Why is Vitamin D significant?

Advice needed as to why my Vitamin D levels keep dropping?

• I am a 38 yr old female with a Vit D level that tested at a level 30 seven months ago. I went on the perscription Vit D2 50000 IU once a week for 12 weeks then a maint. dose of 2000 IU Vit D3 daily. I just got retested and my Vit D is now 22. I live in WA so sunshine is not easily found. I do eat a lot of food that has Vit D in it. Why does my level keep dropping instead of going up? Are there any disorders that I should have my dr check for that could cause me not to absorb vit D that well? I don't know if this adds much but I have only lived in WA for 18 months, before that I lived in the sunny south. I already have arthritis from L3-L5 w hyperlordosis. My old Dr said that the arthritis was most likely due to the Vit D deficiency.

• Answer:

  The body needs saturated fats to make vitamins & minerals bioavailable to be incorporated into the body. The prescription vit.D2 is the wrong kind. 2000iu daily is *much* too low. I *highly* recommend a high saturated fat, low carb diet (mainly virgin coconut oil, butter & grass fed animal fats) to bring the body to a state of healing. Eat egg yolks daily (whites are ok too but not without the yolks) & try to eat fish (sardines, canned mackerel, salmon at least 3x week) It's imperative to do your own research. Doctor's are constrained in their ability to give advice when government recommendations are so skewed. If a doctor advises against the government recommendations, they can be sued for malpractice EVEN IF the government recommendations are wrong. So doctors can't tell you that flu shots include toxic mercury or vit.D levels above 600mg or anything other than a low fat diet without opening themselves up to litigation. Researchers are battling for vit.D awareness. We understand concerns for recommending high level dosages & the possibility of long term effects. It's possible that upper atmosphere pollution does not allow us to get the needed UVB rays anymore. Some researchers claim that *if* vitamin D levels are optimized then our immune system is in top condition to deal with flu viruses which would have minimal effect on us. I've seen recommendations that after flu virus has invaded the body to take 200,000iu daily of vit.D3 for several days. I did lots of research on this subject before experimenting on myself. I averaged 35,000iu per day for 2 months & only did that low because I couldn't force down more than 35 pills a day consistently - I have since bought vit.D3 in 5000iu oil based (preferably MCT) softgels. The 10,000-50,000iu are usually dry form which can be useless if not taken with *lots* of saturated fats. (I would suggest crushing them up in butter before taking.) The pain I had constantly every day for over 10 years miraculously went away. I dropped down to a maintenance dose of 2,000iu a day & the pain returned - greatly increased the dosage & the pain stopped in a few days. The main concern is taking high dosages without testing levels. You did what is considered to be high dosages without raising your levels, so I wouldn't be concerned with doing "too much" I suggest that you take 30,000iu daily for 30 days (6 pills a day - that should be one bottle of this item the first month) of this brand & then 20,000iu daily for 30 days & then 10,000iu for 90 days & then be retested. I personally think you will probably need 10.000-20,000iu as a maintenance dosage. You want your test levels to be in the high range of normal - between 50–80 ng/ml (125–200 nmol/L), even in winter - try to test Jan-Mar when levels are lowest. http://www.vitacost.com/Country-Life-Vitamin-D3-5000-IU-200-Softgels The reason I recommend this specific item is because it's the cheapest I've found in a coconut oil extract base (medium chain triglycerides) Medium chain triglycerides are processed immediately in the liver like carbohydrates. from the article posted below: Another study done a few years ago at Ohio State University showed that salad dressing with oil brings out the best in a salad when compared to no-fat, low-fat dressings. When the seven test subjects consumed salads with no-fat dressing, the absorption of carotenoids was negligible. When a reduced-fat dressing was used, the added fat led to a higher absorption of alpha and beta carotene and lycopene. But there was substantially more absorption of the healthful compounds when full-fat dressing was used. Study researchers say they were not only surprised by how much more absorption occurred with fat added to the meal, but they were taken aback at how little the body absorbed when no fats were present. "The fact that so little was absorbed when no fat was there was just amazing to me," says Dr. Clinton. http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/archives/2006/08/ill_have_mine_w.html