Are you getting enough Vitamin D?

ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH

VITAMIN D?

Vitamin D benefits are experienced to the fullest extent by people who maintain optimum vitamin D body stores and blood levels.  You can expect better health across the board - longer life (reduction in death from all causes), fewer diseases, stronger bones and muscles, fewer infections, less depression, pain and inflammation. In short, more enjoyment of life.  

New vitamin D benefits are still being discovered, almost everywhere researchers look. Here are some of the more important ones discovered so far:

Vitamin D regulates calcium and phosphorus

The first intimation of vitamin D's vital role was in 1782, when it was discovered that cod liver oil cures rickets (a disease of growing children whose bones bend due to lack of strength). Of course, they didn't know then that it was vitamin D in the oil that did the job.  In fact, vitamin D plays a major role in the absorption of calcium and phosphorus, and in their proper utilization. This helps keep our bones and teeth strong, and stops calcium depositing where it shouldn't (for example in our blood vessels, heart and kidneys).

Vitamin D is essential to a healthy immune system

Vitamin D helps the immune system to fight infections -  With a near-optimum blood level of vitamin D, you can expect fewer colds, 'flu, and other unwelcome opportunists (including Swineflu). Not only does Vitamin D enhance your immunity, but it inhibits the development of destructive auto-immune diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and multiple sclerosis.

Vitamin D is a major inhibitor of cancer, and part of this effect may be attributed to the increased vigilance of the immune system.

Vitamin D promotes cellular differentiation

Vitamin D encourages cell differentiation (differentiated cells are needed to perform specialized functions effectively) and also slows down the rate at which cells multiply, or proliferate.  Both of these effects contribute to vitamin D's cancer-fighting ability. Cancer cells are characterized by a lack of differentiation and by rapid proliferation.

Vitamin D is a potent anti-inflammatory

Chronic inflammation is coming into prominent focus as a cause of many disease processes, including major killers such as heart disease and cancer.

Vitamin D is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent, which may also contribute to its effectiveness in reducing some types of muscular pain.

Vitamin D helps regulate blood sugar levels

Optimum levels of vitamin D protect against diabetes (both type 1 and type 2), insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. Diabetes is usually associated with very low levels of vitamin D.  The pancreas also needs sufficient vitamin D in order to make and secrete insulin.

Getting enough vitamin D helps blood sugar control. It may also help prevent serious diabetic complications.

Vitamin D helps lower blood pressure -Maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D helps reduce the risk of hypertension. And optimum levels actually tend to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive people.

If you are still not convinced that you need to make sure you are getting enough Vitamin D check out this list of diseases that have all been linked to low vitamin D levels:

Acne 

Adrenal insufficiency

Allergies

Alzheimer's disease

Arthritis

Asthma

Autism

Autoimmune disorders

Bacterial infections

Bones weak (easy to fracture)

Breast cancer

Cancer (all types)

Celiac disease

Colds and 'flu

Crohn's disease

Chronic fatigue

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic pain

Colonic adenoma

Colorectal cancer

Cystic fibrosis

Dementia

Dental cavities and misaligned teeth

Depression

Diabetes (types 1 and 2)

Fatigue

Gluten intolerance

Graves disease

Heart disease

Hypertension

Influenza

Kidney Disease

Low back pain

Lupus erythematosis

Macular Degeneration

Melanoma

Mental illness and mood disorders

Multiple Sclerosis

Muscle weakness and pain

Obesity

Osteo-arthritis

Osteomalacia (softening of bones)

Osteoporosis

Ovarian cancer

Parkinson's disease

Periodontal disease

 Peripheral artery disease

Pelvic floor disorders

Pneumonia

Post-operative infections

Psoriasis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rickets

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Sepsis

Sports injuries

Tuberculosis

Urinary incontinence

Viral infections

Dr. Jeremy Welch's  mission is to serve the patient in such a way to provide hope, encouragement, and education for attaining a higher quality of life.  To find out more about the services he offers visit http://purechiropracticcenter.com/about-us/services-and-techniques/