I have been raw for just over 13 months and was 811 between January and Sept/August. I went to see my dentist today and she said she has never seen such bad deterioration in such a short space of time and if I don't sort it now they will have to be capped!!! My teeth have had a rough time of it lately (I caused so much damage with a tongue stud) cracked teeth, root canal and two porcelain crowns. My enamel has never been an issue until now.
It's easy to blame the high fruit diet, which I have now moved away from. I eat very simply now.
Nature expects us to get Vitamin D from the sunshine - because so few foods contain it. From the short waves - the ergosterol in the skin gets changed into vitamin d.
This is the catalytic action.
And as i've mentioned before calcium and phosphorus don't work much without it.
This is why those who are truly concerned about their health might want to supplement vitamin D. It's not as easy to get from sunlight alone, although that seems to be the idealized answer.
Does not work. Vitamins are components of food. They are missing puzzles in the whole. They don't get assimilated.
You can get vitamin d in milk and egg yolks. So if you're vegan. I think sunlight is your only option. And unless you can't cast a shadow. Then sunlight does work.
If the clouds are dark and ominous. Then yeah go out another tiime. You only have to sunbath like 10 minutes a day. 80% naked. The more the better - and building it up to a half an hour slowly by adding 2 minutes extra here and there. But minimum 10 minutes. And maybe one day a week do alternating water baths/sun baths.
Permalink Reply by Mica on November 4, 2009 at 2:13am
I started supplementing with Vitamin D this Winter for the first time, I don't think it's ideal either but saying that it does not work at all I would question.
It's like saying B12 supplements don't work,but it has been shown that they clearly do.
Dr.Mercola reckons Vitamin D is so important in fighting illness like the flu that he is even recommending sunbeds (surely in moderation) and higher doses of D supplements in areas where there just isn't enough sunlight.
I also though that this was an interesting discussion on the topic:
I can't waste my life fighting supplements eh. You either see the logic in the 'wholeness' of life. Or you don't.
But of course - done properly - sunbathing is far superior than any whole food that contains vitamin d. Let alone inorganic components and compounds - artificially made in a laboratory - with no vital living force.
If we look at every statistic and data - we don't see the whole. Sunbathing does things for the skin, circulation, reproductive organs, vitality which we don't see people that take vitamins, who do not sunbath get.
It's like the foolish scientist who looks through a microscope his whole life but does not say the hills and forests.
By all means go for it. But this side of the argument will always pop up from time to time.
Permalink Reply by Mica on November 4, 2009 at 5:10am
I actually agree with you, but I still see a place for supplementation where the superior is lacking ie, real sunshine or for a strict vegan diet.
Have you ever lived in cold climates for a long period of time?
I lived in a cold climate for a while and was able to sunbath(however i didn't much - even though when i did the 5 degree weather didn't bother me - i was working 10 hour days so i just wanted to veg out in front of the television.). But that was near Sydney. Which some people wouldn't call cold. But i did!!!!!
In the wet season in the tropics - i won't get a lot of sun. i'll get as much as i am possibly allowed. I won't be worried about lack of sunshine - as i don't think it's worth being pedantic about.
Do any whities in England that have never left the country have a tan?
If they do - you'll find it is possible.
It's food and seriously energizes you and food does that also.
Permalink Reply by Mica on November 4, 2009 at 5:39am
Of course it is possible, IN THE SUMMER and you get plenty of Brits with a tan all year round without ever leaving the country, those are the sunbed junkies ;)
All the best with your experiments!
Thanks :) I used to always go somewhere tropical in the Winter months that used to be my lifesaver. But couldn't do that for about 7 years now :( Might go to India this season though, problem solved!! :)
If someone is deficient in heaps of minerals. What are they suppose to do. Take this powder, then this powder, then this powder??
It's just another form of medicine.
Vitamins are foreign matter. They are the same as drugs if anything.
Not biologically required.
Deficiencies don't cause disease. Excess causes disease. Excess causes deficiency.
Remove the causes.
Sure depleted, deficient soil is sort of a cause. But you have to remove that cause, by using rich soils.
Sunshine is a biological requirement. The vitamin part is not important, because that part of the argumenut is looking through a magnifying glass.
But this relates to teeth. So initially i said sunlight would counteract with calcium and phosphorus.
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