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By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  Golly, go figure, that big shiny ball in the sky is there for our GOOD…and yet many of us avoid it like the plague because “they” tell us it’s bad for us.  But so many of us aren’t intentionally avoiding it, we’re just working and sleeping a bit with little time in between for much else, including getting a healthy dose of sunshine. 

I’ve been getting intuitively for several years that a key factor to curing my ills is getting in the sun.  It’s not something I want to fully elaborate upon, but I get almost no sun…  If I could manifest something instantly it would be me living in the country with the opportunity to get at least 2 hours of healthy sunshine every single day, in a secluded area (clothing optional) …  That’s my dream :)   I’m greatly concerned for my health with each day that passes that I am unable to get a good dose of sunshine (as well as that healthy connection to Nature)…  It appears living our lives without much sun is a strong contributor to very serious disease (see link below).

It would seem most of us don’t get our needed sun — and I just came upon some information that really shakes me up.   It seems the vitamin D in that blecky milk from the regular grocery store is not only NOT beneficial, it could actually be contributing to disease.  That’s one point in my favor though, thankfully I haven’t drank that stuff in a lot of years…

Wouldn’t it be something…if someday we realize that we aren’t such defective beings as to need a gazillion hospitals and docs — with all those “required” check-ups and such, but that we simply need to live our lives aligned with Nature — not housed in concrete and steel, swallowing toxic crap on multiple levels, everyday, all day long…  Hmm, almost seems like common sense, eh? :)

Peace,
Dove

Here’s an excerpt from an enlightening article on this topic.

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All Vitamin D Supplements are Not the Same

“I’m not certain what type of vitamin D was studied in the report above, however the abstract mentions the vitamin D that’s added to milk and cereals. Well, the vitamin D that’s added to milk is synthetic vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and is not something that you should be taking anyway.

Only vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), the type of vitamin D found naturally in foods like eggs, organ meats, animal fat, cod liver oil, and fish, is appropriate for supplementation. Do NOT use the highly inferior vitamin D2.

There have been no clinical trials to date demonstrating conclusively that D2 prevents fractures, yet every clinical trial of D3 has shown it does. Further, vitamin D2 has a shorter shelf life, and its metabolites bind with protein poorly, making it less effective.

Studies have even concluded that vitamin D2 should no longer be regarded as a nutrient appropriate for supplementation or fortification of foods (though it continues to be used).

So if you choose to use vitamin D supplements make sure it is in the form of vitamin D3. And remember that if you are relying on your “fortified” milk to supply you with vitamin D, it is NOT giving you the healthy type of vitamin D that has been associated with all the benefits that you read about on this site and in the media.

If you do choose to supplement with oral vitamin D you will need to carefully monitor your levels to avoid overdosing. The only time you don’t need to worry about whether or not you’re getting too much, or too little, vitamin D is when your body makes it naturally from the sun.”

Read more here…

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/02/12/why-vitamin-d-supplements-are-not-the-same-as-sunlight.aspx

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Here’s another current and worthy article on this topic — more info, and no purchase required :)

Excerpt…

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“The Nebraska 4-year placebo-controlled study has revealed that the group receiving the calcium and vitamin D supplements showed at least 60 percent decrease in cancers. Note that these astonishing effects were achieved on what many nutritionists consider to be a low dose of vitamin D. Exposure to sunlight, which creates even more vitamin D in the body, was not tested or considered, and the quality of the calcium supplements was likely not as high as it could have been (it was probably calcium carbonate and not high-grade calcium aspartate, oratate or citrate).”

Source:  http://www.naturalnews.com/022889.html

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