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23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)
Freakonomics Podcast with transcript
- “Wojcicki realized that the U.S. healthcare system — and its investors — were really good at monetizing illness. What about wellness? Not so profitable.”
- … M.I.T. Technology Review predicts that by 2021, more than 100 million people will be part of commercial genetic databases”
- “One thing that drives me crazy in health care is that there’s always this assumption that you and I — the individuals, the lay people, the non-Ph.D.’s, the non-M.D.’s — that we are incapable of taking care of ourselves”
I (founder of Vitamin D Life) was an early customer of 23andMe
I found their work to be excellent
But, they unfortunately do not mention the fact that the genes can be changed
Your genes are NOT your destiny
Gene activation is REDUCED by many health problems, such as cancer (see below).
Gene activation is INCREASED by such things as Magnesium, Resveratrol, etc.
My wife and I found via 23andMe that we both had poor vitamin D receptor genes
I now use 8 methods (see table below) to improve my receptor
My wife also has a high level of vitamin D, but poor health.
She found that all she needed was Resveratrol to greatly improve her health
Vitamin D Receptor Gene at Vitamin D Life
The risk of 40 diseases at least double with poor Vitamin D Receptor as of July 2019
Vitamin D Receptor category has the following
Vitamin D tests cannot detect Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) problems
A poor VDR restricts Vitamin D from getting in the cells
It appears that 30% of the population have a poor VDR (40% of the Obese )
A poor VDR increases the risk of 55 health problems click here for details
The risk of 44 diseases at least double with poor Vitamin D Receptor as of Oct 2019
VDR at-home test $29 - results not easily understood in 2016
There are hints that you may have inherited a poor VDR
Compensate for poor VDR by increasing one or more:
Increasing | Increases |
1) Vitamin D supplement Sun, Ultraviolet -B | Vitamin D in the blood and thus in the cells |
2) Magnesium | Vitamin D in the blood AND in the cells |
3) Omega-3 | Vitamin D in the cells |
4) Resveratrol | Vitamin D Receptor |
5) Intense exercise | Vitamin D Receptor |
6) Get prescription for VDR activator paricalcitol, maxacalcitol? | Vitamin D Receptor |
7) Quercetin (flavonoid) | Vitamin D Receptor |
8) Zinc is in the VDR | Vitamin D Receptor |
9) Boron | Vitamin D Receptor ?, etc |
10) Essential oils e.g. ginger, curcumin | Vitamin D Receptor |
11) Progesterone | Vitamin D Receptor |
12) Infrequent high concentration Vitamin D Increases the concentration gradient | Vitamin D in the cells |
13) Sulfroaphone and perhaps sulfur | Vitamin D Receptor |
Note: If you are not feeling enough benefit from Vitamin D, you might try increasing VDR activation. You might feel the benefit within days of adding one or more of the above
Far healthier and stronger at age 72 due to supplements Includes 6 supplements which help the VDR
If poor Vitamin D Receptor
Vitamin D Receptor and Cancers
Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Cancer - Breast:
- Breast cancer associated with Vitamin D Receptor (14th study) – Oct 2019
- After breast cancer treatment 4,000 IU of Vitamin D was not enough to help if have poor Vitamin D receptor – June 2019
- Breast Cancer death 1.8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – April 2019
- Breast Cancer and Vitamin D review – March 2018
- Women with Breast Cancer were 16.9 times more likely to have a poor Vitamin D Receptor – Jan 2019
- Cancer treatment by Vitamin D sometimes is restricted by genes – Oct 2018
- Two chemicals increase the Vitamin D receptor and decrease the growth of breast cancer cells in the lab - March 2018
- Breast Cancer reduces receptor expression and thus block Vitamin D to the cells– July 2017
- Vitamin D receptor as a target for breast cancer therapy (abstract only) – Feb 2017
- Breast Cancer was 4.6 times more likely if have a poor Vitamin D Receptor – Dec 2016
- Increased Breast Cancer metastasis if low vitamin D or poor VDR – Feb 2016
- Increased risk of some female cancers if low vitamin D (due to genes) – meta-analysis June 2015
- Vitamin D receptor in breasts and breast cancer vary with race – March 2013
- Breast Cancer incidence change by 40 percent with vitamin D receptor genes – Oct 2012
- Genes breast cancer and vitamin D receptor - Sept 2010
Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Cancer - Colon:
- Colorectal Cancer Patients 2.4 X more likely to have poor Vitamin D receptors (less D to cells) – April 2020
- Colorectal cancer linked to poor Vitamin D Receptor (yet again) – Jan 2020
- Colorectal Cancer risk increases when genes reduce the vitamin D levels – Aug 2019
- Risks of Colorectal Cancer, IBD, etc slightly increased if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2018
- Cancer and the Vitamin D Receptor, a primer – Sept 2017
- Advanced Colon Cancer risk is doubled or halved with 1000 IU of Vitamin D, depends on Vitamin D Receptors – RCT May 2017
- Colon Cancer survival 3.1 X less likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2017
- Risk of Cancer increased if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis of 73 studies Jan 2016
- 10 percent of colon cancer linked to Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis April 2012
Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Cancer
- How cancer is fought by Vitamin D (Ovarian this time) – Feb 2020
- 8 ways that Cancer might be prevented by Vitamin D - June 2019
- Cancer is leading cause of death - Vitamin D and Receptor activators help
