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Krispin Sullivan

Naked at Noon, Understanding Sunlight and Vitamin D' Excerpts $40 PDF 2003

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Table of contents

CHAPTER 1 WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT SUNLIGHT AND VITAMIN D? ......................1

VITAMIN D MAKES THE NEWS.................................................................................................. 1
EVIDENCE OF WORLDWIDE VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY ............................................................. 2
THE WORK OF REINHOLD VIETH.............................................................................................. 2

CHAPTER 2 SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE COMPLEXITIES OF SUNLIGHT AND D ................5

HERE COMES THE SUN .............................................................................................................. 5
WHY NAKED AT NOON? ............................................................................................................ 8
IS THIS ABOUT SEX? .................................................................................................................... 8
THE NAKED PART ...................................................................................................................... 10
AND THE NOON ......................................................................................................................... 12
COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND BIOCHEMICAL INDIVIDUALITY ..................................................... 14
WHY UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX SYSTEMS MODELING IS IMPORTANT .................................. 15
THE ARROW OF TIME- THERE ARE NO “DO-OVERS”................................................................ 21
WHEN COMPLEXITY ALLOWS EXPERTS TO PERPETRATE POOR SCIENCE ................................. 22
THE ELEMENTS OF LIFE .......................................................................................................... 23
LIFE'S REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................ 24
THE COMPLEX HEALTH ISSUES WE FACE TODAY..................................................................... 27

CHAPTER 3 A QUICK REVIEW- TERMINOLOGY AND RESEARCH PROTOCOLS.............29

THE TERMINOLOGY ................................................................................................................. 29
VITAMIN D, THE MANY AND VARIED........................................................................................ 30
SUBSTANCES TYPICALLY CALLED VITAMIN D: ........................................................................ 30
OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS........................................................................................................ 32
HOW RESEARCH STUDIES ARE CONDUCTED ......................................................................... 34
HOW RESEARCH CAN MAKE US DUMBER.............................................................................. 36
EXPECTATIONS........................................................................................................................... 38
POLITICS..................................................................................................................................... 38
PEERS ......................................................................................................................................... 38
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ............................................................................................................. 38
WHAT IS A STUDY WORTH?...................................................................................................... 39
COMMON SENSE......................................................................................................................... 40

CHAPTER 4 SUNLIGHT, D, AND DISEASE .....................................................................................41

SUNLIGHT AND D, DEFICIENCY OR DISEASE? ........................................................................ 42
HORMONES AND YOU................................................................................................................. 45
NUTRITIONAL INSUFFICIENCY IS NOT A DISEASE ...................................................................... 46
WHY WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SUNLIGHT AND D................................................. 48
LACK OF SUNLIGHT AND DISEASE........................................................................................... 50
CANCER AND SUNLIGHT............................................................................................................. 50
IMMUNE FUNCTION .................................................................................................................... 53
VITAMIN D, IMMUNITY AND AGING........................................................................................... 54
HYPERTENSION........................................................................................................................... 55
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS................................................................................................................. 56
SUNLIGHT AND DEPRESSION ...................................................................................................... 56
VITAMIN D AND DISEASE ......................................................................................................... 56
BUILDING AND MAINTAINING BONES........................................................................................ 57
PREVENTING AND HEALING CAVITIES ....................................................................................... 63
CANCER ...................................................................................................................................... 71
THE WESTERN DIET ................................................................................................................... 73
DEPRESSION ............................................................................................................................... 79
SYNDROME X ............................................................................................................................. 80
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ............................................................................................................ 88
PEOPLE WITH COLOR, SUNLIGHT, VITAMIN D AND DISEASE............................................... 92
DARK SKINS AND DISEASE......................................................................................................... 93
THE PURPOSE OF MELANIN ........................................................................................................ 94
THE NEED FOR VITAMIN D......................................................................................................... 96
THE REAL MEANING OF ROOTS ................................................................................................. 99
SOME THOUGHTS ON SUNLIGHT, D AND DISEASE RESEARCH............................................ 101

CHAPTER 5 WHAT IS VITAMIN D? ...............................................................................................103

A SHORT HISTORY OF VITAMIN D AND HUMAN HEALTH ................................................... 103
THE MELLANBYS AND COD LIVER OIL.................................................................................... 105
LACK OF SUNLIGHT; BONES GONE AWRY ............................................................................... 106
VITAMIN D AND SUNLIGHT; CONNECTING THE DISCOVERIES ................................................ 107

