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Krispin Sullivan

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CHAPTER 1 WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT SUNLIGHT AND VITAMIN D? ......................1

VITAMIN D MAKES THE NEWS.................................................................................................. 1

EVIDENCE OF WORLDWIDE VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY ............................................................. 2

THE WORK OF REINHOLD VIETH.............................................................................................. 2

CHAPTER 2 SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE COMPLEXITIES OF SUNLIGHT AND D ................5

HERE COMES THE SUN .............................................................................................................. 5

WHY NAKED AT NOON? ............................................................................................................ 8

IS THIS ABOUT SEX? .................................................................................................................... 8

THE NAKED PART ...................................................................................................................... 10

AND THE NOON ......................................................................................................................... 12

COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND BIOCHEMICAL INDIVIDUALITY ..................................................... 14

WHY UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX SYSTEMS MODELING IS IMPORTANT .................................. 15

THE ARROW OF TIME- THERE ARE NO “DO-OVERS”................................................................ 21

WHEN COMPLEXITY ALLOWS EXPERTS TO PERPETRATE POOR SCIENCE ................................. 22

THE ELEMENTS OF LIFE .......................................................................................................... 23

LIFE'S REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................ 24

THE COMPLEX HEALTH ISSUES WE FACE TODAY..................................................................... 27

CHAPTER 3 A QUICK REVIEW- TERMINOLOGY AND RESEARCH PROTOCOLS.............29

THE TERMINOLOGY ................................................................................................................. 29

VITAMIN D, THE MANY AND VARIED........................................................................................ 30

SUBSTANCES TYPICALLY CALLED VITAMIN D: ........................................................................ 30

OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS........................................................................................................ 32

HOW RESEARCH STUDIES ARE CONDUCTED ......................................................................... 34

HOW RESEARCH CAN MAKE US DUMBER.............................................................................. 36

EXPECTATIONS........................................................................................................................... 38

POLITICS..................................................................................................................................... 38

PEERS ......................................................................................................................................... 38

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ............................................................................................................. 38

WHAT IS A STUDY WORTH?...................................................................................................... 39

COMMON SENSE......................................................................................................................... 40

CHAPTER 4 SUNLIGHT, D, AND DISEASE .....................................................................................41

SUNLIGHT AND D, DEFICIENCY OR DISEASE? ........................................................................ 42

HORMONES AND YOU................................................................................................................. 45

NUTRITIONAL INSUFFICIENCY IS NOT A DISEASE ...................................................................... 46

WHY WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SUNLIGHT AND D................................................. 48

LACK OF SUNLIGHT AND DISEASE........................................................................................... 50

CANCER AND SUNLIGHT............................................................................................................. 50

IMMUNE FUNCTION .................................................................................................................... 53

VITAMIN D, IMMUNITY AND AGING........................................................................................... 54

HYPERTENSION........................................................................................................................... 55

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS................................................................................................................. 56

SUNLIGHT AND DEPRESSION ...................................................................................................... 56

VITAMIN D AND DISEASE ......................................................................................................... 56

BUILDING AND MAINTAINING BONES........................................................................................ 57

PREVENTING AND HEALING CAVITIES ....................................................................................... 63

CANCER ...................................................................................................................................... 71

THE WESTERN DIET ................................................................................................................... 73

DEPRESSION ............................................................................................................................... 79

SYNDROME X ............................................................................................................................. 80

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ............................................................................................................ 88

PEOPLE WITH COLOR, SUNLIGHT, VITAMIN D AND DISEASE............................................... 92

DARK SKINS AND DISEASE......................................................................................................... 93

THE PURPOSE OF MELANIN ........................................................................................................ 94

THE NEED FOR VITAMIN D......................................................................................................... 96

THE REAL MEANING OF ROOTS ................................................................................................. 99

SOME THOUGHTS ON SUNLIGHT, D AND DISEASE RESEARCH............................................ 101

CHAPTER 5 WHAT IS VITAMIN D? ...............................................................................................103

A SHORT HISTORY OF VITAMIN D AND HUMAN HEALTH ................................................... 103

THE MELLANBYS AND COD LIVER OIL.................................................................................... 105

LACK OF SUNLIGHT; BONES GONE AWRY ............................................................................... 106

VITAMIN D AND SUNLIGHT; CONNECTING THE DISCOVERIES ................................................ 107

CHAPTER 6 THE VITAMIN D ENDOCRINE SYSTEM................................................................109

VITAMIN D, THE MOLECULES ............................................................................................... 109

THE VITAMIN D ENDOCRINE SYSTEM................................................................................... 110

THE PROBLEM OF WHICH D 'RULES' ........................................................................................ 113

NEW ROLES FOR 25(OH)D AND CALCITRIOL .......................................................................... 115

D-BINDING PROTEINS (DBP) ................................................................................................. 116

