Normal Vitamin D Levels Will NOT Tell the Whole Picture

We all know how important vitamin d is , but it's also incredibly confusing to know amounts that you need .

And does the amount of vitamin d in your blood really tell you what's going on in the cells ?

Now when you get your blood test done with vitamin d , some references give you this , normal range between 20 to 40 nanograms per milliliter .

Other references are between 30 and 50 nanograms per milliliter .

And , of course , if you're in a different part of the world , there's different values .

So , for example , if you have 50 nanograms per milliliter , that would be a 125 nanomoles per liter .

So as you can see , it's very , very confusing .

And especially if you take vitamin d , which is in a different measurement altogether , which is in international units , Even that's very confusing because when we talk about vitamin d 3 , 1 international unit equals 0.025 micrograms .

And when you talk about other things like beta carotene or retinol , it's in a completely different system .

It doesn't equal what I just mentioned .

So it's very confusing .

Even the RDAs for vitamin d , for someone that's under 70 years old , is 600 IUs , okay , which is 15 micrograms .

And the studies that validate that amount , which is extremely low , were done years ago designed to prevent rickets .

But that was way before all this new information on how vitamin d supports the immune system and so many other biological systems .

So checking your , vitamin d levels in the blood is is all fine , and that's that's great .

But the most important thing about vitamin d is , does it reach the cell ?

And it reaches the cell through the vitamin d receptor .

And , unfortunately , you cannot use the blood levels of vitamin d to determine what's going on in your cell simply because there's so many problems with the vitamin d receptor .

Certain viruses and other pathogens have a mechanism , a survival mechanism of blocking your vitamin d receptor for their survival because they know if that vitamin d goes into that cell , they're toast .

Also , certain cancers have a survival mechanism of downgrading the vitamin d receptor to make sure you don't get enough because of this huge association between vitamin d and the reduction of cancer risk .

I mean , if you think about even in a benign tumor , you get it like a 93% absorption with that vitamin d receptor .

But in a malignant cancer , the vitamin d receptor now goes from 93 down to 56 absorption .

So you can see that cancer cell tends to block the absorption of vitamin d .

And about 30% of the population has a genetic problem with the vitamin d receptor , including myself .

So normal amounts of vitamin d do not , make the changes that I need .

So what do we do ?

How do we solve this problem ?

Well , number 1 , might be a good idea to get a genetic test to measure your vitamin d receptor .

But there's some other simple things you can do .

Does vitamin d receptor diseases and problems run-in your family , or do you have a problem with those ?

And I'm gonna list them right now .

But there are so many diseases and health related conditions that are directly related to a problem with the vitamin d receptor .

So let me just go down the list right now .

Autoimmune diseases , and this includes MS , lupus , rheumatoid arthritis , psoriasis , Hashimoto's , ankylosing spondylitis .

The next category , certain types of cancer , especially breast cancer and colon cancer .

You just have to realize how important vitamin d is for so many things , including every aspect of your immune system that bites off cancer .

Normally , the immune cells are supposed to kill cancer , if they have enough vitamin d , but not if they don't have enough vitamin d .

Certain cardiovascular diseases are related to a problem with the vitamin d receptor .

Certain cognitive diseases , including Alzheimer's , Parkinson's are associated with a problem with the vitamin d receptor .

Then we have diabetes , type 1 and type 2 .

And type 1 is an autoimmune disease , so that would definitely fit into that vitamin d problem .

Next one is metabolic syndrome , which includes high blood pressure , lipid problems , high blood glucose or diabetes .

Next one is TB .

Okay ?

Tuberculosis , which is a huge problem with the vitamin d receptor .

In fact , years ago , some of the earlier treatments for TB was just getting out in the sun , and that would greatly help TB because of the production of vitamin d .

And if you ever have the choice between getting your vitamin d from a pill form versus the sun , you'd be better to get it from the sun .

Okay ?

That would be the ideal situation if you can get vitamin d from the sun .

So we have TB .

We also have , certain viruses , parasites , some bacteria .

Lyme disease , definitely associated with a vitamin d receptor issue .

Hair loss , Crohn's , other types of GI inflammation issues .

Because what you have to remember is that vitamin d is probably one of the best natural anti inflammatories .

And then we get respiratory infections , huge association with a vitamin d receptor , probably because there's certain viruses involved that tend to hijack the vitamin d receptor .

And then we get asthma .

If a child has asthma and you get them to be outside in the fresh air and the sun , boy , their rate of getting asthma just goes way down .

Food allergies .

Okay ?

The more food allergies you have , the more problems you have with the vitamin d receptor .

And then we get a really common thing , low back pain , definitely associated with the vitamin d .

Vitiligo , a situation where you have , a lack of pigment in certain places in your body .

Then you have osteoporosis , COPD , which is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

And then even PTSD is associated with low vitamin D , probably because vitamin d greatly helps depression .

Alright .

So beyond checking your blood , which is good to do , but if you still have problems , you're probably gonna benefit from taking more vitamin D .

So number 1 , take more vitamin d .

It's that simple .

And you might need 20 , 30 , 40 , 50 1000 IUs .

If you start seeing changes , then we know regardless of how much vitamin d you have in your blood that you were deficient in the cell because you had a vitamin d receptor issue .

Alright .

Number 2 , take it inconsistently .

Like , instead of taking it on a regular basis , okay , you might wanna take it once every 3 days or once every 4 days and take a good amount .

Apparently , that's a good strategy for certain people that have a problem with the vitamin d receptor .

Even though I personally have a problem with vitamin d , I do take it consistently each day just because it's easy to remember .

But if I had an autoimmune disease or some of these other problems , I might take it , sporadically .

You can take magnesium .

That will help the vitamin d receptor .

You can take zinc .

You can take bile salts .

Now bile salts are interesting because they act as a vitamin d receptor analog .

What does that mean ?

It means that you can trigger the gene for vitamin d without necessarily taking vitamin d .

It's pretty wild .

You can take it in the form of Tatka as well , or just bile salts .

Omega 3 has been known to increase the vitamin d receptor .

Vitamin k 2 also helps .

And then you have various , plant chemicals that are also really good to increase the reception of the vitamin d receptor , like resveratrol , curcumin , quercetin , and sulforaphane .

All of those can greatly help .

And the last thing that can help vitamin d is butyrate .

Now what's butyrate ?

That is a short chain fatty acid that's produced by your own microbes .

Okay ?

And you can increase the production of that if you consume vegetables , because the vegetables provide fiber for the microbes .

They eat that .

They convert it to butyrate , and then that can help your absorption of vitamin d .

It can also help you with insulin resistance , and butyrate is a form of a ketone .

So , of course , I would recommend also being on the ketogenic diet , which will help insulin resistance .

Now the question that I always get about vitamin d is this toxicity question .

I have a very good explanation of the true toxicity from vitamin d .

If you haven't seen this video , check it out .

I put it up right here .