May 31, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars It is excellent and very practical bookBy Lincs9 on 16 November 2014
It is excellent and very practical book. After reading this book I got courage to take high dose of Vitamin D and it gave me new life. My condition was awful and according to my GP I was not having any disease. 9 years ago I moved to UK from India. After one year I started suffering from multiple health problems. I got tennis elbows; I got backache, headache, and lower abdominal pain. After investigating my consultant did not found anything wrong, I had been labelled as IBS. Diet restrictions and medication did not bring me any positive change, only my condition started getting worse. My knees started hurting. My consultant checked my vitamin D level, it came 30nmol (12ng), but my GP did not prescribe me any supplement for a year time. My knees started cracking, my backache and abdominal pain gone worse. My GP prescribed me Vitamin D 400iu+500calcium x twice a day and told me that he has given me very high dose of vitamin D3, I should not buy any addition vitamin preparation from market, I can get toxicity .These supplements did not do any good to me, I kept adding health problems. I had both knees arthroscopy surgery done which ended up in muscle wasting; I lost function of my knees and girth of my thighs. My stomach went very bad and barely tolerates few selected foods. I got non- healing, very painful mouth ulcers, chronic sinusitis, bad head ache, cervical spondylitis, violent leg cramps at night. I been rolling- stone between different consultants and dentist, no one could bring any relief to me.
My husband is a pharmacist; one day he forced me to take 60,000 IU vitamin D. It was miracle, that night I slept like a baby. I haven’t had any cramp at night. I did not get any muscle spasm at day time .I took 60,000iu vitamin D3 /week for six weeks then I remembered my GP’s toxicity advice .I went to GP to get my vitamin D level checked ,I told him my story ,he wasn’t impressed with it and did not look happy with me. Astonishingly my vitamin D level came 68nmol (27ng).My GP changed my prescription to vitamin D3 600 IU daily in place of 800 IU a day. But I started taking 5000 IU daily. I took it for 6 wks. My mouth ulcer started healing, no more cramps in legs, but still no difference in joint pain. I was trying to order vitamin D3 from amazon and I found Jeff T Bowles book, read some reviews and could not wait to read this book .I strait way purchased kinder addition and paperback. I finished this book in one night .I took vitamin D3 50.000 IU/day for 5 wks. With Vitamin K2 (MK4 and MK7) +Vitamin A+ magnesium citrate. I have reduced Vitamin D3 dose to 50.000 IU alternate day now.
I am feeling very well and full of energy. My knees are much better; I can run up and down stairs, I could not walk upstairs without help before. My stomach is much better (my so called IBS/food intolerance is gone). I can eat almost what I wanted .Mouth ulcers are healed. Sinusitis is gone. Now I am getting very less and mild flu attacks. I can see difference in my nail growth. New nails are smooth and shiny not dull and brittle as they were before. I have put- on some weight without increasing my body diameters. My leg muscles are developing well. I am feeling my body fat is changing into muscle mass which I could not believe. I am enjoying my life much better now. I will keep updating you.
I would like to thank Mr Jeff T Bowles for all his efforts, research and experimentation with high dosage of Vitamin D3 on himself which gave me new life.UPDATE ON 15/01/2015
After six weeks I have reduced Vit D dose to 50.000 units once a week.After three months I got my vit D level checked.Oops it came 636nmol/l,but my serum calcium and phosphate levels normal. I didn’t feel any symptom of toxicity.It means Vit K2 did its job ,kept calcium level normal by diverting it toward bones ,where it should be.But I do not advise any one to go to that extent. I have stopped taking Vit D,will start again when my serum Vit D level will fall below normal.Update On 27/02/2016I am taking Vit D 50,000 units/week and my Vit D serum level came 175 nmol/l.