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Why You Don't Want to Rely on Fortified Foods

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:12:00 +0000

Posted by: Dr. Mercola January 16 2010 | 3,715 views Vitamin D has major health benefits. The best source of vitamin D is from the sun,

Pete

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:17:18 +0000

Please be more accurate. Vitamin d2 is not synthetic, it is the fungi form.

Secondly breast milk DOES contain vitamin d but only if the mother has high enough levels in her blood. It is so valuable that unless the mother has enough she will not give it away. All mammals that have fur (that is almost all) take there vitamin orally. The sun does not reach their skin so the vitamin d is formed on their fur which is then ingested by licking.

Pete

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:45:33 +0000

Two other things:

There is no such thing as a " safe tanning bed that is shielded from harmful emissions". It has to produce hard UVB to make vitamin d (the energy of the photon has to be high enough to break the chemical bonds). The safest is probably one that matches closely the sun spectrum in a European summer.

Also it is important NOT to wash before or after sun exposure (although how long is not certain). Washing before removes the precursor of vitamin d from the skin. Afterwards washes of the vitamin d before it passes back through the skin.

ashleyweightlosscoach

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:50:20 +0000

Vegetable juicing can be a rich source of vitamins like d3, vitamin B and others. i take mushrooms and some greens

Pete

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:07:26 +0000

Vegetables are not a source of vitamin d3. If they contain anything they contain vitamin d2, if you count fungi as vegetables.

Vitamin d2 is natural. However, it is not the form the mammalian body evolved to use. That is d3, they are chemically different. D2 appears to be as effective in preventing rickets, what is not known is if it is as effective say as part of the immune system.

D3 in supplements is made the same way that the body makes it. The 7-dehydrocholesterol (in this case washed from wool) is irradiated with UVB to form the vitamin d3. This is an inert form which is then converted into the storage form 25(OH)D3 in the body.

Adam

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:31:41 +0000

Iron filings like those in the video are small enough to be dissolved in stomach acid. There's really nothing wrong with eating those since they are so small. The acid will also help the iron to be in the right oxidation state so that it can be absorbed.