D RECEPTORS (VDR) AND THE LIFE OF OUR CELLS........................................................... 118

VITAMIN D AND THE CELL MEMBRANE ............................................................................... 121

VITAMIN D AS ANTIOXIDANT .................................................................................................. 122

HOW HUMANS STORE D AND WHY THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT...................................... 123

VITAMINS A AND D, PARTNERS IN OUR CELLULAR DESTINIES.......................................... 127

CHAPTER 7 HOW MUCH D DO WE NEED? .................................................................................132

VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY OR SUFFICIENCY. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? .............................. 132

WHY TESTING IS CRITICAL AND PROBLEMATIC ................................................................. 140

TOO MUCH VITAMIN D? ........................................................................................................ 142

LESSONS TO BE RELEARNED ................................................................................................... 146

THE CAUSES- A REVIEW.......................................................................................................... 148

THE COMPLICATIONS OF TOO MUCH D ................................................................................... 148

CHAPTER 8 HOW DO WE GET D?..................................................................................................150

SUNLIGHT................................................................................................................................ 150

WHAT DOES LIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH D?............................................................................. 150

UV-B AND UV-A ..................................................................................................................... 153

LOCATION AND LIGHT ............................................................................................................. 155

HOW MUCH D DOES THE SUN MAKE? IT DOESN’T. WE DO.................................................... 158

OZONE AND LIGHT ................................................................................................................... 159

THE SKIN WE'RE IN................................................................................................................ 160

SKIN, LIGHT AND VITAMIN D .................................................................................................. 160

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SUNLIGHT ADVISORIES ...................................................... 163

THE PROBLEM OF TOTAL SUN AVOIDANCE............................................................................. 164

UV LIGHT AND CATARACTS .................................................................................................... 167

THE SUN, SKIN CANCER AND SUNSCREEN .............................................................................. 167

DEFEND YOUR STRATUM CORNEUM (AND AVOID SUN DAMAGE) ......................................... 175

MAJOR TOXIC INGREDIENTS TO AVOID (SAVE YOUR SKIN) ................................................... 178

SKIN, LIGHT AND REGENERATION ........................................................................................... 179

VITAMIN D IN OUR FOOD ...................................................................................................... 182

TESTING D IN THE FOOD SUPPLY ............................................................................................ 182

SUPPLEMENTING D IN THE FOOD SUPPLY................................................................................ 184

SAFE USE OF SUPPLEMENTS .................................................................................................. 186

HIGH OR LOW DOSE D? ........................................................................................................... 186

SUPPLEMENTAL D, STORAGE AND TOXICITY .......................................................................... 186

SUPPLEMENTING VITAMIN D ................................................................................................... 190

SUPPLEMENTING CALCIUM...................................................................................................... 191

OTHER NUTRIENTS FOR HEALTH ............................................................................................. 194

CHAPTER 9 SAFE D FROM SAFE SUN ..........................................................................................197

SUNLIGHT................................................................................................................................ 197

UV-B EXPOSURE GUIDELINES................................................................................................. 200

TANNING BEDS OR SUNLAMPS?............................................................................................... 204

PHOTOSENSITIZING MEDICATIONS-AVOID UV LIGHT (SUN OR SIMULATED) ........................ 206

TESTING PROTOCOL FOR SUNLIGHT AND VITAMIN D: ............................................................ 209

TESTING, AGAIN....................................................................................................................... 210

CHAPTER 10 VITAMIN D AND THE GP ........................................................................................212

WHO ARE YOU?...................................................................................................................... 212

WHERE DO YOU LIVE? .......................................................................................................... 212

LATITUDE AND ALTITUDE........................................................................................................ 212

USING A UV-B METER ............................................................................................................. 213

WHAT DO YOU EAT? WHAT SUPPLEMENTS DO YOU TAKE? ............................................. 214

SUNLIGHT OR SUPPLEMENTS?.................................................................................................. 214

MAXIMIZING DIET.................................................................................................................... 214

FOODS THAT CONTAIN D ......................................................................................................... 217

VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS ....................................................................................................... 217

VITAMIN D COMPLICATIONS ................................................................................................. 218

FOODS THAT INCREASE OR DECREASE UPTAKE OR UTILIZATION........................................... 218

DISEASES ALTERING D............................................................................................................. 218

A FINAL NOTE TO THE GP ..................................................................................................... 221

CHAPTER 11 RESOURCES ...............................................................................................................223

TESTING................................................................................................................................... 223

SUN METERS............................................................................................................................ 224

CLOTHING ..........................................................................................................................11-225

CHAPTER 12 FOR RESEARCHERS AND PHYSICIANS .............................................................226

STUDIES WAITING TO BE DONE ............................................................................................ 226

ERRORS AND UPDATES ........................................................................................................... 227

DEAR DOCTOR ........................................................................................................................ 228