Sunshine and Vitamin-D helps to Eliminate Mercury
Accumulating data have provided evidence that vitamin D is involved in brain
function. Vitamin D can inhibit the synthesis of inducible nitric oxide synthase
and increase glutathione levels, suggesting a role for the hormone in brain
detoxification.
The study shows that vitamin D helps remove mercury from your body safely
by radically increasing the amount of intracellular glutathione.
Neuroprotective and immunomodulatory effects of this hormone have also
been described in several experimental models, indicating the potential value
of vitamin D in helping neurodegenerative and neuroimmune diseases. In
addition, vitamin D induces glioma cell death, making the hormone of
potential interest in the management of brain tumors.
These results reveal previously unsuspected roles for vitamin D in brain
function and suggest possible areas of future research.
Sources:
* Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism April 2002,Volume 13, Issue 3, 1, Pages
100-105
Vit-D Decreases Inflammation
A study of more than 2,000 women has found those with higher vitamin D
levels showed fewer aging-related changes in their DNA, as well as
lowered inflammatory responses.
A second study, examining almost 1,000 patients in West Africa, showed
that low vitamin D levels are common among tuberculosis (TB) patients.
Lack of vitamin D has been linked in previous studies to multiple sclerosis,
rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, and other diseases.
Cells have built-in DNA clocks, known as telomeres. Measuring the length
of these strands of DNA is one way of examining the aging process at a
cellular level.
Women with higher levels of vitamin D are more likely to have longer
telomeres, and vice versa. This means that people with higher levels of
vitamin D may actually age more slowly than people with lower levels of
vitamin D.
No wonder vitamin D has a protective effect on so many diseases, ranging
from MS and TB, to heart disease and cancer -- it keeps your body young!
Sources:
* BBC News November 8, 2007
* American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 86(5), 1376-1383, November 2007
* American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 86(5), 1420-1425, November 2007
* American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 86(5), 1257-1258, November 2007
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These latest studies confirm previous findings that vitamin D plays a vital role in preventing and treating
tuberculosis, and increases your body’s capacity to ward off autoimmune diseases, and slow down physical
aging.
Vitamin D deficiency is a growing epidemic across the world and is contributing to many chronic debilitating
diseases – many of which conventional medicine insist need to be treated with vaccines and medication, rather
than recommending proper sunlight exposure.
In the United States, the late winter vitamin D average is so low it falls within the category of “serious
deficiency.”
The Connection Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis
Although nearly one third of the word’s population carries the mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, only about
0.2 percent of those infected with tuberculosis (TB) actually develop a clinically significant infection This is a
very powerful indicator that something other than the bug itself is responsible for developing the disease.
Clearly vitamin D is a strong candidate for one of those factors. Several studies have appeared in the last
decade, indicating that vitamin D is one of the major keys that dictate whether you will come down with the
disease. These studies have all come to similar conclusions; vitamin D deficiency sets off the disease if you
are a carrier of the bacteria.
One previous study was able to show an astonishing 100 percent resolution rate by treating TB patients with
10,000 units of vitamin D daily (compared with the 400 units usually advocated by conventional medicine).
How does this work?
Your white blood cells convert vitamin D into an active form, which helps form a protein that kills the
tuberculosis bacteria. The presence of TB bacteria does not lower your vitamin D concentration, but rather the
more severe your vitamin D deficiency is, the higher your risk of developing the active form of TB.
In the latest research referenced above (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 86(5), 1376-1383, November
2007), they studied this theory on patients in sub-Saharan Africa where the TB incidence is high.
African Americans normally have significantly lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations than do whites,
and have a statistically greater susceptibility to TB infection.
Not surprisingly, they found that mild vitamin D insufficiencies were far more prevalent in the TB group than
severe deficiencies, which suggests that even small amounts of supplementation can be beneficial in reducing
your chances of getting the active disease. It’s also believed that your individual metabolism of vitamin D may
play a role, but it’s still not known whether your vitamin D concentration influences your vitamin metabolism, or
the other way around.
One of the other strong candidates that contributes to TB are emotional issues. I just finished a three-hour
interview with Dr. David Holt on German New Medicine, which goes into this area far more deeply
How Vitamin D Can Help Prevent Inflammatory Diseases
The second study referenced above offers additional confirmation that proper sun exposure reduces your risk
of developing inflammatory- and autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and
type 1 diabetes.
How?
Leukocyte telomeres are the ends of your chromosomes, which become shorter with each cell turnover. Cell
turnover, in turn, is accelerated by oxidative stress.
Your leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is a predictor for aging related diseases. As you age, your LTL’s
become shorter, but, if you suffer from chronic inflammation, your telomeres decrease in length much faster,
because your body’s inflammatory response accelerates leukocyte turnover.
Your vitamin D concentrations also decrease with age, whereas your C-reactive protein (a mediator of
inflammation) increases. This inverse double-whammy increases your overall risk of developing autoimmune
diseases such as multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
The good news is that vitamin D is a potent inhibitor of your body’s inflammatory response, and by reducing
inflammation, you diminish your turnover of leukocytes, effectively creating a positive chain reaction that can
help protect you against a variety of diseases. In essence, it protects your body from the deterioration of
aging.
This research found that subsets of leukocytes have receptors for the active form of vitamin D (1,25-
dihydroxyvitamin, or vitamin D3), which allows the vitamin to have a direct effect on these cells. This may
explain the specific connection between vitamin D and autoimmune disease.
Dietary Impact on Autoimmune Diseases
The third study included in this article shows how your diet, in addition to vitamin D from sunlight exposure,
affects your leukocytes, and hence your cellular aging and deterioration.
Specifically, high-fat diets, glucose (sugar), and mixed carbohydrates and fat were linked to chromosomal
damage by activating your body’s inflammation response -- quite likely from the creation of endotoxins in your
gut.
Folks, it’s time to realize that everything in your body is inter-connected.
You cannot inflict damage in one area without causing problems in other systems, and I’ve written extensively
about the necessity to abstain from sugar and grains, and to get adequate sunlight exposure in order to
optimize your health.
-Dr. Joe Mercola