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7 Smart Facts & Benefits of Vitamin D

7 facts and benefits of vitamin d

The facts and benefits of Vitamin D are far reaching.

Otherwise known as the “sunshine vitamin”,  Vitamin D is widely recommended by different health experts and professionals, for almost everyone. Why?

Lack of sunlight is a big reason. You may be getting out in the sun, but your sunscreen may be blocking the sun rays from reaching your skin.

Your skin, or what we call the integumentary system, is where the first touch of magic happens in the natural conversion of Vitamin D.

Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin, and if you have been directed to take it by a health professional, it should be taken with food.

This post will share:

  • Is Vitamin D a Hormone or a Vitamin?
  • Benefits of Vitamin D Come in Many Forms
  • Activating Body Systems for the Benefits of Vitamin D
  • The Benefit Vitamin D and your Immune System
  • Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes
  • The Benefit of Vitamin D and your Cardiovascular System
  • Should you Supplement Vitamin D?

Is Vitamin D a Hormone or a Vitamin?

There are scientific articles that state that Vitamin D is really a hormone, not a vitamin.

Vitamin D is a tricky topic. The truth is,  you will see it described as both.

What we do know is that Vitamin D is important for our health, and it’s responsible for a number of important functions in the body. For example, it helps to regulate our blood pressure, maintain our bone health, and protect us against some types of cancer.

So whether you think of Vitamin D as a hormone or a vitamin, make sure you’re getting enough of it in your diet. You can find Vitamin D in foods like fatty fish, eggs, and fortified dairy products. But if you’re not getting enough of it, and you can’t, or don’t, eat certain foods, you can also take supplements.*

Bottom line: whether you think of Vitamin D as a hormone or a vitamin, make sure you’re getting enough of it in your diet.

Benefits of Vitamin D come in many forms

There are four forms of Vitamin D.

  • One type found in plants is called Ergosterol (provitamin D-2).

  • Another type in plants is Ergocalciferol (vitamin D-2).

  • Vitamin D in animals is 7-dehydrocholesterol.

  • Vitamin D from sunlight is the calciferol (vitamin D-3) we talked about.

Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) tend to be the main types. Both forms of Vitamin D are found in food, but Vitamin D3 is more abundant in foods than Vitamin D2. Vitamin D3 is also more effective in helping to prevent various health problems, including heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.

So if you’re looking to increase your intake of Vitamin D3, make sure to include plenty of food sources in your diet. And if you’re already deficient in Vitamin D3, don’t worry – both forms of vitamin D are still valuable for your health. In fact, taking a multivitamin that includes both forms of vitamin D is a good way to ensure you’re getting the most out of your vitamins.*

Activating Body Systems for the Benefits of Vitamin D

While you can, and should, get some Vitamin D from different sources like sun and food, this vitamin is not active at this stage. It has to go through hydroxylation to be active. Hydroxylation happens in two place, the liver and the kidneys.

The liver is the first stop for this hydroxylation where it is turned into 25-hydroxyvitamin D, also known as “calcidiol.” The second stop is the kidney where active 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D is formed, which is the more active form.

When we see energetic stress in the Liver, or the Urogenital System, we also look to see if there is an imbalance in Vitamin D. We don’t always supplement, but we may look to those systems for any stress that can be shifted.

Some research is suggesting that this decreased conversion may be due to lack of accessory minerals, like boron, magnesium, and also a relation ship to estrogen.

When there is a drop in calcium levels in the blood, your parathyroid hormones kick in to make parathyroid hormone. This hormone will increase the enzyme that will convert Vitamin D to an active form. Parathryroid hormone will release Calcium from the skeletal system, and help with absorption from the gut.

When blood levels are adequate with vitamin D and calcium, this hormone turns off.

Vitamin D Promotes Calcium Absorption

This happens in the digestive system, and Vitamin D facilitates the proper blood level of calcium and phosphate for bone health. This also helps muscles as well, and prevents cramps. This is another good reason to work on digestive health! We are what we absorb!

If there is an imbalance of Vitamin D, then we may see stress in the Locomotor System as well.

The Benefit of Vitamin D and your Immune System

Another system that may show bioenergetic stress in connection with Vitamin D, (or SO many other things), is the Immune System. Your immune cells, like B cells and T cells,  have Vitamin D receptors. Receptors are like little landing docks waiting for a substance to come and start another process.

Here Vitamin D can modulate the innate and adaptive immune system.

We teach practitioners about the different types of immunity, and the branches of immunity in our certification course. 

 

Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes?

There may be an association of Vitamin D and insulin resistance. According to the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal, there may be a reason to link Vitamin D to the support of type 2 diabetes, in some, not all people. This might be due to the ability of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D to stimulate pancreatic B cells to secrete insulin.

Before you go and supplement Vitamin D for your blood sugar, understand that there is also a genetic polymorphism that might affect your blood sugar control. This means that you may also be redisposed to the issue, genetically, and a Vitamin D supplement will not change that.

High dose supplementation is not recommended for this, according to science.

If you are concerned about your blood sugar, look to this post, for some tips and thoughts about managing blood sugar! Simple diet tweaks and food combining can help the average person balance blood sugar spikes, and feel more energy!

Our practitioners are always here to help you with a consultation!

The Benefit of Vitamin D and your Cardiovascular System

Vitamin D plays a role in blood pressure regulation. It does this by working on smooth muscle cells, and endothelial cells. These are cells that line your blood vessels, lymph vessels and your heart. They line the entire circulatory system.

There are several theories on why Vitamin d may be supportive to your cardiovascular system. It may regulate nitric oxide, support inflammation, and support the oxidative stress that occurs in the body.

Should you Supplement Vitamin D?

It’s good to know your Vitamin D levels in your blood before supplementation. However, interpretation of the numbers may be different, depending on the health professional looking at your lab work.

It’s one thing to know that your serum  Vitamin d levels are low, but the next question is: why?

  • Do you need to work on absorption, through your digestive system?
  • Are you lacking in other minerals?
  • Do you need more sun?

Look to your diet, and see if you can add in fatty fish, like trout, sardines, or salmon, egg yolks, mushrooms that have been exposed to UV light or cod liver oil. Cod liver oil has the highest amount of vitamin D in food.

If you have tested your hair and saliva with our Full Scan, and find vitamin D showing up energetically imbalanced, this is one instance where you may see a supplement listed with the report, like our Solray Liposome Spray. 

 

*There are different health conditions where supplementing Vitamin D is contraindicated, or not recommended to be undertaken without medical advice. This includes hyperphosphatemia, and  kidney problems.

 

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https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=19&contentid=vitamind

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-HealthProfessional/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166406/

https://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/blog/detail/blog/2018/10/02/vitamin-d-a-possible-ally-in-the-fight-against-diabetes

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27932304/

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