VITAMIN D3 BOOSTS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, BONE HEALTH, AND MUCH MORE BY DR. STEPHANIE KING SAN MARINO, CA (LA AREA)
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, 9:11 pm
Calcium has been promoted for years for bone health but the most compelling research demands we supplement with Vitamin D3. As no one in the modern world consumes enough Vitamin D3, and most people do not get enough adequate sunshine especially with all the sunblock and sunblock type clothing the average adult is now deficient in Vitamin D. To find out your level all is takes is a simple serum Vitamin D blood test the optimal range is between 40-60 ng/ml, and most people who do NOT take Vitamin D3 range between 10-30 ng/ml. Knowing your level is imporant for determining long-term health prospects since low levels are associated with diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, most cancers, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, autism, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, and frequent infections, cold & flu.
In recent years, researchers discovered that low vitamin D3 levels can promote the expression of chronic pain. We now know that low levels can promote bone pain, join pain, muscle and fibromyalgia. If you have nagging aches and pains, consider supplements with vitamin D3. For the average person, it takes about 2000-4000IU’s to get the levels to the needed 40 ng/ml. For someone who is extremely deficient it can take up to 10,000IU, which is why a simple blood test can make all the difference. The chronic diseases mentioned earlier are often called long latency diseases. In other words, they develop slowly and without symptoms until it is too late. Osteoporosis and heart disease are two examples so it’s important to supplement with at least 2000IU of Vitamin D3 per day and to check your levels if you’ve never had them checked to make sure they’re in a good range.
For those of you who have bone density issues we offer Urine Dpd testing which is a specific marker for bone resorption (loss). This information will help you determine your risk for osteoporosis and is an inexpensive test that can be performed as normal bone density scans typically are done every 3 years and many women can have allot of bone loss during that time period. This will show if you are starting to head in the wrong direction and allow you to monitor yourself without any harm to your body. Many insurances cover this service and for those that don’t we offer a cash discount.
For more information, or if you’d like me to order any lab testing for you or this test specifically don’t hesitate to contact the office. Just an FYI to all patients, Dr. King can order any lab testing that you may need both blood or saliva testing to correlate with your nutrition & lifestyle programs and hormone balancing programs. If you have insurance the labs can bill your insurance, and if not we do have cash discounts available for the saliva testing (Saliva testing is for all your hormone levels).
I wish you all the best for continued great health and don’t hesitate to contact the office for more information on the above or to set up your consultation to get started on any of our great renewed health programs.
Dr. Stephanie King
Email: skingdc@earthlink.net or 626-799-0557
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