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| View Larger Image | Vitamin D: Is It The Fountain of Youth?
by Paul A. Stitt
by Jerry M. Galas, Lions Roar Studios
| | List Price: | $9.95 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 500860 | | Studio: | Natural Pr | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 132 | | Publication Date: | June 15, 2006 | | Publisher: | Natural Pr |
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Product Description
This book is the first to explore the mystery and miracle of vitamin-D. Discover for yourself how vitamin-D helps prevent diseases and many health problems; helps heal the body and how its power has been overlooked by the medical profession. This is an easy-to-read summary of many discoveries and a prescription for healthier living that could be your personal "Fountain of Youth." |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)
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Good summary of a big topic 
We hear a lot about Vitamin D these days and it makes you wonder how much of it is hype. Paul Stitt has done a pretty good job explaining this somewhat complex topic in a concise, easy-to-read format. Having done many hundreds of hours of research on vitamin D myself, it is abundantly clear Mr. Stitt has done his homework and hits the nail on the head every time. He states several times that life-threatening medical conditions cannot rightly be called diseases; they are manifestations of nutritional and lifestyle deficiencies. Yes!! When he makes a recommendation on how much vitamin D to take, he is right on the money. When he recommends blood levels of 25(OH)D, he is spot on. These values are not generally agreed upon, and it is easy to see why there is general confusion in the medical community. Any reader of this book will be privy to sound information based on up-to-date research.
If I have a complaint it is that he tends to reduce hugely complex, authoritative studies into a single bland sentence, such as this one:
"Dr. Holick says that fibromyalgia is just another word for vitamin D deficiency. Same for MS."
This is big, important stuff based on multiple studies from highly credible sources. I wish the author would convince the reader with supporting evidence so compelling it amounts to irrefutable proof. Instead he asks you to take it on faith based on superficial claims. At the very least, it would be nice to see references, those little numbers leading to the published studies where the curious could validate each claim, but there are none. But overall these flaws are forgivable since it keeps the book brief and easy to read.
My favorite anecdote illustrates that even massive overdoses of vitamin D, while not recommended, are not that dangerous. A Canadian woman wanted to kill her husband and father-in-law by mixing what she believed to be a lethal dose of pure vitamin D into the family sugar bowl. Seven months later the two men suffered gastrointestinal distress and came to the attention of Dr. Reinhold Vieth, the leading expert on vitamin D overdose. An investigation revealed they consumed 1.7 million IU per day and had blood levels of 622 and 1480 ng/mL, multiples more than the known toxic level. The treatment was simple, there were no lasting effects, and the only complication was how to deal with the would-be murderer. Dr. Veith published his finding in Lancet in 2002. This anecdote provides an essential puzzle piece in evaluating the risk of avoiding vitamin D supplementation versus the risk of a possible overdose. (In case you missed the point, at least tens and probably hundreds of thousands of deaths result from vitamin D deficiency and there are NO DEATHS from a vitamin D overdose.)
The epilogue makes a case for the societal benefit of fortifying food plus a public awareness program so that nationally everyone receives a healthy amount of vitamin D. The monetary savings to society would be enormous - in the hundreds of billions - not to mention the untold suffering and death that would be prevented. This is the dream of every vitamin D fanatic - a world where everyone knows their vitamin D blood level, and special status is conferred upon those with 25(OH)D over 50 ng/mL (or 125 nmol/L).
It is obvious to any reader of this book that Paul Stitt is an idealist trying to make the world a better place by spreading essential information on an important, often-overlooked, life-giving vitamin. If you have not begun taking a daily dose of 4000 or 5000 IU of vitamin D, this book is a good place to start because in a few hours you can get a pretty good grasp of the big picture. I think the book should give you enough information to motivate you to begin a regimen of vitamin D supplementation, but if you are still not convinced, The Vitamin D Cure by Dr. James Dowd, goes into far more depth.
August 28, 2008 | |
Vitamin D Cure 
Everything I hoped it would be. Very good information and lets one know the importance of vitamin D3 in our diet. Recommended reading.
May 26, 2008 | |
A Nust Read Book
In my opinion this book should have many 5 star rave reviews. So to be the first to rate this excellent book is amazing. I've read almost all of Paul & Barbara Stitt's books and would give them all a five star rating. I've also heard them speak several times, we're all from Wisconsin, and am truly impressed with their common sense nutritional information.
"Vitamin D Is It the Fountain of Youth?" is a well written, easy for the lay person to understand book. At the same time, it gives a thorough review of all the studies that have been done proving the health promoting benefits of vitamin D. When Paul discovered that his son, who was only 37 had osteoporosis he started doing his research. What he found out was that the RDA of vitamin D, which is 400 IU was originally set for children with rickets and is way to low. Vitamin D, which could rightly be called the "sunshine vitamin" is key to so many metabolic processes. It works in tandem with calcium, magnessium, vitamins C & E,B6 &12, selenium and chromium to promote optimuum health. These key nutrients play a significant role in in the "prevention" of and "treatment" for many of what the medical world calls degenerative diseases and Paul, rightly in my opinion, calls nutrient deficiency conditions, such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes and other immune deficiency conditions and even cancer.
One of the finest health books ever written, showing the health benefits of vitamin D is, "Nutrition & Physical Degeneration" by Weson A. Price. You can purchase it on Amazon.
March 20, 2008 | |
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