May 31, 2017
Worth its weight in goldBy Eco ChicaTOP 500 REVIEWER on 27 September 2013
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I think I only read about 5 pages of this book before adding D3 to my shopping list, first I bought the tablet form, now I take the liquid and the tablets.
I was already taking really good vitamin A (fermented fish oil) and vitamin K2 (raw liquid vitamin butter), as well as transdermal magnesium and 1 teaspoon per day of Mineral Blend Celtic sea salt.The only thing I won’t take in supplemental form is calcium. My feeling is there is enough calcium already in my body.
I started the regimen adopted in this book to tackle varicose veins, bone strength and healing (2 old fracture wounds) and strengthen my teeth.
It has worked for everything and MORE.Have to add, I’ve also flushed out (approx 150) gallbladder stones using the Moritz method (Kindle), addressed Essential Fatty Acid deficiency and ditched shop bought fruit juices, now juice my own for the full vitamin C complex, rather than just take ascorbic acid, which is what you get in Vit C supplements.
I feel I’ve turned my biological clock back and everyone I meet wants to know my secret. I tell them, it is no secret, the books are out there, go figure.
Trouble is a lot of people want the knowledge but they don’t want to put in the hours of reading, so I find myself providing synopses to friends in need.
The really fascinating thing about taking high doses of this nutrient is that you can see your body changing in response to it on a daily basis e.g. toe nails.
Most people’s toe nails are quite yellow and brittle. Once you start to address D3 deficiency, your toe nails grow out a really healthy pinkish colour and are extremely easy to file and cut. My finger nails too are now completely different and its virtually impossible to break them. If they do break, its not as messy as it used to be e.g. the break isn’t as sharp?
Apart from waking up your metabolism, having much more energy and reducing your appetite, I’ve also noticed my pain threshold has increased considerably.
This summer I endured a medical disaster. Basically, I had a raging tooth abscess that was undetected by 2 dentists and 2 doctors at A&E! My health had been improving for about 3 months prior to this, and I had only been taking high levels of D3 for about 6 weeks when the abscess struck. Well, you probably wont believe this, but I had 3 abscesses in the end, one on each root, and I did NOT take painkillers, not even once ! This is a pretty incredible fact and I’m still amazed at what happened, because I have had a lot of pain killers in the past and I also had a lot of pain. Pain and pain killers are just a thing of the past.
Varicose Veins
Mine were getting quite bad, started the D3, stared at them every day for a while, then forgot about them. Looked at them 2 months later and could see a major improvement. Basically what happens is that they reduce from the outer reaches inwards. They look like shrinking spiders? I really look forward to wearing shorts on holiday now, because they’re significantly reduced and improving by the minute.
Increased Tensile Strength
My bones are now very strong. All those aches and pains have ceased. I was noticing great improvements with Magnesium Oil and vitamin K2, but when I added this to the mix, things just took off. Basically it doesn’t hurt to lift things anymore. And when they tell you to strengthen your muscles and do exercise, I honestly think that’s a load of rubbish. If your bones are mineral deficient and you have been living in the dark for 10 months, there is no way you can exercise without huge amounts of pain. I can do what I like now and feel no pain. Yesterday I came back from the supermarket with 8 heavy bags of shopping. When I got home, I opened the boot and hooked all 8 bags on one arm and walked into the house. I do this all the time. I’m not even out of breath when I put them down. Its like they weigh less than they should? My husband, who used to think I was pretty unfit, hates that I can out-walk him, out run him and out lift him now.
I totally agree with the author’s hypothesis that we are all in a kind of technical hibernation unless we have large amounts of D3 or sunlight exposure. It doesn’t matter how hot your office/workplace or house is, unless you get enough sunlight (or D3) your body will just pack on fat and slow right down. His views on the evolutionary role of diabetes is mind-blowing!
Thank you Jeff Bowles !!
