Comments on: Vitamin D and Memory http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1121/vitamin-d-and-memory/ Change your brain, change your life Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:27:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nora weigl http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1121/vitamin-d-and-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Nora weigl Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:23:03 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1121#comment-1693 The difference in natural vitamin D and a synthetic is one number- Natural is a 3 and synthetic is a 2. BIG DIFFERENCE- only get 3... Who does it better God or man? Latest research is it isn't a vitamin at all... its a hormone. And it is said to help depression, cancer preventative, moods, and immune... and alot more... including bone health. Catch a cold... reach for your vitamin ( or is a hormone) D3! I have even heard at lectures- the darker the skin the more we need it. and if we have been sunning it takes a full 30 minutes for our body to absorb it afterwards... so don't wash it off to early..... The difference in natural vitamin D and a synthetic is one number-
Natural is a 3 and synthetic is a 2. BIG DIFFERENCE- only get 3… Who does it better God or man?
Latest research is it isn’t a vitamin at all… its a hormone. And it is said to help depression, cancer preventative, moods, and immune… and alot more… including bone health.
Catch a cold… reach for your vitamin ( or is a hormone) D3!
I have even heard at lectures- the darker the skin the more we need it. and if we have been sunning it takes a full 30 minutes for our body to absorb it afterwards… so don’t wash it off to early…..

]]> By: Jill H http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1121/vitamin-d-and-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Jill H Thu, 28 May 2009 17:38:09 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1121#comment-1542 I would like to know the answer to Ann E's question about insomnia also. I have S.A.D, chronic depression, PTSD, and Overfocused ADD. Because of the PTSD, I've had trouble with insomnia since I was ten. (I'm now twenty-four.) I love the sun, but skin cancer runs in my family, so I don't just "lay out" or anything. I have a lightbox, which helps my mood, but it's not the real sun. I recently got bloodwork done, and I, too, have a Vitamin D deficiency, which I wasn't expecting. My doctor told me to take maximum strength Citracal with Vitamin D (since I also have low calcium amounts, due to lactose intolerance). I take 2000 IU/ day. Does this affect insomnia at all? Mine has recently gotten worse, but, as you can see, it could be from many other things. Do you have any suggestions on how Beta Carotene affects the brain? I have way too much of it, which I'm currently trying to fix. Could it affect my brain too? I would like to know the answer to Ann E’s question about insomnia also. I have S.A.D, chronic depression, PTSD, and Overfocused ADD. Because of the PTSD, I’ve had trouble with insomnia since I was ten. (I’m now twenty-four.) I love the sun, but skin cancer runs in my family, so I don’t just “lay out” or anything. I have a lightbox, which helps my mood, but it’s not the real sun. I recently got bloodwork done, and I, too, have a Vitamin D deficiency, which I wasn’t expecting. My doctor told me to take maximum strength Citracal with Vitamin D (since I also have low calcium amounts, due to lactose intolerance). I take 2000 IU/ day. Does this affect insomnia at all? Mine has recently gotten worse, but, as you can see, it could be from many other things.

Do you have any suggestions on how Beta Carotene affects the brain? I have way too much of it, which I’m currently trying to fix. Could it affect my brain too?

]]> By: Sara Thomas, RD http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1121/vitamin-d-and-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Sara Thomas, RD Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:04 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1121#comment-1426 Beth Mills: Hi, you need your 25-hydroxy vitamin D level tested to know if you are deficient, not the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D test that they gave you. See the links in my 3/3/09 post above. The government site lists 25-hydroxy levels over 30 ng/ml as "Proposed by some as desirable", the vitamin D council recommends that levels be "between 50 and 80 ng/mL". The vit d council site also has link for do-it-yourself at home blood test for $65, however I haven't tried it out yet but FYI: http://www.zrtlab.com/Page.aspx?nid=12&action=view&category=14&partner=VitaminD%20Council Good luck Beth. Beth Mills: Hi, you need your 25-hydroxy vitamin D level tested to know if you are deficient, not the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D test that they gave you. See the links in my 3/3/09 post above. The government site lists 25-hydroxy levels over 30 ng/ml as “Proposed by some as desirable”, the vitamin D council recommends that levels be “between 50 and 80 ng/mL”. The vit d council site also has link for do-it-yourself at home blood test for $65, however I haven’t tried it out yet but FYI: http://www.zrtlab.com/Page.aspx?nid=12&action=view&category=14&partner=VitaminD%20Council Good luck Beth.

]]> By: Ann E http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1121/vitamin-d-and-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Ann E Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:48:57 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1121#comment-1417 Can too much Vitamin D cause insomnia? My doctor has me take a large daily does of this in the winter. This spring, i was having severe insomnia. After I stopped the Vitamin D, my sleep became more regulated. Can too much Vitamin D cause insomnia? My doctor has me take a large daily does of this in the winter. This spring, i was having severe insomnia. After I stopped the Vitamin D, my sleep became more regulated.

]]> By: Christine Sarolas http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1121/vitamin-d-and-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Christine Sarolas Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:38:21 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1121#comment-1415 Dr. Amen, PLEASE COME TO CHICAGO. THANK YOU. Dr. Amen,

PLEASE COME TO CHICAGO.

THANK YOU.

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