Most endocrinologists. Internists and Family Practice physicians subscribe to the practice guidelines of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Guidelines that totally disregard a patient’s symptoms and place more importance on worthless reference range lab values. Why do they totally disregard a patient’s plea of classic symptoms of low thyroid function, with weight gain, exhaustion, hair falling out, dry skin and worsening memory, even depression when confronted with a “normal” TSH level??? I have no idea why. I believe how the patient actually feels is the absolute most important decision making factor in choosing therapy as well as in increasing or decreasing doses. The TSH level is absolutely, unadulteratedly worthless test! Studies have repeatedly shown the ineffectiveness and potential harm of only T4-replacement. The studies show that T4-replacement leaves many patients suffering chronically from hypothyroid symptoms and gaining weight they can't lose through dieting and exercise. I believe Synthroid may be a reasonable medication, but ONLY for someone who has no stress. T4 is inactive, and does not interact well with thyroid receptors. It has to be activated to T3, which is the only form of thyroid hormone that interacts with thyroid receptors. Stress blocks this conversion. Therefore giving a patient synthroid to a patient with any type of physical, emotional or situational stress is a worthless effort. It will not work! Patients have to use the combination of T3, and T4. The T3 will provide immediate energy. I prefer the Armour thyroid from Forrest labs, and avoid the use of generic thyroid supplements.
Now here is one more twist. When a person has Hashimoto’s (Autoimmune Thyroiditis), they have antibodies that have attacked their own thyroid. Because these antibodies “gum” everything up and block any hormone from interacting with thyroid receptors, thyroid levels are absolutely worthless. You can have high “normal “ values and still demonstrate severe low thyroid symptoms. By the way, 30 % of women over the age of 50, will have positive antibodies, and all the lab tests will be worthless. Therefore in these women, women presenting with classic low thyroid symptoms and who are often told their thyroid is “normal”, the ONLY reliable factor for adjusting the thyroid medication dose or the need for treatment is “HOW DO YOU FEEL?” The lab tests are worthless, and the ONLY way to manage Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is by adjusting the medications to a patient’s signs and symptoms. I repeat …Lab results are worthless, and patient’s symptoms are the most important and only way to adjust medications. The only way! So, spending time speaking with patients, as well as ongoing adjustment of thyroid replacement therapies is critical to achieve optimization of thyroid management.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
How Common Is Thyroid Disease? You might be suprised to see how common it is! Robert g Carlson, MD, FACS
Thyroid Disease: The Numbers
How Common Is Thyroid Disease?
When the AACE (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists) established new TSH Guidelines (0.3 - 3.0 vs. 0.5 - 5.0, and Labcorp and your physician still insist that a level of 4.5 is normal?)) the number of people estimated to be affected by abnormal thyroid function doubled.
According to the AACE, the number of people affected by Thyroid Disease now surpasses the number of people diagnosed with Diabetes or Heart Disease.
• 27 Million: The number of Americans estimated to suffer from Thyroid Disease. (And 75 % of those patients are being treated with the worthless therapy of only T4 or synthroid alone)
• 13 Million: The number of Americans estimated to suffer from Thyroid Disease...but remain undiagnosed.( I think that this number is much higher)
• 14 Million: Estimated number of Americans affected by Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (Autoimmune Thyroiditis / Hypothyroidism). And that means that the TSH lab test , and even all the basic thyroid lab tests are worthless. And by the way, 30% of women over the age of 50 will have these antibodies, will have classic low thyroid symptoms, and will be told their lab values are normal! The lab tests are worthless, and the ONLY way to manage Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is by adjusting the medications to a patient’s signs and symptoms.
• 8 out of 10: Patients with Thyroid Disease are women.
• 5x - 8x: Women are 5 to 8 times more likely to suffer from Hypothyroidism than men.
• 25%: Approximate number of women that will develop permanent Hypothyroidism.
So stop suffering from low energy levels (especially in the late afternoon), weight gain( despite eating right and exercising), brain fog, muscle aches and pain, poor digestion, hair loss, dry skin and depression. Just say “no” to only being tested with TSH, and demand to get the full panel. If you are NOT getting better on replacement therapy, demand that your doctor checks your thyroid antibodies. And demand that your doctor takes care of you and NOT a worthless unreliable lab test like TSH.