- A poor Vitamin D Receptor is associated with many cancers (oral cancer in this case) – Jan 2019
- Overview of Vitamin D Actions in Cancer – 31 page chapter in a book – 2018
- Cancer treatment by Vitamin D sometimes is restricted by genes – Oct 2018
- Vitamin D receptor is essential for both normal and cancerous cells in the lab – June 2018
- Active Vitamin D reduces Ovarian Cancer stem cells growth by 4X (via Vitamin D receptor in lab rat) – March 2018
- Cancer and the Vitamin D Receptor, a primer – Sept 2017
- Cancer risks and Vitamin D Receptors – association is unclear – 2017
- Vitamin D, Vitamin D Receptor and Cancer – Nov 2016
- Risk of Cancer increased if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis of 73 studies Jan 2016
- Role of Vitamin D in human Diseases and Disorders – An Overview – DBP, VDR June 2014
- Vitamin D Receptor role in Autoimmune Diseases and or cancers – Nov 2013
- Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms are risk factors for various cancers – meta-analysis Jan 2014
Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Cancer - other:
- Blood cell cancer is associated with a 3X worse Vitamin D Receptor – June 2019
- A poor Vitamin D Receptor is associated with many cancers (oral cancer in this case) – Jan 2019
- Endometriosis, Endometrial Cancer, and poor Vitamin D or Receptor – Aug 2018
- Thyroid Cancer rate has increased 3X in 3 decades, Vitamin D Receptor decreases, Calcium increases – Aug 2017
- Gastric Cancer 2.7 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor (Chinese) – 2015
- 2X more likely to survive a form of esophageal cancer in China if have good vitamin D receptor – Feb 2017
- 2X more Thyroid Cancer malignancy if less than 15 ng of vitamin D – June 2012
- Brain cancer in 175 countries related to low UVB and low vitamin D – Oct 2010
Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Cancer - Skin:
- Sunlight, Vitamin D and Skin Cancer Book (3rd edition) - Sept 2020
- Melanoma cancer growth slowed by increased Vitamin D Receptor (yet again) – Oct 2019
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer 2X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Oct 2017
- UVB improvements to Vitamin D receptor appear to improve melanoma survival – Oct 2017
- Skin Cancers, Vitamin D, Vitamin D Receptor and Genes – Jan 2015
- Malignant melanoma may be reduced by skin-activated vitamin D – Nov 2016
- Skin cancer 20 percent more likely with some Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms – Oct 2015
- Death from melanoma (without ulcers) greatly decreased if have lots of vitamin D receptors – May 2014
- Melanoma risk 2X to 4X higher if Vitamin D receptor genes had morphed – March 2014
- Vitamin D receptor may suppress skin cancer – Dec 2013
Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Cancer - Prostate:
- Prostate Cancer associated with various genes, including Vitamin D Receptor and CYP24A1 – Nov 2019
- Prostate surgery outcomes vary with Vitamin D Receptors– May 2017
- Prostate cancer in black men is 1.6 times more likely if a poor Vitamin D Receptor – Feb 2017
- Aggressive Prostate Cancer in blacks with low vitamin D – 7X more likely if added Calcium – Jan 2017
- High PSA readings with Prostate Cancer 4 times more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – March 2016
- 2X less prostate cancer in A-A with low Calcium is due vitamin D receptor gene – July 2013
Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Cancer - Ovarian:
- How cancer is fought by Vitamin D (Ovarian this time) – Feb 2020
- Ovarian Cancer risk reduced if higher vitamin D, more UVB, or better vitamin D receptor – Nov 2018
- Active Vitamin D reduces Ovarian Cancer stem cells growth by 4X (via Vitamin D receptor in lab rat) – March 2018
- Ovarian Cancer in Asia is 1.5 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – meta-analysis Dec 2017
- Increased risk of some female cancers if low vitamin D (due to genes) – meta-analysis June 2015
- Ovarian Cancer 5.8 X more likely if both low vitamin D and Fok1 gene change – May 2013
8+ genes can restrict vitamin D getting to the cells
Vitamin D Life has documented the ways to improve the Vitamin D receptor activation
Most likely there are similar ways to improve the other genes, such as the Vitamin D Binding Protein
Genetics category listing contains the following
see also
384 articles in Vitamin D Receptor 141 articles in Vitamin D Binding Protein = GC 35 articles in CYP27B1 - Topical Vitamin D
- Nanoemulsion Vitamin D may be a substantially better form
- Getting Vitamin D into your body
Vitamin D blood test misses a lot
- Snapshot of the literature by Vitamin D Life as of early 2019
- Vitamin D from coming from tissues (vs blood) was speculated to be 50% in 2014, and by 2017 was speculated to be 90%
- Note: Good blood test results (> 40 ng) does not mean that a good amount of Vitamin D actually gets to cells
- A Vitamin D test in cells rather than blood was feasible (2017 personal communication)
- Commercially available 2019
- However test results would vary in each tissue due to multiple genes
- Good clues that Vitamin D is being restricted from getting to the cells
1) A vitamin D-related health problem runs in the family- especially if it is one of 51+ diseases related to Vitamin D Receptor
2) Slightly increasing Vitamin D show benefits (even if conventional Vitamin D test shows an increase)
3) Vitamin D Receptor test (<$30) scores are difficult to understand in 2016- easier to understand the VDR 23andMe test results analyzed by FoundMyFitness in 2018
4) Back Pain- probably want at least 2 clues before taking adding vitamin D, Omega-3, Magnesium, Resveratrol, etc
- The founder of Vitamin D Life took action with clues #3&4
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