The Science Behind Vitamin D, Our Rampant Deficiency, And Its Harmful Impact On Our Health

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audio exclusives In the US alone, 70% of Americans have either
deficient or suboptimal levels of vitamin D. This is a massive
problem given vitamin D's impact on our health and its effects on
our gene regulation and expression. Vitamin D also regulates
calcium and supports the functioning of the immune system, making
it one of the most important biological compounds in the
body.  In today’s episode of a new series I’m calling Know
Your Numbers, I dive deep into vitamin D. I discuss why vitamin D
deficiency is a problem, how conventional medicine misses the mark
in measuring vitamin D levels, how Functional Medicine treats
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details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber
version): Why vitamin D deficiency is a problem (5:49 / 3:31) What
is vitamin D and what does it do in the body? (6:24 / 4:06)
“Normal” vs. optimal vitamin D references ranges (9:03 / 6:45) How
much vitamin D should you take? (15:06 / 12:48) Root causes of low
levels of vitamin D (17:23 / 15:05) Testing your vitamin D with the
25-hydroxy vitamin D3 test (26:04 / 23:46) Symptoms of and diseases
associated with vitamin D deficiency (26:27 / 24:09) Addressing
vitamin D deficiency with diet, lifestyle and supplementation
(42:53 / 40:35) References for research mentioned in this episode
can be found here.