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This comprehensive volume spotlights the latest research into how and why the much-maligned and misunderstood Vitamin D is finally coming into its own, and how to gain the greatest benefits from it. Vitamin D keeps a range of chronic and life-threatening diseases at bay.

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Santé et bien-être

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diététique

Nutrition

Fitness

Health

Diet

Frank Murray

Vitamin D

Vitamins

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	01 septembre 2008
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781591205128
Langue	English

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Sunshíne and Vítamín D
A C OMPREHENS i VE G U id E TO THE B ENE fi TS of THE “S UNSH i NE Vi TA mi N ”
F RANK M URRAY
Foreword by Ronald L. Hoffman, MD
The information contained in this book is based upon the research and personal and professional experiences of the author. It is not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician or other healthcare provider. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should be done under the direction of a healthcare professional.
The publisher does not advocate the use of any particular healthcare protocol but believes the information in this book should be available to the public. The publisher and author are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of the suggestions, preparations, or procedures discussed in this book. Should the reader have any questions concerning the appropriateness of any procedures or preparation mentioned, the author and the publisher strongly suggest consulting a professional healthcare advisor.
Vitamin D from the sun, diet, and supplements provides protection from osteoporosis, breast cancer, diabetes, gum disease, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis, asthma, psoriasis, cystic fibrosis, colon cancer, celiac disease, osteoarthritis, Crohn’s disease, scleroderma, rickets, osteomalacia, cardiovascular disease, and many other infirmities
Basic Health Publications, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Murray, Frank.
     Sunshine and vitamin D / Frank Murray ; foreword by Ronald L. Hoffman.
          p. cm.
     Includes bibliographical references and index.
     ISBN 978-1-59120-512-8
   1. Vitamin D—Health aspects. 2. Sunshine—Health aspects. I. Title.
     QP772.V53M87          2008
      612.3'99—dc22
2008028183
Copyright © 2008 Frank Murray
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the copyright owner.
Editor: Diana Drew Typesetting/Book design: Gary A. Rosenberg Cover design: Mike Stromberg
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Foreword by Ronald L. Hoffman, MD
Introduction
1.   The Sunshine Vitamin
2.   The Dynamic Duo: Calcium and Vitamin D
3.   Vitamin D and Women’s Health
4.   Vitamin D and Children’s Health
5.   Vitamin D and Seniors
6.   Healthy Bones
7.   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
8.   Cancer
9.   Cardiovascular Disease
10.  Celiac Disease
11.  Crohn’s Disease
12.  Cystic Fibrosis
13.  Diabetes
14.  Gum Disease
15.  Immunity
16.  Multiple Sclerosis
17.  Osteoarthritis
18.  Osteomalacia
19.  Osteoporosis
20.  Prostate Problems
21.  Rickets
22.  Skin Disorders
23.  Sunscreens and Vitamin D
24.  Thalassemia
25.  Weight Loss
26.  How Safe Is Vitamin D?
Glossary
Notes
About the Author
Foreword
V itamin D is hot! The vitamin D story is emblematic of how conventional medicine resists nutritional innovation. During my twenty-five-year career, I have seen a stunning reversal in medicine’s attitude toward this potent therapeutic agent. It went from pariah—widely accused of being “toxic”—to grudging acknowledgment, and now, finally, it claims its rightful, preeminent place in the pantheon of vitamins.
When RDAs for vitamin D were established, they were set arbitrarily, based on the amount of vitamin D that could be found in a teaspoon of cod-liver oil, the traditional antidote to rickets. It has only recently been discovered that this level of fortification is insufficient to stave off diseases like osteoporosis, cancer, autoimmune conditions, and a host of health woes, as Frank Murray has pointed out so eloquently in his groundbreaking book.
Moreover, we have compounded the problem by undertaking an irrational campaign against sun exposure, spearheaded by dermatologists and cancer organizations. Inadvertently, this has magnified the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency that affects Western countries.
It is only due to the efforts of a few stalwart scientists that we have pierced the veil of ignorance surrounding vitamin D. Dr. Michael Holick earned the derision of his colleagues merely by having the temerity to suggest that “healthy tanning” was not an oxymoron. But he was vindicated when, in 2007, he was invited to author a prominent review article in the mainstream New England Journal of Medicine, which boldly advocated higher doses of vitamin D and moderate sun exposure.
