Antioxidants - Fighters against free radical damage
GSE
Vitamin D - Antioxidant against Health Problems
Sunshine /VITAMIN D
Against Health Problems
Many cells produce active
VITAMIN D (presumeably because
they need it) and thus a
VITAMIN D
deficiency has wide-reaching health consequences
- in addition to the kidneys, it is believed that many cells can make
CALCITRIOL (active form of
VITAMIN D ) from
CALCIDIOL - E.g. colon, prostate, breast and lung cell cultures
have recently been found to express 1-OHase (the enzyme required for
calcitriol production);
The #1 priority for anyone with any health problem, and especially if an
autoimmune disease, is to optimize their body's
VITAMIN D
levels to control inflammation
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•Heals wounds/infection
•Relieves Pain
•Cancer
•Diabetes
•Reduces asthma symptoms
•Strengthens Muscles
•Heart Disease /Hypertension/HBP
•Vision problems
•Infertility / PMS / Menstrual Migraine
•Depression / CFS /SAD
•Stress
•PCOS
•Parkinson / Alzheimers
•Multiple Sclerosis
•Weight Loss / Obesity
•Kidney function
•Healthy teeth
•Pregnancy
•Tuberculosis
•Sunlight helps babies sleep
Open wounds and broken bones heal better when
exposed to the sun. Dr. Carl Hoffminster, a surgeon during WWII, wrote that soldiers healed
and survived much better when their open wounds and broken bones were exposed to
sunlight.
You Can Naturally Relieve Pain With Simple Sunlight
Sunlight on Postoperative patients reduced need for pain meds. 90 postoperative spinal surgery patients were exposed
to varying amounts of natural sunlight during their hospital recovery period in
a study, which found that compared to the patients in the dimmest rooms, those
who were in brightest rooms (with 46% more natural sunlight) had considerably
lower stress and slightly lower pain scores (reducing painkiller costs by 21%)
when they left the hospital. These results were attributed to altered pain
perception. These results should motivate hospital administrators locate
patients with high painkiller need in areas with more sunlight .
Walch JM et al, The
Effect of Sunlight on Postoperative Analgesic Medication Use: A Prospective
Study of Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery, Psychosomatic Medicine Jan/Feb
2005, 67:156-163
VITAMIN D deficiency is very strongly
associated with various cancers
VITAMIN D against Cancer
VITAMIN D increases
INSULIN
Release. VITAMIN D deficiency decreases biosynthesis and
release of INSULIN . Glucose intolerance has
been inversely associated with the concentration of
VITAMIN D in the blood. Thus, VITAMIN D
may protect against both Type I and Type II diabetes.
Reduces asthma symptoms
VITAMIN D
reduces development of asthmatic symptoms. Australian researchers
(funded by Asthma Foundation of WA)
found that measured doses of UV
light for 15 to 30 minutes BEFORE allergen exposure significantly reduces the
development of asthma-like symptoms
Exposure
to sunlight could reduce asthma, 2006
Strengthens Muscles
Tuberculosis patients
being treated by sunbathing have been observed to have well-developed muscles
with very little fat. Even though they have not exercised for months.
"Sunlight
can save your life", Dr. Zane Kime, M.D.
The Romans made use of the sun in training their
gladiators. For they
knew that sunlight strengthened and enlarged the muscles.
Heart Disease / Hypertension / High Blood Pressure
The further from the equator, the higher risk of high blood pressure.
Found a
2007 study, in which researchers theorized
that UV exposure leads to the
release of endorphins
( brain chemicals linked to
pain relief and euphoria) that lower blood pressure by
reducing stressful feelings. Researchers also consider that decreased
VITAMIN D production results in increased
parathyroid hormone production, serving to increase blood pressure.
Rostand
SG, Ultraviolet Light May Contribute to Geographic and Racial Blood Pressure
Differences, Univ. of Alabama, Hypertension. 1997;30:150-156.
- Another study actually found that VITAMIN D is a negative
inhibitor of the renin-angiotensin system and this serves to lower blood
pressure.
Several physiological mechanisms that fight heart disease are triggered by
VITAMIN D
production through sunlight exposure:
- An increase in the body's natural anti-inflammatory
cytokines
- The suppression of vascular calcification
- The inhibition
of vascular smooth muscle growth (British Journal of Nutrition October 2005;
94(4): 483-492)
D sufficiency produces optimal blood pressure
levels Lack of Light Causes High Blood
Pressure?
VITAMIN D
supplementation lowers calcium deposition in arteries/lowers blood pressure. Scottish researchers found that calcium levels in the hair
inversely VITAMIN D was administered, the amount
of calcium in the beard went up and this rise continued as long as
VITAMIN D was consumed. Almost immediately
after stopping supplementation, however, beard calcium fell to pre-supplement
levels.
Administration of dietary VITAMIN D or
UV-B treatment has been shown to lower blood pressure; restore
insulin sensitivity
and lower cholesterol.
More than half of the
US population over 75 years old have cataracts, glaucoma, or macular
degeneration. The risk of
senile cataract is reduced in
persons with optimal levels of D and carotenoids;
Sunglasses block
healing UV light. Contributing to the
increased incidence of blindness and eye disease in this country, according to Dr. Jacob Liberman.
Eyeglasses and contact
lenses reduce a significant energy source. By blocking some of
the UV light rays that travel through the eyes to the pineal gland;
Eyeglasses and
sunglasses cause poor vision. After
discontinuing wearing his eyeglasses, Dr. John Ott wrote that he exposed his
eyes to sunlight without lenses and his vision was much improved. He recommended
similar therapy to his friends and they gained similar improvement in their
vision. Ott wrote that nothing should block out the full spectrum of sunlight,
no glasses of any kind should block the UV rays, and especially no dark glasses.