How Common Is Thyroid Disease?
When the AACE (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists) established new TSH Guidelines (0.3 - 3.0 vs. 0.5 - 5.0, and Labcorp and your physician still insist that a level of 4.5 is normal?)) the number of people estimated to be affected by abnormal thyroid function doubled.
According to the AACE, the number of people affected by Thyroid Disease now surpasses the number of people diagnosed with Diabetes or Heart Disease.
• 27 Million: The number of Americans estimated to suffer from Thyroid Disease. (And 75 % of those patients are being treated with the worthless therapy of only T4 or synthroid alone)
• 13 Million: The number of Americans estimated to suffer from Thyroid Disease...but remain undiagnosed.( I think that this number is much higher)
• 14 Million: Estimated number of Americans affected by Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (Autoimmune Thyroiditis / Hypothyroidism). And that means that the TSH lab test , and even all the basic thyroid lab tests are worthless. And by the way, 30% of women over the age of 50 will have these antibodies, will have classic low thyroid symptoms, and will be told their lab values are normal! The lab tests are worthless, and the ONLY way to manage Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is by adjusting the medications to a patient’s signs and symptoms.
• 8 out of 10: Patients with Thyroid Disease are women.
• 5x - 8x: Women are 5 to 8 times more likely to suffer from Hypothyroidism than men.
• 25%: Approximate number of women that will develop permanent Hypothyroidism.
So stop suffering from low energy levels (especially in the late afternoon), weight gain( despite eating right and exercising), brain fog, muscle aches and pain, poor digestion, hair loss, dry skin and depression. Just say “no” to only being tested with TSH, and demand to get the full panel. If you are NOT getting better on replacement therapy, demand that your doctor checks your thyroid antibodies. And demand that your doctor takes care of you and NOT a worthless unreliable lab test like TSH.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
ARE YOUR OWN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS KILLING YOU? Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS
ARE OUR OWN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS KILLING US?
(A Xeno-Estrogen overview)
ROBERT G. Carlson, MD, FACS
I have always tried to remind people that while we can’t change everything in our environment, we can make simple daily changes that can and WILL directly affect the health quality of our future and that of our family. Of course I’m not asking you to go home and peel the paint off the walls or remove the carpet but...simply “Change What You Can”…i.e. personal care products. What, my personal care products? That’s correct!
The Sierra Club tells us that there are already approximately 200 chemicals in the average person’s body fat. It is not a question of ‘if’ we are carrying a burden of toxic compounds, but how much!
One third of all personal care products contain at least one or more ingredients classified as possible human carcinogens.
While it’s pretty scary to think about, experts tell us that most of us come in contact with over 200 toxic chemicals before we get dressed in the morning. That means we are bathing ourselves in toxins! Think about what you used this am…Got up…brushed your teeth (toothpaste), got into the shower (body soap or wash, shampoo, conditioner, shaving gels)…getting dressed (deodorant, body lotion, aftershave)…fixing hair (hair gels, styling gels, hairspray)…Not to mention facial creams, make-up, perfume. The list continues and that’s even before you walk out of the house!
So what is a Xeno-Estrogen? It is a chemical that unfortunately is often found in our daily personal care products, and will produce dangerous artificial Estrogens, not like normal healthy estrogens produced in our bodies. These Xeno-estrogens are ever present, but in some will produce dangerous side-effects. I often tell my male patients, since high estrogen levels in men is very dangerous in men, to avoid estrogens in our environment, like anti-dandruff shampoos, and the a large consumption of chicken and turkey.( They didn’t get large breast naturally?!). We are seeing young girls develop at a very early age, and should wonder what kinds of xeno-estrogens they are being exposed to on a daily basis. And women in their late 30’s and early 50’s who are plaqued with too much estrogen, and have very low levels of the amazing protective progesterone, and who now are being exposed to massive environmental estrogen, are at an increasing risk for developing breast and uterine cancers, as well as uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts.
What is the Risk Factor?