Dr. John Cannell, champion of the Vitamin D Council, also sowed controversy whenever he lectured to medical professionals. In an interview on my radio program, Health Talk, he revealed that he used to leave his audiences aghast after stepping to the podium and promptly downing an entire bottle of vitamin D capsules to underscore the vitamin’s lack of toxicity (don’t try this at home!).
Now come new indications that vitamin D, in addition to preventing many diseases and ameliorating others, may have the ability to extend longevity itself. The “bone vitamin” has suddenly morphed into a virtual nutritional panacea!
So irresistible is the tide of new information about vitamin D that the public has embraced it in advance of the majority of health professionals. That is no coincidence: the vitamin D story exemplifies the populist revolution in health care that is sweeping the country, as more and more people gravitate toward natural alternatives, eschewing more risky and expensive medical interventions. The hidebound medical establishment often has a lag time of ten to fifteen years in accepting innovation. Belated mainstreaming of omega-3 fatty acids from fish, low-carb diets, and mind/body medicine are but a few examples.
I first began testing patients for vitamin D levels fifteen years ago, when it was considered medically unorthodox. In 1997, in my book Intelligent Medicine, I called for mandatory screening for vitamin D. Then in 2005 I made it part of my recommended physical in How to Talk to Your Doctor. All my patients at the Hoffman Center are now tested for vitamin D. It has been exciting for me to be on the cusp of the vitamin D paradigm shift, and now I see my faith in its therapeutic use vindicated by new studies and mainstream acceptance. As a clinician, I can verify that Frank Murray’s perspective is accurate.
With the new and exciting information in Sunshine and Vitamin D, the public stands to be empowered with a key wellness tool. The fortunate readers of this book will be ahead of the curve on this, one of the most exciting health stories of the twenty-first century.
—Ronald L. Hoffman, MD Host of Health Talk www.drhoffman.com New York City
Introductíon
W ith the hundreds of clinical trials published on vitamin D in recent years—I read one study with 132 references—it is obvious that the “sunshine vitamin” no longer has to play second fiddle to the other vitamins. However, some of the currently available health books either ignore the vitamin or give it short shrift in just a few paragraphs. This has prompted several internationally respected scientists to call vitamin D the most misunderstood and underrated vitamin of all. To muddy the waters still further, other researchers insist that it is a hormone rather than a vitamin. In the meantime, millions of people around the world have a vitamin D deficiency, costing them lots of money, pain, and poor health.
Now that the vitamin has become a superstar, one wonders why it took so long for it to be recognized. As an example, how many life-threatening illnesses might be prevented with vitamin D? To paraphrase Elizabeth Barrett Browning, let us count the ways: osteoporosis, breast cancer, psoriasis, asthma, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, gum disease, colon cancer, Crohn’s disease, scleroderma, rickets, celiac disease, and many others. How many other vitamins—say vitamin B 2 —have such an impressive résumé? Not many!
When people moved away from the equator and settled in higher latitudes, they lost many of the life-nourishing benefits of the sun—a major source of vitamin D. To compound the problem, the vitamin is only available in a few foods. For example, how many of the following staples are on your grocery list—salmon, cod, eel, sardines, cod-liver oil, and beef liver? Fortunately, in the United States a quart of milk contains 400 IU of the vitamin. The fly in the ointment is that many seniors, young girls, and those who are lactose-intolerant do not drink milk regularly.
In addition, those who live in northern latitudes are bundled up in the winter, so they derive only minimal benefit from the sun. It stands to reason that you get more vitamin D from the sun if you live in San Antonio, Texas, than in Burlington, Vermont, especially during the winter.
I readily agree that it is sometimes difficult to tell the vitamin D players without a program, since there are various formulations and analogs. In dealing with vitamin B 1 , you are mostly concerned with thiamine, but, with vitamin D, you are faced with 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, ergocalciferol, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, vitamin D 2 , calciferol, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, vitamin D 3 , and so forth. Hopefully, the fog will clear as you read through this book and/or refer to the glossary.
What about sunscreens? While a suntan is glamorous and ego-boosting, a serious sunburn contributes to melanoma, perhaps the deadliest and most predominant skin cancer. The jury is still out on whether or not sunscreens inhibit the conversion of vitamin D from the sun, as well as how much to use and when to use them. And are dark-skinned people getting enough vitamin D from the sun?
Michael F. Holick, MD, an international