Update 01/11/13: At the same time as starting to take high doses of D3, I also gave up cow’s milk. The first milk alternative I consumed contained good amounts of calcium but the one I’ve switched to subsequently does not. I was thinking that perhaps I needed to supplement with calcium now? especially as my diet has become more Paleo. As luck would have it, it took me too long to make up mind, and my poor body has shown me just how imbalanced I am right now, by developing a dreaded kidney stone! So, I’m detoxing my kidneys for the next 7 days with magnesium sulphate (apparently Epsom Salts busts kidney stones in as little as 3 hours!). As painful as the mobile kidney stone was, I’m still determined to continue taking high doses of D3 but recognise that I will have to take more calcium now, to keep up. I should add, this is fully explained in the book. Personally, I knew I was taking a risk when I started high doses of D3, but part of my thinking at that time was that I desperately wanted to de-calcify my body, as I’ve been a BIG dairy eater. It would appear I’ve done that and now need to supplement with calcium.
Update 04/11/13: Well it turns out that my low calcium/high D3 diet status was made worse by my excessive consumption of vitamin C. because if that happens, you excrete more organic calcium. I was having 2 oranges and a grapefruit a day. I’ve dropped down now to only one large orange, as that contains enough. (A navel orange has 82.7mgs of Vit C and women my age only need 75mgs per day). This is interesting, because it might mean I wasn’t so low on calcium, perhaps? I don’t know, but to safeguard myself, I’ve decided to consume liquid calcium by Floradix for a while, because I just don’t have the time or desire to boil lots of cabbage/kale each day.
Update 13/11/13: Because my Floradix liquid calcium has not arrived yet, I’m having to take Calcium Carbonate as my needs for elemental calcium are more urgent because of a healing tooth socket. This cheap version inorganic calcium requires a highly acidic environment in which to break it down ready for absorption, so I melt my 600mg tablet first in pure lemon juice until it has frothed up and completely dissolved before consuming it. Its usually only 40% absorbed, so I’m hoping I will absorb more this way? I’ve spaced my doses throughout the day. The great thing that has happened as a result, is I no longer have to get up at night to pee. Which was so boring and been doing that for 3 years. The other thing I noticed since supplementing with lemon-melted calcium is that my symptoms of sensory overload – which I thought was part of my personality – have been corrected too? This is really weird and I’m still working out how useful that improvement is.
Update 03/12/13: I really miss taking my 10,000i.u. of D3 a day. I felt so good on that stuff. I look back and realise I felt better then than I had in years. I’ve reduced my calcium carbonate dose, as the Floradix arrived and I’m on my second bottle. The other thing that is worth noting is that my fixation on calcium and D3 left out a very important amino acid that is directly concerned with calcium absorption and that is Lysine. I’m now taking Lysine, Arginine and Glutamine, as they are the triumvirate of wound-healing. Gosh, I had only been taking them for about 4 days and my symptoms are vastly improved. Basically my jaw bone has to be ready for an implant in the New Year, so I must make as much tough, good quality bone as I can before then to avoid them having to build up the bone very much. There are contra-entries regarding Lysine, e.g. gallstones and kidney stones, but honestly, I think the benefits far outweigh them. Besides, I’ve flushed my gallstones and kidney stones out recently, so if I get more, I’m not bothered. I don’t know how much protein we are meant to eat to get 500mg of Lysine, but I am not a big protein eater, so I don’t think I will ever do it from dietary intake. Besides, you have to ideally eat red meat to get good quality Lysine into you and I’m not really eating a lot of red meat anymore. I’m taking 1,500i.u. of D3 now, which is OK, for now.
Update 24/01/14: I have recently found out that my hip pain was NOT osteo in origin!! This was fantastic news that I didn’t believe at first, but is correct. It turns out that my adrenal glands were grinding to a halt again, due to my car blowing up, the natural flood I had to deal with and the passing away of our darling dog. I thought I was coping OK, but now I realise (6 months on) that I had endured considerable muscle-wasting, which is a feature of high stress and low adrenal output. So the good news is that I have stepped up my D3 intake to 5,000i.u. a day again – and loving it! The other things I’m doing to help re-build my muscles and connective tissues, especially the main muscle that was giving me all the trouble called the Sartorious Muscle (which hugs the hip bone at its connection point and that’s where my pain was radiating from) is three important amino acids called: glycine, cysteine and proline. They are amazing and I’ve done separate reviews for those.