Many skin and personal care products contain carcinogens, fragrances, harmful preservatives and chemicals that can block the skin’s critical natural functions of absorbing oxygen and detoxifying the body. While these toxic ingredients may be present in miniscule amounts, some or all of these chemicals are absorbed through the skin into the fatty tissue and blood stream. Research has shown traces of these toxins are stored in the brain, liver, heart, kidneys, etc. The biggest problems occur when they are repeatedly applied over an extended period of time, which is the nature of personal and skin care products. These ingredients can impact your neurological health, create or worsen allergic reactions, and more acutely affect children and pets as the residue floats down to concentrate 12 inches above the floor where small children and our pets live and play.
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 884 chemicals and synthetic ingredients commonly found in personal care and cosmetic products are toxic and known as irritants, allergens or carcinogens. While they are not prohibited (or have only minimal restrictions) for use in personal and skin care in the United States, in other countries like the Canada, European Union, and Japan, health concerns stimulated laws to ban many of these ingredients.
Most of us think of ‘aging’ as wrinkles that begin to appear on our face. But that word applies to all the diseases and conditions that impact our health . . . breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, depression, etc.
What few realize is that skin care products and other topical personal care items we use are significant contributors to these diseases. The products applied to our skin to help us look younger actually contain Age Accelerators.
Linda Chae , an expert dedicated to creating products that have none of these nasty Aging accelerators in them, stated that, “Every day, we apply creams and lotions, use deodorant, brush our teeth, use perfume (or products with fragrance). . . and the small amounts of toxic, carcinogenic and hormone disrupting chemicals add up. In fact, scientific studies have shown these chemicals remain in our blood and fat tissue, and some have been found in breast cancer tumors. The specific chemicals are not in the air we breathe, the water we drink, or the food we eat. They are only found in the products which are then absorbed through the skin.”
I want you to pick up your skin and personal care products and look carefully at the ingredients. See if any of the below Aging accelerators are in your daily products.
The following are the worst of the worst, toxic, carcinogenic accelerators of aging and frightfully so they are commonly found in most skin and personal care products. Below is the brief list and I will go into more depth next week.
Benzoyl Peroxide:
DEA (Diethanolamine), MEA (Monoethanolamine), & TEA (Triethanolamine): Dioxin: .
DMDM Hydantoin & Urea (ImidazolidinylFD&C Color & Pigments: Fragrances: Fragrances can indicate the presence of up to 4,000 separate ingredients including phthalates, many toxic or carcinogenic.
Parabens: (Methyl, Butyl, Ethyl, Propyl) - used as preservatives and aren’t always labeled "parabens." They’re used in deodorants and antiperspirants and have been found in breast cancer tumors. Parabens, as xenoestrogens (hormone disruptors), may contribute to sterility in male mice and humans. Estrogen-like activity causes hormone imbalance in females and early puberty.
PEG (Polyethylene glycol)
Phthalates
Propylene Glycol (PG) and Butylene Glycol:.
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES): Detergents and surfactants that pose serious health threats.
Sunscreen chemicals: avobenzone, benzphenone, ,ethoxycinnamate, PABA are commonly used ingredients
Triclosan
Did I catch your attention? Go check your household personal products now and there will be more to come next week! Dr. Carlson.
(A Xeno-Estrogen overview)
ROBERT G. Carlson, MD, FACS
I have always tried to remind people that while we can’t change everything in our environment, we can make simple daily changes that can and WILL directly affect the health quality of our future and that of our family. Of course I’m not asking you to go home and peel the paint off the walls or remove the carpet but...simply “Change What You Can”…i.e. personal care products. What, my personal care products? That’s correct!
The Sierra Club tells us that there are already approximately 200 chemicals in the average person’s body fat. It is not a question of ‘if’ we are carrying a burden of toxic compounds, but how much!
One third of all personal care products contain at least one or more ingredients classified as possible human carcinogens.
While it’s pretty scary to think about, experts tell us that most of us come in contact with over 200 toxic chemicals before we get dressed in the morning. That means we are bathing ourselves in toxins! Think about what you used this am…Got up…brushed your teeth (toothpaste), got into the shower (body soap or wash, shampoo, conditioner, shaving gels)…getting dressed (deodorant, body lotion, aftershave)…fixing hair (hair gels, styling gels, hairspray)…Not to mention facial creams, make-up, perfume. The list continues and that’s even before you walk out of the house!
