Supplemental Vitamin D: The Great Poisoning

Today, I spent some time absorbing sunshine, enjoying a cool bright day and reflecting on the free gift I was receiving. The simple act of sitting in the sun allowed my body to absorb its rays, converting them to Vitamin D in the perfect dosage. This process is so straightforward; all it requires is stepping outside.

It made me reflect on research I've done recently on natural vitamin D versus supplements, revealing that the latter can actually be harmful. This was a surprising discovery for me, as I've long been a strong advocate for vitamin D supplementation, especially during the winter months. It was widely believed that during this time, it's easy to become dangerously deficient and supplementation was seen as necessary. The consensus of many studies agreed that vitamin D prevents certain diseases and has lifesaving benefits. If you don't get enough, your health can suffer, was the common belief.

What about summer? Can't we get enough vitamin D then? Well, not always, because as experts drill into us continuously, the sun can be very harmful. Don't spend too much time in it, and if you do, lather up on the sunscreen. This led to a large jump in vitamin D deficiency diagnoses, making supplements a common item in drugstores. It was also good news for vitamin D market value, projected to hit $1.3 billion by 2025.

But what if the entire “vitamin D deficiency” scenario is a giant farce? The body's system for managing vitamin D is extremely complex. It carefully controls the levels of 25(OH)D3 - a form of vitamin D - to protect against variable changes in the amount of vitamin D we get from the sun. This helps ensure that we have a steady supply for our body to use. To assume that we can control this process through oral supplementation is misguided in the extreme. Any large scale studies telling us otherwise imply conflicts of interest.

You should know that storage of vitamin D is built up over spring, summer and autumn to be stored in the liver and body fat for use over winter. – Ross. This is the same process that has been ongoing over thousands of years with mankind, before supplements.

What Is Supplemental Vitamin D?

Like all isolate chemicals, supplemental vitamin D (cholecalciferol) is considered a foreign substance to the body because it’s not naturally produced by our tissues and must be introduced orally. In case you’re wondering where this stuff is made, here is a Chinese lab of cholecalciferol origin:

It’s a chemical, pure and simple, and a dangerous one at that. In context of disease, taking a 'Vitamin D3' supplement won't fix anything or help with a lack of sun exposure. There is no such thing as Vitamin D deficiency and no evidence that low levels are the cause of disease. Many inflammatory conditions lead to disruption of Vitamin D production and hence low (vitamin D) levels are actually a result of illness – not the cause.

This makes sense since statistics tell almost half of the U.S. population are living with at least one chronic condition and 40% of adults suffer from two or more.

“Decreases in vitamin D levels are a marker of deteriorating health. Ageing and inflammatory processes involved in disease occurrence and clinical course reduce vitamin D concentrations, which would explain why vitamin D deficiency is reported in a wide range of disorders.“

Vitamin D: chasing a myth? Vitamin D status and ill health: a systematic review. Autier P, Boniol M, Pizot C, Mullie P. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2013

Source: Library of Atlantis

What they call 'Vitamin D' is actually the body's response to sun exposure, using this 25 (OH)D proxy marker. But the health benefits come from the sun exposure itself, which has over 30 positive effects on the body, not from the marker.

If you take a “Vitamin D” supplement, (a synthetic commercial chemical defined as “Cholecalciferol”) all you get is elevated levels of this marker in your blood, without benefit.

How Toxic are Vitamin D Supplements?

A web search for “Cholecalciferol MSDS” brings up a list of safety data sheets such as the one below showing unambiguous warnings of the toxicity:

• Toxic if swallowed

• Toxic if in contact with skin

• Organ damage caused by repeated doses

• Fatal if inhaled!

Another MSDS Sheet for Synthetic Vitamin D3 clearly identifies that the chemical “cholecalciferol” should not be used as a food or drug”. See last line.

Notice also that this chemical is rated a Health Category 2 hazard by the NFPA.

What does this mean? According to the actual NFPA chart, Health Hazard 2 means it is hazardous (risky, unhealthy, unsafe) to us. Do we really want this substance in our body?