CHAPTER 6 THE VITAMIN D ENDOCRINE SYSTEM................................................................109

VITAMIN D, THE MOLECULES ............................................................................................... 109
THE VITAMIN D ENDOCRINE SYSTEM................................................................................... 110
THE PROBLEM OF WHICH D 'RULES' ........................................................................................ 113
NEW ROLES FOR 25(OH)D AND CALCITRIOL .......................................................................... 115
D-BINDING PROTEINS (DBP) ................................................................................................. 116
D RECEPTORS (VDR) AND THE LIFE OF OUR CELLS........................................................... 118
VITAMIN D AND THE CELL MEMBRANE ............................................................................... 121
VITAMIN D AS ANTIOXIDANT .................................................................................................. 122
HOW HUMANS STORE D AND WHY THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT...................................... 123
VITAMINS A AND D, PARTNERS IN OUR CELLULAR DESTINIES.......................................... 127

CHAPTER 7 HOW MUCH D DO WE NEED? .................................................................................132

VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY OR SUFFICIENCY. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? .............................. 132
WHY TESTING IS CRITICAL AND PROBLEMATIC ................................................................. 140
TOO MUCH VITAMIN D? ........................................................................................................ 142
LESSONS TO BE RELEARNED ................................................................................................... 146
THE CAUSES- A REVIEW.......................................................................................................... 148
THE COMPLICATIONS OF TOO MUCH D ................................................................................... 148

CHAPTER 8 HOW DO WE GET D?..................................................................................................150

SUNLIGHT................................................................................................................................ 150
WHAT DOES LIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH D?............................................................................. 150
UV-B AND UV-A ..................................................................................................................... 153
LOCATION AND LIGHT ............................................................................................................. 155
HOW MUCH D DOES THE SUN MAKE? IT DOESN’T. WE DO.................................................... 158
OZONE AND LIGHT ................................................................................................................... 159
THE SKIN WE'RE IN................................................................................................................ 160
SKIN, LIGHT AND VITAMIN D .................................................................................................. 160
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SUNLIGHT ADVISORIES ...................................................... 163
THE PROBLEM OF TOTAL SUN AVOIDANCE............................................................................. 164
UV LIGHT AND CATARACTS .................................................................................................... 167
THE SUN, SKIN CANCER AND SUNSCREEN .............................................................................. 167
DEFEND YOUR STRATUM CORNEUM (AND AVOID SUN DAMAGE) ......................................... 175
MAJOR TOXIC INGREDIENTS TO AVOID (SAVE YOUR SKIN) ................................................... 178
SKIN, LIGHT AND REGENERATION ........................................................................................... 179
VITAMIN D IN OUR FOOD ...................................................................................................... 182
TESTING D IN THE FOOD SUPPLY ............................................................................................ 182
SUPPLEMENTING D IN THE FOOD SUPPLY................................................................................ 184
SAFE USE OF SUPPLEMENTS .................................................................................................. 186
HIGH OR LOW DOSE D? ........................................................................................................... 186
SUPPLEMENTAL D, STORAGE AND TOXICITY .......................................................................... 186
SUPPLEMENTING VITAMIN D ................................................................................................... 190
SUPPLEMENTING CALCIUM...................................................................................................... 191
OTHER NUTRIENTS FOR HEALTH ............................................................................................. 194

CHAPTER 9 SAFE D FROM SAFE SUN ..........................................................................................197

SUNLIGHT................................................................................................................................ 197
UV-B EXPOSURE GUIDELINES................................................................................................. 200
TANNING BEDS OR SUNLAMPS?............................................................................................... 204
PHOTOSENSITIZING MEDICATIONS-AVOID UV LIGHT (SUN OR SIMULATED) ........................ 206
TESTING PROTOCOL FOR SUNLIGHT AND VITAMIN D: ............................................................ 209
TESTING, AGAIN....................................................................................................................... 210
CHAPTER 10 VITAMIN D AND THE GP ........................................................................................212
WHO ARE YOU?...................................................................................................................... 212
WHERE DO YOU LIVE? .......................................................................................................... 212
LATITUDE AND ALTITUDE........................................................................................................ 212
USING A UV-B METER ............................................................................................................. 213
WHAT DO YOU EAT? WHAT SUPPLEMENTS DO YOU TAKE? ............................................. 214
SUNLIGHT OR SUPPLEMENTS?.................................................................................................. 214
MAXIMIZING DIET.................................................................................................................... 214
FOODS THAT CONTAIN D ......................................................................................................... 217
VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS ....................................................................................................... 217
VITAMIN D COMPLICATIONS ................................................................................................. 218
FOODS THAT INCREASE OR DECREASE UPTAKE OR UTILIZATION........................................... 218
DISEASES ALTERING D............................................................................................................. 218
A FINAL NOTE TO THE GP ..................................................................................................... 221

CHAPTER 11 RESOURCES ...............................................................................................................223

TESTING................................................................................................................................... 223
SUN METERS............................................................................................................................ 224
CLOTHING ..........................................................................................................................11-225

CHAPTER 12 FOR RESEARCHERS AND PHYSICIANS .............................................................226

STUDIES WAITING TO BE DONE ............................................................................................ 226
ERRORS AND UPDATES ........................................................................................................... 227
DEAR DOCTOR ........................................................................................................................ 228