Everything you believe is wrong

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Important Concepts:

THE IMPORTANCE OF A HIGH FAT LOW CARB DIET:

• Cholesterol is Healthy
• Nina Teicholz' The Big Fat Surprise

SLEEP APNEA IS ASSOCIATED WITH ILLNESS AND DISEASE

• Hypertension,Stroke, Coronary artery Disease,Arrhythmia, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Neurocognative Disease.

vitamin D levels, whats normal?Vitamin D 25(OH)D range guidelines from various organizations:

THE SUN IS "DANGEROUS":

• Lower sun exposure risk for all-cause mortality
• Sunlight Has Cardiovascular Benefits Independently of Vitamin
• Vitamin D and systemic cancer: is this relevant to malignant melanoma?
• Sun exposure produces
• Vitamin D, Sun, and Cancer

VITAMIN D AND GENETIC EXPRESSION, OR EPIGENETICS:

• Gene expression
• Epigenetic mechanisms
• Impact of vitamin D metabolism on clinical epigenetics

VITAMIN D IMPACTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM:

• Impact on B cells and T cells
• Food and seasonal allergies

WESTON PRICE'S ABORIGINAL TWINS:

• Teeth comparisons
• Diet descriptions

D3+K2 - SOLMATES:

• Largest K2 study
• K2 mechanisms of action

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Human power Saving Mode

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IMPOrtant concepts:

REM SLEEP WASHES YOUR BRAIN:

• Metabolite clearance via glymphatic system

VITAMIN D PROTECTS AGAINST UV DAMAGE:

• Protection by decreasing reactive nitrogen species
• Signaling pathways

D3 PRODUCTION FROM UVB:

• Mechanisms and relationship

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME:

• In the news
• Vitamin D deficiency in infants dying suddenly

NEUROTRANSMITTER ALTERATIONS:

• Serotonin and Dopamine

PERMANENT WINTER:

• Vitamin D alters metabolism by thyroid hormones
• Vit. D affects gut microbiome, which is involved in metabolism
• Restoration of healthy gut microbiota to improve metabolic syndrome

D3 AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM:

• Molecular mechanisms
• Defensins and Cathelicidins

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The Biology of Breakdown

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IMPOrtant concepts:

VITAMIN D IS MADE FROM SUNLIGHT:

• Involvement in calcium absorption
• Metabolism
• Regulates cancer repair system, calcium ion channels, and anti-inflammatory proteins
• Epigenetic mechanisms
• Involved with cholesterol sulfate, which  crosslinks filaggrin and keratin
• As a "tuning fork"

• Vitamin D receptor (VDR) regulation of voltage-gated chloride channels by ligands preferring a VDR-alternative pocket (VDR-AP).

WHAT ARE FREE RADICALS?:

• Implications for health
• Sleep and free radical production

EMF'S and Health:

• EMF and the immune system, and vitamin D

EZ WATER BASICS:

• Implications for life
• Requirement of sunlight

dangers of cholesterol statins

Statins stimulate atherosclerosis and heart failure: pharmacological mechanisms.(link)

CHOLESTEROL'S ROLE:

• Tissue repair
• Integrity of cell membrane
• In the central nervous system
• As an antioxidant

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE (ENOS):

• Relationship to sunshine
• Glyphosate's effects
• Filaggrin production

CHOLESTEROL SULFATE OVERVIEW:

• Allows for movement in blood and lymphatic system

ZETA POTENTIAL:

• In red blood cells

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS (GAGS) OVERVIEW:

• Sulfation's effect on blood vessels

FACIA:

• Is a ground substance that contains GAGs

GABA'S FUNCTION:

• In fine tuning and sleep

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What Your Doctor Doesn't Know

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IMPOrtant concepts:

VITAMIN D INFORMATION

SUNSCREEN CAUSES CANCER

• In the news
• Environmental Working Group on suncreen

VITAMIN D IN HISTORY

SUNLIGHT'S BENEFITS:

• Lower sun exposure risk for all-cause mortality
• Produces beta endorphins
• Lifetime sun exposure associated with decreased melanoma risk

NOT ME! I DON'T HAVE IT!

POOR SLEEP ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, ACID REFLUX, HEADACHES, FREQUENT NIGHT-TIME URINATION, STROKE, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, DEMENTIA, AND ADHD

THROW AWAY YOUR SCALE

VTAMIN D AND OBESITY:

• Fat regulation
• Body mass index

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Modern Disease or Malfunction: Corrupt Programs

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IMPOrtant concepts:

SUFFER THE CHILDREN:

• Vitamin D affects the immune system at many different levels 
  • D3 regulates T cell proliferation in tonsils and antimicrobial peptide production
• Immune system deficiency causes tonsils to swell
• Association between D3 and tonsillitis/tonsil size
  • Tonsil size and Vitamin D level
  • Low vitamin D associated with recurrent tonsillitis
  • D deficiency and tonsillitis

PREGNANCY AND FERTILITY:

• Ovulation and infertility links with Vitamin D
• During pregnancy

HEART DISEASE:

• Correlations and historical perspective
• BRUXISM:
  • Link between sleep disturbance, depression, and bruxism

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD:

• Vitamin D supplementation ameliorates depressive symptoms
• Alzheimer's Disease and Vitamin D deficiency
• PTSD 
• Serotonin and dopamine synthesis

AUTOIMMUNE NON-DISEASE:

• Crohn's Disease:
  • Caused by acid from bacteria feeding on carbohydrates
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Other intestinal diseases
• Butyrate:
  • Crohn's Disease and other intestinal/extra-intestinal diseases

CANCER:

• Pancreatic cancer
• High D, low cancer
• Harvard study, Vitamin D and cancer
• Sleep apnea and cancer

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