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Vitamin D Video and Quiz

Posted by Jeanne M. Schmit, Pharm. D. on Tue, Mar 30, 2010 @ 10:22 AM
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Vitamin D is actually a pro-hormone (and not a vitamin) and affects many, many processes in the body. Our position so far from the equator makes us high risk for vitamin D deficiency. Optimizing your vitamin D levels is crucial for good health.

Watch and listen to this 60 minute video on vitamin D from Dr. Mercola. There are 7 parts to this video. Use this link if you're having trouble accessing all 7 parts. You can also cut and paste http://www.mercola.com/article/vitamin-d-resources.htm into your browser to find the video.

BodyBlitzers, take the Vitamin D Quiz after watching the video to earn 10 points.

 
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Learned a great deal, but some parts were very confusing and the slides weren't always helpful. Would like to read the main points without all of the parenthetical statements and qualifiers (e.g. I arranged my life to snow board and be in the tropics; *why* commercial tanning beds use one type of bulb & not another (it's news that profit is a motivator?)--how about just saying simply and directly the type that one wants to find?). Had to listen to some parts 2 or 3 times and still was confused about numbers.
Posted @ Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:30 AM by Barb
I've been following Dr. Mercola a little bit, as he has been noted on Dr. Oz's show. I do believe that taking Vitamin D this past winter did improve my focus, energy and such...
Posted @ Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:00 PM by Cinda Pfeil
I found the 7 segments very informative- as someone with a fair complexion I now know that I have to balance sunscreen and sun exposure closely. Did I understand Dr. Mercola to advocate not using sunscreen as much?
Posted @ Friday, April 02, 2010 5:20 PM by Sue
Great information! I've always believed a reasonable amount of sun exposure is a good thing. I didn't realize there were different types of Vitamin D or that dosing was so important though.
Posted @ Saturday, April 03, 2010 5:23 PM by Kim
Last week I had blood work done as part of my annual physical. I just got back the results this week. The 25-OHD3 number came back as 51. When I had started with Dr. Jen back in February, I also had a complete set of blood work done in mid-February. The interesting thing was that when I had the first set my score for 25-OHD3 was 66.8. I haven't changed the dosage of D3 supplements. I'm curious whether the disparity could caused by the nutritional supplements that I've been using with Dr. Jen could be impacting the score? I will ask her about this but it's still curious.
Posted @ Saturday, April 03, 2010 7:38 PM by Doris
Essential information everyone in the upper midwest and canada should be made aware of! my thoughts turned to an acquaintance who was recently diagnosed with cancer--I'm curious how vitamin D might be used in her treatment process. Looking forward to my follow-up with Dr. Jen this week to get my D3 levels checked.
Posted @ Monday, April 12, 2010 9:17 AM by Heather DeAtley
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