Another ominous sign is revealed on the last line of the black MSDS sheet. It says the chemical targets organs, kidneys ad bone. This warning is NOT meant to imply a benefit, but rather a risk. Yet we’ve been told for decades that Vitamin D (pills) are good for bones - another massive lie. Sunshine vitamin D is good for bones, not this stuff!

How Is It Made?

Vitamin D supplements are made from toxic chemicals and heavy metals found in sheep's wool. Chemically knows as 'cholecalciferol,' it’s also the active ingredient in rodenticides (rat poison). It draws calcium from bones into the blood, which explains why it’s bad for bones. In mice, this leads to hypertension, cardiac problems, renal failure and so on. Many experts say that animals and humans are different and this chemical does not act the same on them. Yet according to this pharmaceutical document:

So it’s safe, as long as we don’t take it in high doses? What type of warning is that? Either this is a poison or it’s healthy, but it can’t be both. The next explanation makes it clear:

The question shouldn’t be, “at what point is a chemical harmful to us?” The question should be, “why are we using chemicals at all?” Lie pharmaceutical drugs, supplemental chemicals are also poisons that have the potential for harm.

With the merger of big pharma into the supplement industry and the leveraging of existing infrastructure and resources, the supplement industry will continue to suffer from corruption. This is particularly due to lack of regulation and oversight, the inclusion of harmful ingredients, the lack of premarket clinical research or testing, and the potential for significant revenue in the $43 billion-a-year supplement industry.

Sufficient Daily Vitamin D

So how do we get sufficient vitamin D? Ten to 15 min of sunlight or daylight exposure to a small area of skin (e.g., the forearm or face, etc.) twice a week, without sunscreen, supplies all the vitamin D necessary for health.

• In dense metropolitan areas tall buildings provide shade but shade gives up to 50 % of UV rays. (Global solar UV index)

• Indoor workers receive 10–20 % of outdoor workers’ yearly UV exposure and for many, this may be adequate, especially if sunlight exposure is higher when they are not working

• Because over 90 % of UV rays may penetrate clouds, environmental factors are rarely an impediment to photosynthesis of adequate vitamin D. (Library Of Atlantis.com)

Bone Health

Another thing to consider is that magnesium and calcium form an intricate relationship with vitamin D. If either calcium, magnesium or vitamin D is deficient then bone health suffers. All work together for the common cause - bone health - and in this case, the levels of D are not caused by a lack of supply but rather a dis-regulation of what is already available.

Magnesium taken with Vitamin D can be beneficial but the benefit may come from the magnesium alone: “Our preliminary findings indicate it is possible that magnesium intake alone or its interaction with vitamin D intake may contribute to vitamin D status. The associations between serum 25(OH)D and risk of mortality may be modified by the intake level of magnesium.” – Deng et al.

So it appears that bodily levels of vitamin D are maintained by a complex management system and through a multitude of nutrients. If something is off in the body, it seems not only irresponsible, but highly unlikely that simply pumping in more of just one of the substances involved (via supplements) will solve the issue.

How do we solve the problem then? A smaller amount of natural vitamin D may be obtained from foods such as:

• Cod liver oil, 1 tablespoon, 1,360 IU’s

• Salmon, wild, raw, 3.5 ounces, 988 IU’s

• Mackerel, cooked, 3.5 ounces, 345 IU’s

• Tuna fish, canned in oil, 3 ounces, 200 IU’s

• Sardines, canned in oil, drained, 1.75 ounces, 250 IU’s

• Egg, 1 whole (vitamin D is found in yolk), 41 IU’s

• Raw mushrooms, 1/2 cup, 40 IU’s

• Liver, beef, cooked, 3.5 ounces, 15 IU’s

But our main source of vitamin D is from the sun. Get out there and get exposed!

I know this article will put a spin in some thought processes. It did with me. I’ve used supplements for a long time, but this in-depth study has caused deep reflection on my part and I’ve decided now that I have the complete truth, I’m completely done with them. With the intrusion of big pharma into this industry, it can no longer be reliable trusted.

So far I’ve written now on two synthetic supplements - calcium and vitamin D3. I will speak of the vitamin industry in general in another upcoming article. But I do want to state that I’m not here to change your mind, only to inform you. The proof has caused a change in my behavior; perhaps it will in yours as well.