So what is a Xeno-Estrogen? It is a chemical that unfortunately is often found in our daily personal care products, and will produce dangerous artificial Estrogens, not like normal healthy estrogens produced in our bodies. These Xeno-estrogens are ever present, but in some will produce dangerous side-effects. I often tell my male patients, since high estrogen levels in men is very dangerous in men, to avoid estrogens in our environment, like anti-dandruff shampoos, and the a large consumption of chicken and turkey.( They didn’t get large breast naturally?!). We are seeing young girls develop at a very early age, and should wonder what kinds of xeno-estrogens they are being exposed to on a daily basis. And women in their late 30’s and early 50’s who are plaqued with too much estrogen, and have very low levels of the amazing protective progesterone, and who now are being exposed to massive environmental estrogen, are at an increasing risk for developing breast and uterine cancers, as well as uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts.
What is the Risk Factor?
Many skin and personal care products contain carcinogens, fragrances, harmful preservatives and chemicals that can block the skin’s critical natural functions of absorbing oxygen and detoxifying the body. While these toxic ingredients may be present in miniscule amounts, some or all of these chemicals are absorbed through the skin into the fatty tissue and blood stream. Research has shown traces of these toxins are stored in the brain, liver, heart, kidneys, etc. The biggest problems occur when they are repeatedly applied over an extended period of time, which is the nature of personal and skin care products. These ingredients can impact your neurological health, create or worsen allergic reactions, and more acutely affect children and pets as the residue floats down to concentrate 12 inches above the floor where small children and our pets live and play.
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 884 chemicals and synthetic ingredients commonly found in personal care and cosmetic products are toxic and known as irritants, allergens or carcinogens. While they are not prohibited (or have only minimal restrictions) for use in personal and skin care in the United States, in other countries like the Canada, European Union, and Japan, health concerns stimulated laws to ban many of these ingredients.
Most of us think of ‘aging’ as wrinkles that begin to appear on our face. But that word applies to all the diseases and conditions that impact our health . . . breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, depression, etc.
What few realize is that skin care products and other topical personal care items we use are significant contributors to these diseases. The products applied to our skin to help us look younger actually contain Age Accelerators.
Linda Chae , an expert dedicated to creating products that have none of these nasty Aging accelerators in them, stated that, “Every day, we apply creams and lotions, use deodorant, brush our teeth, use perfume (or products with fragrance). . . and the small amounts of toxic, carcinogenic and hormone disrupting chemicals add up. In fact, scientific studies have shown these chemicals remain in our blood and fat tissue, and some have been found in breast cancer tumors. The specific chemicals are not in the air we breathe, the water we drink, or the food we eat. They are only found in the products which are then absorbed through the skin.”
I want you to pick up your skin and personal care products and look carefully at the ingredients. See if any of the below Aging accelerators are in your daily products.
The following are the worst of the worst, toxic, carcinogenic accelerators of aging and frightfully so they are commonly found in most skin and personal care products. Below is the brief list and I will go into more depth next week.
Benzoyl Peroxide:
DEA (Diethanolamine), MEA (Monoethanolamine), & TEA (Triethanolamine): Dioxin: .
DMDM Hydantoin & Urea (ImidazolidinylFD&C Color & Pigments: Fragrances: Fragrances can indicate the presence of up to 4,000 separate ingredients including phthalates, many toxic or carcinogenic.
Parabens: (Methyl, Butyl, Ethyl, Propyl) - used as preservatives and aren’t always labeled "parabens." They’re used in deodorants and antiperspirants and have been found in breast cancer tumors. Parabens, as xenoestrogens (hormone disruptors), may contribute to sterility in male mice and humans. Estrogen-like activity causes hormone imbalance in females and early puberty.
PEG (Polyethylene glycol)
Phthalates
Propylene Glycol (PG) and Butylene Glycol:.
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES): Detergents and surfactants that pose serious health threats.
