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Yesterday, Life Extension Magazine published the most comprehensive press article to date about vitamin D and autism:

The Link Between Autism and Low Levels of Vitamin D

Additional press articles about Vitamin D and autism will appear in the next few months. 

Don’t forget to see our public service announcement about Vitamin D and pregnancy.

Today, I want to thank all of you who have supported the Vitamin D Council and my research and writings over the last six years.  Some of you have made direct donations, which allowed us to continue in the lean years; I apologize if I did not send you a thank you note. 

Some, like Bill Sardi, supported us when no one else did. Others supported us more recently by purchasing the vitamin D products on our website.  Many supported us by simply reading our newsletters and website and then referring others to those publications.  Some supported us by simply sending a thank you note.

A few of the things you have made possible:

Our readers were the first to learn that Vitamin D helped prevent influenza and other respiratory infections:

Pascal’s Wager and Pandemic Influenza

Our readers were the first to learn of Vitamin D’s remarkable effect in athletes:

Athletes and Vitamin D

Our readers were the first to learn of the problems with Vitamin D testing at Quest Diagnostics:

Supplementing With Vitamin D

Our readers were among the first to learn that Vitamin D prevented heart disease:

Paradigms and Paradoxes

Our readers were the first to read about Vitamin D’s role in autism:

Vitamin D and Autism

None of this would have been possible without your support. 

Thank you. 

Finally, we are moving.  My family has rented a house at 585 Leff Street in San Luis Obispo, CA.  Behind our house is a building that will be the new headquarters of the Vitamin D Council.  We also have a new Board of Directors .  As you know, due to the lack of funding, we have had to monetize our website to continue in operation.  Thanks to the generous help of Dr. Joe Mercola, we will soon have a new website and a new and steady source of income.  Dana Clark will continue to be our incredible and underpaid webmaster. And, I hope to be able to work for the vitamin D Council full-time within the next several years.

John Cannell, MD

9100 San Gregorio Road

Atascadero, CA 93422

More Evidence Vitamin D Beats the Flu

In April 2005, an influenza epidemic started sweeping through the maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane where Dr. John Cannell worked.

As the epidemic progressed, he noticed something unusual: although wards all around his became infected, no patients on his ward became ill, despite intermingling of both patients and nurses.

The only difference was that all of the patients on Dr. Cannell’s ward had been taking 2,000 units of vitamin D every day for several months or longer.

Shortly after the epidemic, a paper in the journal Nature showed that vitamin D was a potent antibiotic, working by increasing the body’s production of proteins called antimicrobial peptides. Antimicrobial peptides destroy the cell walls of bacteria, fungi, and viruses, including the influenza virus.

Dr. Cannell posits that this explains such matters as:

• Why the flu predictably occurs in the months following the winter solstice, when vitamin D levels are at their lowest
  
• Why influenza is more common in the tropics during the rainy season
  
• Why children exposed to sunlight are less likely to get colds
  
• Why cod liver oil (which contains vitamin D) reduces the incidence of viral respiratory infections
  
• Why the elderly who live in countries with high vitamin D consumption, like Norway, are less likely to die in the winter

Epidemic influenza kills roughly a million people every year worldwide, usually by causing pneumonia.

Sources:

• Epidemiology and Infection September 7, 2006
• Medical News Today September 15, 2006

Dr. Mercola’s Comments:

Yes indeed, vitamin D is the hidden nutrient that can help prevent and treat the flu.

This interesting article written by noted vitamin D expert Dr. John Cannell describes just how effectively the sunshine vitamin beats the flu. Dr. Cannell’s results at the ward of the maximum-security hospital led him to collaborate with other noted experts — Harvard’s Dr. Edward Giovannucci and Dr. Michael Holick of Boston University — on a more extensive paper that connects the absence of vitamin D to disease.

Just be careful to recognize that the best way to get vitamin D is NOT from pills or capsules but from sun exposure. Unfortunately, that is a major challenge in the winter for most that live in the United States.

That is also one of the primary reasons why people come down with the flu in the first place. They just don’t have access to regular doses of healthy sun exposure. Fortunately, there are some good safe sun lamps that one can use in the winter.

Vitamin D has positive effects not just on influenza, but also on:

• Heart Disease
  
• Cancer
  
• Diabetes
  
• Inflammatory Bowl Disease
  
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Multiple Sclerosis
  
• Osteoporosis

 … and many other illnesses as well.

Exposure to sunlight is an important source of vitamin D. Ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight trigger vitamin D synthesis in the skin. Getting optimum sunlight may not be possible for everyone, however, and Dr. Cannell’s article also discusses supplementation.

