Rhonda Patrick on the CRAZY Longevity Benefits of Vitamin D
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April 2nd 2024
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Approximately seventy percent of the US population has inadequate vitamin D levels (less than 30 ng/mL). The health consequences of this are plenty. In this video, expect to learn:
- How vitamin D regulates the protein-encoding human genome
- Why Vitamin D deficiency is so common
- How vitamin D deficiency accelerates aging & increases mortality risk
- Why older individuals produce less vitamin D
- The "sweet spot" for blood levels of vitamin D
- The vitamin D dose required to raise serum levels by 5 ng/mL
- Why some people require a higher vitamin D supplementation dose to raise blood levels
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Vitamin d News
- Vitamin D increases muscle strength and mass without altering body weight in mice.
- New research identifies critical differences between the two types of vitamin D, with vitamin D2 having a questionable impact on human health.
- Vitamin D supplementation may improve cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength (randomized controlled trial, n=74)
- More evidence having poor vitamin D status before infection increases COVID-19 severity and death risk.
- Vitamin D is effective for COVID-19: meta analysis of 34 studies
I have a number of SNPs and mutations down-regulating VDR. It has been suggested that having a high normal Vitamin D level is even more important in these circumstances. Would you agree? And apart from full sequencing, are there any indicators of low VDR activity?