Are Some People Pushing Their Vitamin D Levels Too High?

Has science proven that the minimal acceptable blood level of vitamin D, in the form of 25(OH)D, is above 50 ng/mL (125 nmol/L)? No. If you’ve been trying to maintain your levels this high because you thought this was the case, I’m sorry to break the news. There is, on the contrary, good evidence that 25(OH)D levels should be at least 30-35 ng/mL (75-88 nmol/L). Much higher levels may be better, or they could start causing harm, especially in the absence of adequate vitamins A and K2. Once we leave the land of 30-35 ng/mL, however, we enter the land of speculation.

You can read the full blog over at the Weston A. Price site by clicking here:


Are Some People Pushing Their Vitamin D Levels Too High?

Experts Defend Cod Liver Oil, Citing My Work on the Fat-Soluble Vitamins for WAPF!

This January, Dr. Linda Linday, a pediatrician who researches cod liver oil, Michael F. Holick, MD PhD, and several other researchers defended cod liver oil against criticism made a year earlier by Dr. Cannell of the Vitamin D Council and 16 other researchers.

They cite the WAPF December 2008 "Cod Liver Oil Update" as an example of the importance of the vitamin A-to-D ratio emerging in the online supplement and nutrition newsletter communities. This update was based largely on the work I have done for WAPF on the fat-soluble vtamins. They suggest the optimal ratio is between four and eight, in IUs.

You can read about it on my blog over at the Weston A. Price Foundation

Drs. Linday and Hollick and Colleagues Defend Cod Liver Oil, Citing the Weston A. Price Foundation!

My Interview on The Kat James Show Is Now Available for Download!

You can now download my hour-long interview on The Kat James Show free on demand:

The Kat James Show, April 8, 2010 -- Chris Masterjohn, "The Truth About Cholesterol and 'Bad Fats': Are They Villains or Heroes?"

Enjoy!

My Facebook Fan Page is Back Up! Rejoin please!

My Facebook Fan Page imports my blog, The Daily Lipid, where I also post links to my other blog on the Weston A Price Foundation site, Mother Nature Obeyed. Now it also contains exclusive video footage from my lecture on the Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Mental Health from the 2008 WAPF conference, and I will soon be uploading video clips from my most recent lecture on cod liver oil from the 2009 conference. Since I only accept personal friend requests from people I have met in person, the fan page is a great way for you to connect with me on Facebook if you are a fan of my nutrition work. If you were a fan prior to April, please rejoin the page! My page experienced a technical crash in April and is now being rebuilt, and if you want to continue being a 'fan' you'll have to rejoin. Thanks for your support!