There’s an inexpensive remedy that may cure many of the health problems that most of us complain about - one little pill that could eliminate aches and pains, prevent diabetes, improve our mood and help us lose weight.
CAROLYN CLIFFORD REPORTS IN THE VIDEO PLAYER ON THE RIGHTIt sounds like some miracle potion that’s too good to be true, but in fact, it’s a simple vitamin we usually get from the sun. When it comes to the ABCs of vitamins – D is the dynamo.
Dana Berry’s dream was to become a teacher, so she loves her job. But a few years ago she began having aches and pains that took some of the joy out of her hours in the classroom.
“I went to a physical therapist, I went to an orthopedic surgeon, I went to yoga and it just wasn’t quite working,” she said.
So then she went to see arthritis specialist Dr. James Dowd. Dana expected to get a prescription for a pain medication. But instead, she was told to take vitamin D. In just a few short weeks, she noticed a difference.
“I was more energetic, less achy and it just seemed like the symptoms went away,” she said.
Dr. Dowd sees results like that all the time.
“Vitamin D deficiency in the US and particularly in Michigan because we are so far north is actually a pandemic problem that means everybody is at risk,” he explained.
The sun is the main source of vitamin D. And D is only available during the middle of the day. The darker your skin – the less vitamin D you absorb.
“Caucasians, roughly 60 or more percent of them are deficient according to the CDC. Latinos 75% and African Americans 90% are deficient.”
All those people are susceptible to a large number of symptoms that go along with vitamin D deficiency.
“Fatigue, lots of muscle and joint and bone aches and pains, depressed mood, weight gain, these sorts of things, but more recently studies have tied very low vitamin D levels to obesity, heart disease,” said Dr. Dowd.
He says the amount of D in most multi-vitamins isn’t nearly enough. 400 international units has been the suggested dose for adults, but according to Dr. Dowd, depending on your size and skin color, you may need 5 to 10 times that amount.
“The bigger you are, the more likely you are to be deficient and the more vitamin D you need to get your vitamin D level to come up,” he said.
Dr. Dowd recommends 20 units per pound for fair skinned adults and 25 units per pound for darker skinned people.
So a 150 pound Caucasian would need 3000 units per day. A 200 pound African American might need 5000 units.
Dr. Dowd says most patients report quick results.
“Mood and pain and quality of sleep, these things can happen fairly quickly within days or weeks.”
Dr. Dowd has outlined his entire plan of vitamin D supplements, diet and lifestyle in a book called
The Vitamin D Cure.
Dana has adopted the whole plan – but she feels confident it was the extra vitamin D that made the difference for her.
“I think it is the vitamin D because I have done that diet before I’ve tried Weight Watchers and it didn’t give me that effect, so I think D made the difference.”
Dr. Dowd says studies have been done to determine how much D is too much, but test subjects took ten times as much as he is recommending with no toxic side effects.
To learn more visit
http://www.thevitamindcure.com/
