June 2, 2017
Excellent improvement in rosaceaBy Janna Sigwart on 17 October 2016
I ordered this book upon noticing that each time I have been in the sun, my facial redness goes down the day after. And then I noticed the opposite effect as the sunless days string up one after another.
So I thought that there must be a link. I looked and found this book. Convinced by the evidence presented by the author and many reviewers here, I decided to give the D3/K2 therapy a try. I started with 5,000 IU and accelerated to 40,000 IU within three weeks, adding 10,000 every five to seven days or so. Like many people I saw my energy level increase dramatically. From being constantly tired I transformed into energetic and very productive. Number of hours needed for sleep reduced from 8-9 to 6. And of course, my rosacea has seen a big improvement. But I did not have it in a severe form to begin with. Mine was level 2 that is considered mild. Nevertheless permanent redness on cheeks, nose and chin bothered me enough to have to wear foundation to cover it.Since I started the therapy, I don’t wear anything – there is no need. Every morning I wake up, and find my face of normal colour. This feels like a great relief to me, if you know what I mean. Then as the day proceeds, especially with its stresses, I notice that some of the redness comes back. The more stress I have in a day, or if I have a glass of wine, the more redness comes back, but then it always quickly subsides. Before if I had a flair up, it’d take a few hours to settle. Now it takes under an hour. Skin in general is very clear, no acne.
Cautious after I read some reviews here, at three weeks I decided to have my D levels checked as well as serum calcium. And I am glad I did. The D level has just gone beyond the upper limit of the acceptable in the UK range. I got 175 nmol/l whereas the conventional range is 50-174 nmol/l. All other metrics, such as serum calcium and serum phosphate were absolutely normal. Fantastic. But now what do I do from here?? I can’t just continue loading up on the D or soon I will have at a toxicity risk, while rosacea is improved but not yet cured. Even if go by the American Vitamin D guidance, and by the author’s recommendation of 90-100 ng/ml which is 225-250 nmol/l, I will have reached this level very soon. No sure what to do after. To continue with a small maintenance dose keeping D serum at this high end of the normal range hoping that after some months the condition will be cured? I will write an update.
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Tony Clifton 6 months agoHello there
AS long as you keep checking your blood calcium level and it is normal you have nothing to fear you could have a d3 level of 1 million!! The only toxic risk is excess calcium in the blood that is why you take the K2 it puts the calcium back in your bones. D3 itself is completely non toxic
Lifeguards who do not use sunscreen often have d3 levels of 125 ng/ml which is about 325 nmol/l. One risk lifeguards suffer is a much higher risk of calcium kidney stones as compared to the general population>>but if they took k2 they would not have this problem>> Even if your calcium goes over the upper limit it is still very easy to correct just stop the d3 for awhile and keep taking k2>> as compared to drugs that BigPharma sells to you>>vitamin D3 is maybe 95% safer!!!! There really is very little risk if you are not stupid about it.