But supplementation is a tricky thing because you run the serious risk of overdosing if you stay on a vitamin D supplement for any length of time. It’s impossible to overdose on vitamin D obtained from sun exposure, as any excess is destroyed by that process.

If you don’t live in a part of the world where you can get the optimal amount of vitamin D through year-round sun exposure, I strongly recommend taking a high-quality cod liver oil and monitoring your blood levels carefully during the winter.

Related Links:

• Vitamin D Is Not A Vitamin But A Steroid Hormone Precursor
• Valuable Insights Into the Importance of Vitamin D and Sun
• Why You Need to Have Your Vitamin D Level Tested Now

Innate 100% Whole Food

Ingredients of Mens Multi-Nutritional

Men’s Multi™ was crafted from a synergistic blend of a broad range of nutrient-dense whole food concentrates and
select tonic whole herbs to create a complete foundational formula for men. The formula is intended promote a
man’s overall health and vigor.

Men’s Multi™ is formulated with tonic whole herbs revered for their ability to promote healthy sexual function and
support healthy function of all body systems. As men age, the prostate naturally enlarges. As the prostate enlarges,
prostate hypertrophy may induce the following symptoms: increased urinary frequency or urgency, bladder
obstruction, nocturia, dribbling, feeling of incomplete voiding or reduced force of urinary stream. If an enlarged
prostate is in fact the culprit, there are a variety of nutrients, medicinal foods and botanicals that specifically help
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from FoodState®, pumpkin seeds, nettles, ginseng, and sarsaparilla are a few inclusions revered for their ability to
promote prostate health.

Indications:
A comprehensive foundational food multi crafted for men 16 to 40 years of age. May be
used in conjunction with any other Innate Response Formula™. Men’s Multi™ is also
available without the inclusion of FoodState® iron.
Suggested Use: Three tablets daily, or as directed. For additional mineral support, recommend Calcium,
Magnesium and Potassium™ formula, or if reside in upper east and west coast where sun
exposure is limited, recommend Bone Response™ by Innate Response Formulas™.
Contraindications: Not recommended to be taken in conjunction with MOA inhibitors,cardiac glycosides,
hypotension agents, corticoids and/or diuretics to manage high blood pressure.

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Whole Food Vitamins and Minerals
Men’s Multi™ was crafted exclusively with a variety of FoodState® whole food concentrates to deliver a spectrum
of vitamins, minerals and trace nutrients existing within an interconnected matrix of food constituents, and not in
an isolated or fractionated state. The constituents, naturally occurring within each food concentrate, include – but
are not limited to- bioactive peptides, enzymes, chlorophyll, antioxidant compounds, polysaccharides and betaglucans.
Emerging research continues to validate the important role these constituents have in promoting nutrient
utilization, retention and function, as well as in promoting optimal health and longevity.

Innate 100% Whole Food

Supplement Facts

Serving Size 3 Tablets

Servings Per Container 30

Ingredients of Womans Multi-Ingredients

With Nourishing Beet Root

Innate 100% Whole Food

Crafted from 100% whole foods to help maintain healthy levels of homocysteine in the body. The formula is enriched by the inclusion of beet root, an excellent food source of the methyl donors, folate and betaine.

Sufficient body stores of methyl donors are required for the conversion of homocysteine to the amino acid methionine. Elevated homocysteine levels are associated with fat accumulation and damage to various tissue and organ systems. In addition, the methylation factors including folate, vitamin B-12 or betaine are helpful in promoting normal production of neurotransmitters like serotonin, and in the maintenance of the myelin sheath.

Suggested Use:
One tablet qd, or prn
Available in Sizes: 90

Supplement Facts
Serving Size 1 Tablet
Servings per Container 90
Calories 1

Total Fat……………………0.1 mg
Total Carbohydrate………66 mg
Dietary Fiber………………. 8 mg
Sugars……………………….. 0 mg
Protein…………………….. 93 mg

Source; FoodState™ Amount
Vitamin B-6……….. (S. cerevisiae*; 125 mg) 25 mg
Folate………. (Brassica oleracea*; 80 mg) 800 mcg
Vitamin B-12……… (S. cerevisiae*; 12 mg) 60 mcg

Additional Foods & Extracts
Beet Root ……. (naturally occurring Betaine) 75 mg

Naturally Occurring Food Constituents
Bioactive Peptides, Enzymes, Chlorophyll, SOD, Glutathione, Beta Glucans, Lipoic Acid, Essential Trace Minerals, GABA, Glutamic Acid, Polysaccharides, CoQ10 and other Compounds.

