A friend just told me about watching an episode of Law and Order, Special Victims Unit.
The storyline involved a woman who had been locked up for four years, and one of the characters in plot mentioned that the victim of this heinous crime was terribly deficient in vitamin D.
Amazingly, he went on to say that a whole generation is now vitamin D deficient due to applying sunscreens when venturing outdoors.
Hallelujah!
Is the media starting to wake up to one of the most atrocious crimes of all—vitamin D deficiency brought on by the advice of the American Academy of Dermatology and other “professionals” who insist that we never go outside without “protection?”
I hope so. The media are a powerful force for either good or evil in society, and it appears that at least this one time, they got it right.
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I have already written about the benefits of vitamin D for the reduction of breast cancer, autistic births, pre-eclampsia and infection of the placenta. Research now shows that the risk of giving birth by caesarian section is dramatically increased by vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy.[1]
The authors of the research point out that childbirth is a muscular activity, and that muscle weakness is an established symptom of vitamin D deficiency. No thinking person can believe that caesarean section is a normal way to give birth, yet nearly one-third of all births are by caesarian section.
It is obvious that something is seriously wrong, and that “something” in most cases is likely vitamin D deficiency.
The research pointed out that those with low levels of vitamin D had four times the risk of caesarian section as those who had higher levels. However, many in the group with higher levels had nowhere near optimal levels of vitamin D.
If they had had optimal levels, it is likely that they would have been even more protected. Ladies, this is just one more reason to make optimal vitamin D levels a priority.
Get yours checked and make sure your levels of vitamin D [25(OH)D] are at least 50-60 ng/ml. You can get an inexpensive and accurate test—without a physician’s prescription—by visiting ordervitamindtest.org.
You can also get out in the sunlight during spring, summer and early fall, and supplement or visit a tanning bed in the winter.
Remember never to burn! [1]
Merewood, A. et al. Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Primary Cesarean Section. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008 Dec 23, 2008 [Epub ahead of print]
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