June 11, 2017
Read this book! Learn about D3 & K2. D3 & K2 can improve your geezer days immensely!By Douglas Malewicki on November 2, 2014
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
When I saw this eBook title I just HAD to read it. I have a history with what I “thought” was high doses of Vitamin D3 going back to August 2011. That August, Gordy Ainsleigh, DC was my “California Old Goats” team mate for the 6 day, 120 mile TransRockies trail race in Colorado (all between 8,000′ & 12,600′ elevation). I was 72 and Gordy 64. He is famous in the ultrarunning community for inadvertently starting 100 mile trail racing around the world. Google his name to learn how that happened. It turns out that Gordy was raffling off the race shirt he wore each day at TransRockies (unwashed and custom autographed) just before dinner each night to raise money for the Vitamin D Council. As his team mate, I had 6 to 8 hours on the trail each day to ask him what the heck is this Vitamin D Council. Gordy, a chiropractor, ends up telling me how he shakes his head regarding the FDA’s recommended 600 IU daily of D3 (not D2 – he taught me about that too). Quoted me some interesting studies as we trundled up and down through the Rockies. Told me about studies that showed everyone over 50 is deficient (I presume he meant everyone not taking D3 supplements) & needs at least 5,000 IU a day and that folks ending up in nursing homes are typically severely deficient in their vitamin D levels.
Got home and found out D3 is surprisingly quite inexpensive and started taking 5,000 IU a day. No instant magic, but all of a sudden the next January I noticed I no longer was getting up in the middle of the night to pee, which I had been doing for the last couple of years. I had mistakenly assumed that was just old age creeping up. This is now 2014 and that problem is still GONE. The additional D3 was the only change I made. It has to be the reason.
I bought Jeff T. Bowles “Extremely High Doses” D3 book in early September. His thorough research is most impressive. Read this book! After reading it twice, I cautiously decided to up my D3 to 12,000 IU. I am already feeling a bit more spry and now losing a bit of weight steadily without having to be super careful. From his book I am also learning the importance of proper vitamin K2 amounts to go with the D3 AND that it has to be the correct type of K2, namely Mk7 (menaquinone). Back in 2011, Gordy also told me that the minerals (Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, etc.) are the key to the health of our immune systems and that D3 helps process those minerals to do their job. Sounds like the K2 is needed to in turn make sure that the D3 does its’ job? Being a bit of chicken, I intend to keep bringing my D3 & K2 up in careful steps rather than go whoosh & boldly jump up to Jeff’s super high dosages. Expect an update for my progress AND results here in 3 to 6 months.
Interesting that when looking at emails earlier today, I spotted that November 2nd is officially Vitamin D DAY per the Vitamin D Council newsletter!! Interesting. This past August 2014 was my 6th year of doing that TransRockies race. Side issue: I don’t have to take ANY prescription blood pressure or cholesterol drugs at age 75.5. My blood work numbers are very good. Life is good!