Sunscreen chemicals: avobenzone, benzphenone, ,ethoxycinnamate, PABA are commonly used ingredients
Triclosan
Did I catch your attention? Go check your household personal products now and there will be more to come next week! Dr. Carlson.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tone and Detox Naturally Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS
New video we just created on an updated product that is designed to cleanse your system and help you tone, lose weight and detox.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7K2vmpxQLM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7K2vmpxQLM
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Balanced Bioidentical hormones will help you lose weight and sharpen your memory
Balanced Bio-identical Hormones will help you lose weight and sharpen your memory
Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS
A recent report in the Gynecology and Endocrinology literature reinforced all the amazing benefits of Bio-identical hormone therapies. This study looked at 189 patients in an over a 12 month study using natural topical estrogen plus progesterone with or without DHEA or testosterone. 97% of patients experienced control of their menopausal signs and symptoms. Mental symptoms experienced upon presentation improved an amazing 90% of time in patients. Sixty percent of the patients, who had gained weight during menopause, lost an average of 14.8 lbs. Studies from Europe have also demonstrated a 24% reduction in breast cancer. The benefits of using bio-identical hormone replacement therapies is finally become more elucidated. The disadvantage (to Big Pharma) of course is there is a dramatic reduction in the sale of their products which are made from horse urine estrogens, and a synthetic cancer-causing progestin. Twelve studies in last five years have proven that synthetic progesterone, or progestins CAUSE breast and Uterine cancer. With the balancing of hormones, I see a tremendous drop in the need for antidepressants, anti-anxieties, and sleeping pills. Just remember, “they” don’t want you to get better, they just want you to keep taking all the drugs they promote on TV (Cymbalta, Lexapro, Effexor, Lunesta; Sonata etc).
Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS
A recent report in the Gynecology and Endocrinology literature reinforced all the amazing benefits of Bio-identical hormone therapies. This study looked at 189 patients in an over a 12 month study using natural topical estrogen plus progesterone with or without DHEA or testosterone. 97% of patients experienced control of their menopausal signs and symptoms. Mental symptoms experienced upon presentation improved an amazing 90% of time in patients. Sixty percent of the patients, who had gained weight during menopause, lost an average of 14.8 lbs. Studies from Europe have also demonstrated a 24% reduction in breast cancer. The benefits of using bio-identical hormone replacement therapies is finally become more elucidated. The disadvantage (to Big Pharma) of course is there is a dramatic reduction in the sale of their products which are made from horse urine estrogens, and a synthetic cancer-causing progestin. Twelve studies in last five years have proven that synthetic progesterone, or progestins CAUSE breast and Uterine cancer. With the balancing of hormones, I see a tremendous drop in the need for antidepressants, anti-anxieties, and sleeping pills. Just remember, “they” don’t want you to get better, they just want you to keep taking all the drugs they promote on TV (Cymbalta, Lexapro, Effexor, Lunesta; Sonata etc).
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Navigating The Truth About Vitamin D...keep taking at least 5000 units a day
Navigating The Truth About Vitamin D
Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS
As a Cardiac surgeon with extensive training in Oncologic (cancer) surgery, I find comfort and trust in the articles from the heart and cancer journals as a foundation for guiding my practice in medicine. The Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular had an incredible overview of the cardiac benefits of Vitamin D with the reduction in inflammation, the primary cause of heart disease, reduction in blood pressure, reduction in heart wall thickening and peripheral vascular disease, as well as reduction in Diabetes for about $20 a year. I trust the DeBakey heart center. And of course numerous Epidemiologic studies, Meta –analyses, and Double Blinded Randomized Prospective trials that have clearly demonstrated a dramatic reduction in cancer. In addition, Dr. Cannell devotes hours to researching the benefits of Vitamin D and offers his non-profit organization’s web site to review his plethora of studies and insights. Dr Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, Professor of Medicine, and Dr. Cedric F. Garland, a Professor from the UCSD Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, openly share their excitement and knowledge in identifying something so inexpensive, and beneficial to health, that would essentially break the American Cancer Society into shreds and reduce the need for unnecessary chemotherapies by over 50 %, and reduce a majority of the disease of aging. Now a quasi-governmental group of profit-only, hired guns, called the Institute of Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board, with only a few physicians hidden deep in their Ivory towers, and the rest nutritionists, want me to disregard all of my cardiac and oncology literature…well I’m not changing the way I take care of my heart patients because some nutritionist didn’t like the articles he read about the medical benefits, and told me to forget about the over 