Myopia (and
Crooked Teeth). Low levels of D , and perhaps calcium, in a pregnant mother and later in
the child may be the contributing cause of "crooked teeth" and myopia.
Infertility / PMS / Menstrual Migraine
Infertility is associated with low VITAMIN D - which supports estrogen production;
PMS has been reversed with calcium,
magnesium
and VITAMIN D supplementation
Menstrual migraine is associated with low VITAMIN D and calcium
levels
Depression / CFS/ Seasonal
Affective Disorder (SAD)
VITAMIN D
upregulates mood-related adrenal hormones.
In the adrenal gland, activated VITAMIN D
regulates tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate limiting enzyme necessary for the
production of dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine.
VITAMIN D supplementation has successfully
treated SAD, which affects ~100,000 people, developing into severe depression in
the winter.
Winter Depression
Sufferers See The Light
Stress
High stress may increase the need for VITAMIN D
and calcium
PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome)
has been corrected by supplementation of
D
and calcium
Parkinson's
Patients have been found to have lower levels of
VITAMIN D.
A Harvard study concluded that VITAMIN D had a protective
effect against the development of MS.
Munger KL
et al,
VITAMIN D
intake and incidence of multiple sclerosis. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of
Public Health
BBC News: - " . . . researchers found that by just
analyzing sunlight, they could explain 61% of the variation in the number of MS
cases across England. However when they combined the effect of sunlight and
glandular fever, 72% of the variation in MS cases could be explained."
BBC News April 19, 2011 ;
Neurology
April 19, 2011;76(16):1410-4
U. of Wisconsin Study. Demonstrated that exogenous
VITAMIN D3 can completely prevent
experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a widely accepted mouse model
of human MS;
Hayes CE, Cantorna MT, DeLuca HF,
VITAMIN D
and multiple sclerosis. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1997
Oct;216(1):21-7.
In an exploratory study, mortality from MS was
found to be reduced by exposure to sunlight by up to 76% - depending on degree of exposure.
Occup Environ Med 2000;57:418-421;
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Weight Loss/ Obesity/ Energy
production
UVB stimulates the production of Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
(MSH). An important hormone in
weight loss and energy production.
Weight normalization is associated with higher
levels of VITAMIN D
and adequate calcium.
UVB
/ VITAMIN D normalize food intake and
normalize blood sugar .
When the diet lacks calcium, there is up
to a 5-fold increase in the enzyme fatty acid synthase, which converts calories
into fat. Higher levels of calcium with adequate
VITAMIN D inhibit fatty acid synthase.
In one study, genetically obese rats
lost 60% of their body fat in six weeks on a diet that had moderate calorie
reduction but was high in calcium. All rats supplemented with calcium
showed increased body temperature
indicating a shift from calorie storage to calorie burning (thermogenesis);
Obesity is associated with Ddeficiency.
Obese persons have impaired production of UVB -stimulated
D and impaired absorption of food source and supplemental D.
Supports healthy kidney function
Crooked teeth. Low levels of
D , and perhaps calcium, in a pregnant mother and later in the child may
be the contributing cause of "crooked teeth". When these conditions are found in
succeeding generations it means the genetics require higher levels of one or
both nutrients to optimize health.
Preeclampsia. Leading cause of
premature delivery and maternal/fetal illness and death worldwide (~76,000
deaths /year); Some 7% of first pregnancies can progress to eclampsia, marked by
very high B.P. and swelling of the hands and feet, and culminating in seizures
and often-fatal complications of the liver, kidneys, lungs, blood and nervous
system.
In 2007, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Health
Sciences found VITAMIN D
deficiency to be one of the most common reasons
for this condition.
J Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism
September 2007; 92(9) 3517-22
Sunlight therapy has been used successfully worldwide to treat TB for more than
a century. Studies have also shown that
metabolizing VITAMIN D can restrict the
growth of tuberculosis within cells. In one study, Indonesian scientists found
that treating tuberculosis patients with 10,000 units of
VITAMIN D daily (instead of the much smaller
amount usually advocated by conventional medicine) led to a cure rate of 100
percent—everyone in the study6.
Wilkinson, Robert J. Influence of VITAMIN D deficiency and VITAMIN D
receptor
polymorphisms on tuberculosis among Gujarati Asians in west London: a
case-control study. The Lancet 355: No. 9204, p618. 19 Feb 2000.
Nursyam EW, Amin Z, Rumende CM.
The effect of VITAMIN D as supplementary treatment in patients with moderately
advanced pulmonary tuberculous lesion. Acta Med Indones. 2006 Jan-Mar;
38(1):3-5.
According to a study,
babies exposed to twice as much light during the day
(between noon and 4
pm)
became better sleepers at night.
l ight
monitors were attached to each of the babies' cribs. Parents were advised to go
about their usual routines, as well as keep a diary of their baby's sleep and
crying patterns.
One theory explained
the connection between light exposure and sleeping by stating that higher light
levels encourage early development of the biological clock. This natural body
clock regulates a wide range of bodily functions, such as the secretion of
MELATONIN .
MELATONIN not only promotes sleep, but also plays an
important role in well-balanced sleeping patterns.
Researchers
concluded that healthy doses of daylight encourage babies to sleep at night.
BBC News November 22, 2004
