Health In Balance

Many people, especially vegans, don't get enough vitamin D. So much so that it is now recognised that everyone living in the far Northern (and Southern) hemisphere, where the angle of the sun in the winter is insufficient to make much vitamin D, and the cold climate not conducive to exposing naked skin to sunlight, need to supplement this versatile vitamin.

If you live in sunnier climates and spend lots of time outdoors, you may just make enough from the synthesis of vitamin D, acting on cholesterol in the skin. Vitamin D also stores so if you spend a couple of weeks in the sun in the winter months that too might see you through.

Due to these variables, it is ideal to know your vitamin D status by measuring your blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. The level you’re shooting for is 75 nmol/l. Below 50nmol/l is considered inadequate. Fortunately, this is one inexpensive test many GPs are willing to give you. If not, you can get relatively inexpensive home test kits (£29) online from http://ow.ly/xgke50FoSd3. If your level is low it’s best to supplement 25mcg a day (1,000ius) and recheck that you’ve achieved a level of 75nmol/l or more.

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Vitamin D is one of the nutrients which is very important for supporting our immune systems, as well as bone health and other systems in the body.

Finally Confirmed! Vitamin D Nearly Abolishes ICU Risk in COVID-19 | Chris Masterjohn, PhD September 3, 2020 The first randomized controlled trial (RCT) of vitamin D in COVID-19 has just been published. The results are astounding: vitamin D nearly abolished the odds of requiring treatment in ICU. Although the number of deaths was too small to say for sure, vitamin D may actually abolish t...

Vitamin D, C and zinc are especially helpful to support your immune system in any season!

Coronavirus: Adults should take vitamin D, researchers say TCD team urges widespread use of vitamin D supplements to fight Covid-19 infection

These muscles help with stability in our back, neck and hips. One thing we can do to help ourselves is to drink plenty of pure water!

The erector spinae is not just one muscle, but a group of muscles and tendons which run more or less the length of the spine on the left and the right, from the sacrum or sacral region (the bony structure beneath your lower back [lumbar] vertebrae and between your hips/glutes) and hips to the base of the skull.
In kinesiology we may check the Sacrospinalis group of muscles to ascertain the balance in the Bladder acupuncture meridian which runs bilaterally from inside the eyes, over our heads, down our back (2 channels here) and down the legs to the end of the little toe. It is the longest of all 14 meridian pathways. It holds our stories and patterning from both nature and nurture, some might call this kharma or dharma.

And set a reminder to do it often😄

Vitamin D may prime body's natural defences against Covid-19 Two important new studies highlight the vitamin D's potentially important role in priming the body’s defences against the Covid-19 virus.

Dr. Gifford-Jones: People are dying needlessly of coronavirus Why “needless” deaths from this threatening virus? Because doctors, health authorities, hospital administrators and politicians have not

Interesting reading. If you are taking any of these drugs and especially if you are experiencing any symptoms please contact your doctor.

FDA Warns Popular Nerve Pain Drugs Gabapentin, Pregabalin Linked To Serious Breathing Problems & Deaths These drugs are prescribed and sold under several different names including Neurontin, Gralise, Horizant, and Lyrica.