500 articles written about the amazing benefits of Vitamin D, and actually reduce the acceptable low levels of vitamin D in your blood stream because…well I have no idea. Especially when levels in the mid to upper range have repeatedly demonstrated dramatic improvements in health. Well I’m sorry guys. If I depended on a nutritionist to interpret medical journals identifying the cardiac and cancer reducing benefits of Vitamin D, then I should just bury my head in the sand and wait for a 20 year randomized double blinded placebo control trial that will tell me when I am 75 years old that I could have dramatically reduced my risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis. If only I would have taken more vitamin D, but they frightened me away from doing the right thing. By the way, the article that suggests that maybe, kinda, sorta, that Vitamin D could increase pancreatic cancer is impossible to locate on pub med and other reliable sources and the only way I could possible see where the article is located is if I pay them sixty dollars to see there documentation. Also why would this “committee” of wise men disregard the intellectual writings and research of over 14 of the nation’s experts in Vitamin D metabolism? It’s because this report, which you and I paid for to be done through our hard earned money and paid taxes, and can’t read it unless you pay even more money, is a needless waste of paper and should be disregarded. Nobody is making any money selling vitamin D supplements at 20 dollars a year, but what about all the poor cancer patients that are receiving deadly, expensive chemotherapies and the pharmaceutical companies and oncology practices that are making massive amounts of money managing cancer patients, a condition, cancer, that was reduced by 77% by Vitamin D supplementation in a well designed study. You do the math…you follow the money...
Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS
As a Cardiac surgeon with extensive training in Oncologic (cancer) surgery, I find comfort and trust in the articles from the heart and cancer journals as a foundation for guiding my practice in medicine. The Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular had an incredible overview of the cardiac benefits of Vitamin D with the reduction in inflammation, the primary cause of heart disease, reduction in blood pressure, reduction in heart wall thickening and peripheral vascular disease, as well as reduction in Diabetes for about $20 a year. I trust the DeBakey heart center. And of course numerous Epidemiologic studies, Meta –analyses, and Double Blinded Randomized Prospective trials that have clearly demonstrated a dramatic reduction in cancer. In addition, Dr. Cannell devotes hours to researching the benefits of Vitamin D and offers his non-profit organization’s web site to review his plethora of studies and insights. Dr Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, Professor of Medicine, and Dr. Cedric F. Garland, a Professor from the UCSD Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, openly share their excitement and knowledge in identifying something so inexpensive, and beneficial to health, that would essentially break the American Cancer Society into shreds and reduce the need for unnecessary chemotherapies by over 50 %, and reduce a majority of the disease of aging. Now a quasi-governmental group of profit-only, hired guns, called the Institute of Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board, with only a few physicians hidden deep in their Ivory towers, and the rest nutritionists, want me to disregard all of my cardiac and oncology literature…well I’m not changing the way I take care of my heart patients because some nutritionist didn’t like the articles he read about the medical benefits, and told me to forget about the over 500 articles written about the amazing benefits of Vitamin D, and actually reduce the acceptable low levels of vitamin D in your blood stream because…well I have no idea. Especially when levels in the mid to upper range have repeatedly demonstrated dramatic improvements in health. Well I’m sorry guys. If I depended on a nutritionist to interpret medical journals identifying the cardiac and cancer reducing benefits of Vitamin D, then I should just bury my head in the sand and wait for a 20 year randomized double blinded placebo control trial that will tell me when I am 75 years old that I could have dramatically reduced my risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis. If only I would have taken more vitamin D, but they frightened me away from doing the right thing. By the way, the article that suggests that maybe, kinda, sorta, that Vitamin D could increase pancreatic cancer is impossible to locate on pub med and other reliable sources and the only way I could possible see where the article is located is if I pay them sixty dollars to see there documentation. Also why would this “committee” of wise men disregard the intellectual writings and research of over 14 of the nation’s experts in Vitamin D metabolism? It’s because this report, which you and I paid for to be done through our hard earned money and paid taxes, and can’t read it unless you pay even more money, is a needless waste of paper and should be disregarded. Nobody is making any money selling vitamin D supplements at 20 dollars a year, but what about all the poor cancer patients that are receiving deadly, expensive chemotherapies and the pharmaceutical companies and oncology practices that are making massive amounts of money managing cancer patients, a condition, cancer, that was reduced by 77% by Vitamin D supplementation in a well designed study. You do the math…you follow the money...
