“The problem is that vitamin D is not really a vitamin, it’s a hormone. If your thyroid hormone level was low, you’d gain 20, 30, or more pounds in weight, your blood pressure would skyrocket, you’d lose your hair, become constipated, develop blood clots, be terribly fatigued. In other words, you’d suffer profound changes. Likewise, if thyroid hormone levels are corrected by giving you thyroid hormone, you’d experience profound correction of these phenomena. That’s what I’m seeing with vitamin D: restoration of this hormone to normal blood levels (25-OH-vitamin D3 50 ng/mL) yields profound changes in the body.” — Dr. William Davis, cardiologist.

Vitamin D scientists continue to point to normal blood levels — those naturally consistent only with making vitamin D in the skin with adequate sun exposure. That’s the point missed by those who advocate pills and dietary vitamin D supplementation: The only way to naturally raise your vitamin D levels to what Dr. Davis and the vitamin D research community consider ‘normal’ levels is to get regular sun exposure.

For more on vitamin D visit the independent Vitamin D Council at www.VitaminDcouncil.org.