dumbing down the d argument...

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Actually, what Ken said was that if you are chronically/seriously ill, check out

your Vit

D levels in addition to other things. Oftentimes, Vit D levels are low and

supplementation to normal levels can actually resolve many symptoms. He also

said

that Vit D deficiency can occur in many disease states.

Indeed, in the course of serious illness, not being out of doors (SUNSHINE) or

having

eating/nutrition issues can certainly lead to such a deficiency. And having

such a

deficiency can yield a variety of symptoms or worsen symptoms original to the

disease at hand.

Not because I asked, or anything I read, but because I have been bed-bound for a

very extended period of time and because I had severe GI/malnutrition issues, my

docs checked MANY of my vitamin levels. Along with other deficiencies, D was

among them (should be above 50 at least, mine was 8). Since supplementation

starting 2-3 weeks ago, the bone pain I'd been having has diminshied

dramatically. I

and my docs simply assumed that the pain was part and parcel of the disease I

have.

The response to supplementation suggests otherwise.

And that is exactly the point that Ken has been making, according to my reading

of

his posts. To say otherwise is a gross oversimplification of his work.

> > > I'd set it free.

> > >

> > > Yah know -if I were the list owner (Penny), - and beleive me I'd

> > > never, NEVER want that job- I'd tell the list to moderate

> > > themselves. I think Penny just doesn't like to weild that

> power

> > of

> > > control that some other moderators just love to exercise.

> > >

> > > People will either drop off the list- remain as lurkers, or be

> > driven

> > > off by others that rise to the occassion to remind them they're

> > out

> > > of bounds.

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