A dietitian recommends stop vitamin D and calcium ASAP

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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 – cretinism 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 grow 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 expectations

of goiter by producing thyroid hormone containing fluoride or bromide. The gland

is functioning normally but the hormone it is producing won’t prevent 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. The 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 rate 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, which 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 it.[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 symptom 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.

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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 because 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.

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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 hormone should

not

be experimented with on innocent children and pregnant ladies – or anyone. 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.