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Can I get enough Vitamin D from being in the sun?
CAN I GET ENOUGH VITAMIN D FROM BEING IN THE SUN?
Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS
Spending 15 minutes in the sun each day will allow your body to produce plenty of Vitamin D – that may be true if you are sitting on a beach in Florida at noon wearing nothing but a bikini, but for the vast majority of us that’s just not happening. For a Caucasian wearing no sunscreen, sitting in the summer sun in the mid-afternoon with 40 percent of their body exposed for 20 minutes will produce about 10,000 units of vitamin D. Unfortunately, once sunscreen is applied the Vitamin D production drops to nothing. If you have darker skin, the time required in the sun increases to 45 minutes a day. If you live above 35 degrees latitude, the body is unable to produce adequate amounts of Vitamin D from the winter sun. In fact the only adequate amount of sunshine in Boston occurs, between May and Sept, otherwise there’s just not enough sunlight for Vitamin D metabolism. So, the person working in Chicago during the middle of the winter will get absolutely no Vitamin D from sunlight, and vitamin D fights the common cold better than Vitamin C. So that’s why cold and flu season occurs during the winter season.
So can I get enough Vitamin D by eating a balanced diet? That won’t work, because Vitamin D is present, in small amounts, in only a handful of foods – oily fish, and eggs. Vitamin D fortified foods such as Vitamin D fortified Milk and Orange Juice are a joke containing a measly 50 units of Vitamin D2(the wrong kind of Vitamin D), not Vitamin D3. You will need about 5000 units a day to help your body fight the battle against the cold viruses, and by the way, that dose also reduces breast and colon cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. I don’t recommend Cod Liver Oil since its nasty tasting, and is full of Vitamin A, which blocks all the amazing benefit of Vitamin D. Now Vitamin D in gel cap form, sprays or liquids will provide all the necessary Vitamin D you will need, and will cost you only a few pennies a day.
For more information check-out www.andlos.com
Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS
Spending 15 minutes in the sun each day will allow your body to produce plenty of Vitamin D – that may be true if you are sitting on a beach in Florida at noon wearing nothing but a bikini, but for the vast majority of us that’s just not happening. For a Caucasian wearing no sunscreen, sitting in the summer sun in the mid-afternoon with 40 percent of their body exposed for 20 minutes will produce about 10,000 units of vitamin D. Unfortunately, once sunscreen is applied the Vitamin D production drops to nothing. If you have darker skin, the time required in the sun increases to 45 minutes a day. If you live above 35 degrees latitude, the body is unable to produce adequate amounts of Vitamin D from the winter sun. In fact the only adequate amount of sunshine in Boston occurs, between May and Sept, otherwise there’s just not enough sunlight for Vitamin D metabolism. So, the person working in Chicago during the middle of the winter will get absolutely no Vitamin D from sunlight, and vitamin D fights the common cold better than Vitamin C. So that’s why cold and flu season occurs during the winter season.
So can I get enough Vitamin D by eating a balanced diet? That won’t work, because Vitamin D is present, in small amounts, in only a handful of foods – oily fish, and eggs. Vitamin D fortified foods such as Vitamin D fortified Milk and Orange Juice are a joke containing a measly 50 units of Vitamin D2(the wrong kind of Vitamin D), not Vitamin D3. You will need about 5000 units a day to help your body fight the battle against the cold viruses, and by the way, that dose also reduces breast and colon cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. I don’t recommend Cod Liver Oil since its nasty tasting, and is full of Vitamin A, which blocks all the amazing benefit of Vitamin D. Now Vitamin D in gel cap form, sprays or liquids will provide all the necessary Vitamin D you will need, and will cost you only a few pennies a day.
For more information check-out www.andlos.com
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