t we test whether

> the body has

> too little, enough, or too much of such a powerful and dangerous

> hormone. This

> psychiatrist is urging people to give their children 2000 IU of

> vitamin D3 for

> every 25 # of body weight and he is encouraging pregnant women to

> take 5000 IU.

> This is dangerous and needs to stop – the most potent steroid hormon

> e should not

> be experimented with on innocent children and pregnant ladies – or a

> nyone. He is

> urging megadosing with no check of the active form of the chemical.

> He talks

> about the forms like they are totally separate and that the

> enzymatic steps are

> fool-proof, but they are not.

>

> Dietitians are experts on nutrient balance, not psychiatrists.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sooooo glad you stepped up to the plate.

Don't be afraid to be contradicted. You are well-referenced.

I just did a blog post challenging physicians to rethink these higher doses of

metformin for PCOS. It turned out to be one of my most well-received, and it

tripled blog traffic.

There's no such thing as a perfect article. But there's absolutely one that

causes people to think as opposed to parrot.

And one that makes dietitians look really, really smart. Thanks for doing all

the hard work.

Monika M. Woolsey, MS, RD

http://www.incyst.com

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your support. I am trying to keep a lid on my fears. I have learned a

lot about what being a professional dietitian looks like from this group since

joining last summer. Professional challenge is helpful to keep me accountable to

fact checking and avoiding blanket statements.

I live across the street from Northern Michigan University. My next step

(besides working on that Bibliography) is to get a student organization going -

Find It In Food First Health Care reform - goal being working on the antique

nutrient guidelines with biochemists and dietitians, etc on the team - not just

IOM - and working towards getting some additives removed from the GRAS category.

I added a post-graduate seminar on hyper-parathyroidism to my website. The

doctor is urging his audience to NOT supplement with vitamin D and he has the

labs for both D's and calcium for over 6000 patients. Dr Norman has the charts

and graphs that I needed - I don't think I have a tumor like his patients, I

think my vitamin D metabolism is off due to a mycobacterial chronic infection.

But I want more people to hear a doctor saying this.

R Vajda, R.D.

www.gingerjens.com

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To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 10:48:27 AM

Subject: Re: A dietitian recommends stop vitamin D and calcium ASAP

Sooooo glad you stepped up to the plate.

Don't be afraid to be contradicted. You are well-referenced.

I just did a blog post challenging physicians to rethink these higher doses of

metformin for PCOS. It turned out to be one of my most well-received, and it

tripled blog traffic.

There's no such thing as a perfect article. But there's absolutely one that

causes people to think as opposed to parrot.

And one that makes dietitians look really, really smart. Thanks for doing all

the hard work.

Monika M. Woolsey, MS, RD

http://www.incyst.com