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🔷Educational Snippet: Vitamin D and the Gut Microbiome🔷

"Low vitamin D status in patients with IBD is associated with increased risk of clinical relapse, disease activity, and intestinal inflammation."

"Higher vitamin D levels and vitamin D supplementation have been associated with gut microbiome composition shifts toward increased diversity and enrichment of beneficial gut bacteria in healthy adults and in patients with IBD."

"Vitamin D treatment associates with decreased disease activity and inflammatory markers and increased IgA-bound and decreased IgG-bound gut microbiota."

"Our results demonstrate that vitamin D promotes immune tolerance to gut microbiota in patients with IBD [inflammatory bowel disease - ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease]."

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s Disease) are diseases of chronic inflammation which results from a dysfunctional or hyperactive immune response.

Vitamin D is an essential nutrient required by immune cells to express healthy structure and function. Without sufficient Vitamin D neither your immune cells nor your immune system can function properly.

The most common dysfunction caused by deficient Vitamin D is the inability to properly regulate inflammation and the inability to mount a proper immune defense against bacteria and unhealthy or pathogenic bacteria. What this research shows is that sufficient Vitamin D is also required by the beneficial gut bacteria which also play a significant role in inflammation and immunity. Deficient Vitamin D leads to deficient beneficial gut bacteria and both lead to chronic gut inflammation which leads to inflammatory bowel disease.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

You need to supplement with a sufficient daily dose of Vitamin D and a sufficient daily dose of Omega-3 Fatty Acids, which together are potent resolvers of hyper-inflammation and promotors of healthy gut bacteria.

Reference:

Gubatan et al. (2026) Multi-omics reveal vitamin D regulation of immune-gut microbiome interactions and tolerogenic pathways in inflammatory bowel disease. Cell Reports Medicine 7, 102703

This is a lovely time of year in the garden , BUT what about ALLERGIES & WEEDS?.....

🔹Pro Tip #1: Allercetin. Great homeopathic for seasonal allergies. You can get it at the Community Food Coop.

🔹Pro Tip #2: Agricultural Grade Vinegar. Regular white distilled vinegar has 5% acidity. Agricultural Grade is around 25%!! Spray it directly on weeds and a few hours later they are all shriveled up. Best part? You're not using highly neurotoxic chemicals like Round Up.

🔹Bonus Tip: use a spray bottle specific for chemicals, otherwise the vinegar will eventually eat through the plastic!

YES this photo is of Dr Kim's Garden this spring taken by a Practice Member!