Other Ingredients
Cellulose, Rice Bran, Vegetable Lubricant, Silica, Guar Gum, Food Glaze.

* FoodState™ 100% Food Concentrates.

A whole food formula designed to target the adrenal gland and to normalize biochemical imbalances related to alterations in adrenal function, particularly in cortisol production. The formula was crafted to provide nutrients specifically known to help support and promote adrenal gland function, including: vitamin C, vitamin B6, pantothenate, l-serine, bioflavonoids and potassium. Additional extracts of carob pod, a food source of l-serine, and tomato, rich in lycopene, were also included for their revered ability to support adrenal health. Suggested to be taken in conjunction with Adrenal Response™ and/or other Innate Response Formulas™ targeted at promoting and/or modulating endocrine function.

Suggested Use: Three tablets qd, or prn
Available in Sizes:

30 # 40093
60 # 40094
90 # 40097

Supplement Facts
Serving Size 3 Tablets
Servings per Container 10, 20 or 30
Calories 10

Total Fat……………………………. 40 mg
Total Carbohydrate………………. 810 mg
Dietary Fiber………………………. 70 mg
Sugars……………………………….. 740 mg
Protein………………………………. 1510 mg

Source; FoodState™ Amount
Vitamin C………(Citrus spp.††*; 1050 mg) 250 mg
Vitamin B6 ……(S. cerevisiae*; 262 mg) 50 mg
Pantothenate…… (S. cerevisiae*; 840 mg) 200 mg

Additional Nutrients
L-Serine………………………. 200 mg
Citrus Bioflavonoids*……… 125 mg
Potassium…………………….. 10 mg

Additional Foods & Extracts
Carob Pod……………………… 25 mg
Lycopene (from tomato)……. 5 mg

Naturally Occurring Food Constituents
Bioactive Peptides, Enzymes, Chlorophyll, SOD, Glutathione, Beta Glucans, Lipoic Acid, Essential Trace Minerals, GABA, Glutamic Acid, Polysaccharides, CoQ10 and other Compounds.

Other Ingredients
Rice Bran, Guar Gum, Vegetable Stearic Acid, Silica, Pharmaceutical Glaze.

*FoodState™ 100% Food Concentrates.
††Several species

Synergistic Whole Foods
Crafted exclusively from whole foods provide a balanced spectrum of all the essential B vitamins and their inherent co-factors found in food. Provides folate, the biologically active form of this nutrient, and is the form that inherently exists in whole food. The formula is enriched further by the inclusion of nutrient-rich rice bran and alfalfa.

Suggested Use: One tablet am or prn

SUPPLEMENT FACTS
Serving Size 1 Tablet
Servings per Container 90
Calories 5

Total Fat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 mg
Total Carbohydrate . . . . . . . . . . . . .333 mg
Dietary Fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 mg
Sugars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 mg
Protein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 mg

SOURCE; FOODSTATE™ AMOUNT
Thiamine (B-1) . . . (S. cerevisiae*; 46 mg) 11 mg
Riboflavin (B-2) . . ..(S. cerevisiae*; 95 mg) 9 mg
Niacinamide . . . . . .(S. cerevisiae*; 126 mg) 30 mg
Vitamin B-6 . . . . . ..(S. cerevisiae*; 58 mg) 11 mg
Folate . . . . . . . . (Medicago sativa*; 42 mg) 400 mcg
Vitamin B-12 . . . . .(S. cerevisiae*; 27 mg) 125 mcg
Biotin . . . . . . . . . . .(Glycine max*; 63 mg) 300 mcg
Pantothenate . . . . . .(S. cerevisiae*; 97 mg) 23 mg

ADDITIONAL FOODSTATE™ NUTRIENTS
Choline . . . . . . . . . . . 25 mg
Inositol . . . . . . . . . . . 25 mg
PABA . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 mg

ADDITIONAL FOODS
Rice Bran . . . . . . . . . . 250 mg
Alfalfa Leaf . . . . . . . . . 125 mg

NATURALLY OCCURRING FOOD CONSTITUENTS
Bioactive Peptides, Enzymes, Chlorophyll, SOD, Glutathione,
Beta Glucans, Lipoic Acid, Essential Trace Minerals, GABA,
Glutamic Acid, Polysaccharides, CoQ10 and other Compounds.

OTHER INGREDIENTS
Vegetable Stearic Acid, Pharmaceutical Glaze, Guar Gum.

* FoodState™ 100% Food Concentrates.

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