3 Reasons You May Not be Getting Enough Vitamin D this Summer

 

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 By Dr. Mercola

Three Reasons Why You May be Vitamin D Deficient

 'It's estimated that over 95 percent of U.S. senior citizens may be deficient in vitamin D, along with 85 percent of the American public. Researchers have noted that vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in adults of all ages who have increased skin pigmentation (such as those whose ancestors are from Africa, the Middle East, or India), or who always wear sun protection or limit their outdoor activities.

The truth is that many are under the false impression that they’re getting enough vitamin D, when their levels are seriously deficient. 

Three major reasons for this are:'


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Salt Therapy For Lung Disease

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Green Smoothies and SALT Therapy Cure Salt Therapy – from History to Modern Approaches
by Livia Tiba –

'Classical Homeopath 'The origins of salt therapy lie in Eastern and Central Europe and can be traced back to the mid 19th Century, when a Polish health official, Dr. Felix Boczkowski, noticed that the workers of salt mines never became ill with any lung diseases. 

Since that time, many salt sanatoriums were carved out in salt mountains all across Eastern and Central Europe (the Carpathians), hundreds of feet bellow the surface, specifically for asthmatics and patients with lung disease and allergies. 

The treatment of respiratory diseases by inhalation of fine rock salt particles and negative ions of sodium chloride, in salt caves or salt mines, is called Speleotherapy.' 

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 'It might be one of the most unconventional hospital wards on Earth, except that technically it’s not on Earth: It’s hundreds of meters below the surface. For decades, the tunnels of the Solotvyno Salt Mine in Ukraine have hosted subterranean convalescents. Patients with various bronchial blockages, asthma and breathing problems are sent to the mines by the Solotvyno’s allergological hospital to suck up the curative air.'


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New Study Links Antibiotics Use to Asthma in Children

 

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'A study conducted by researchers at University of British Columbia found out that the increased incidence and severity of allergies asthma in early life is correlated to the wide use of antibiotics. The study was published today in the journal EMBO reports.

The prevalence of allergic asthma is increasing by 5 per cent every decade, particularly in industrialized countries, and it affects nowadays more that 100 million people worldwide.'

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Vitamin D is better than ANY vaccine and increases the immune system by 3-5 times

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Fresh Evidence... Could 1 Teaspoon per Day Tame Your Allergy Problems?

by Dr. Mercola

'Asthma is a growing problem, both for children and adults. In the last two decades, the incidence of asthma has increased by more than 300 percent, and it now affects about 20 million Americans.

Locally produced honey is believed by many to be a viable alternative treatment, despite the lack of scientific evidence of its effectiveness. However, before throwing the idea out as being bogus due to this lack, it's worth noting that precious few studies have ever been done on local honey as an asthma remedy. And lack of evidence is not to be equated with evidence of lack of efficacy.

I had to conduct extensive searches just to find the references I will provide later in this article. There is however, a rather large body of anecdotal evidence—people who have tried it with great success. And anecdotal evidence can be just as important when considering a treatmen
For example, many drugs are prescribed off label, not because there have been extensive studies done showing beneficial results, but because "word spreads" that a certain drug "appears to provide benefit" for health problems unrelated to its approved use.'

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Betrayal of a Nation: Why U.S. Health Authorities are Keeping You Vitamin D Deficient and Who Stands to Gain

 

by John Cannell MD

'Dr. Anne Looker and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently made vitamin D legend, Professor Hector DeLuca of University of Wisconsin, and certain folks at big pharma very happy with her widely-reported analysis of the vitamin D status of Americans. Using definitions of deficiency straight from the November 2010 Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) Vitamin D Report - definitions that no vitamin D scientist I know agrees with, except perhaps Professor DeLuca - Dr. Looker reassured Americans their vitamin D levels were sufficient.

Instead of a lower limit of 40, 30, or even 20 ng/ml, Dr. Looker and her CDC colleagues actually said any American with vitamin D levels below 12 ng/ml were "at risk of vitamin D deficiency." That's right, she wouldn't say "deficient" for a person less than 12 ng/ml, all she said is they are "at risk" of being deficient! Why?'

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Vitamin D Deficiency Alters Lung Growth and Decreases Lung Function

 

'Previously linked to the severity of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in humans, vitamin D deficiency has now been shown to alter lung structure and function in young mice. The new study, conducted by researchers in Australia, offers the first concrete evidence linking vitamin D deficiency with deficits in lung function and altered lung structure.


The findings were published online ahead of the print edition of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.'


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