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Yeah I really struggled up north in the winter. Seasonal affection disorder is absolutely vitamin D deficiency, which I had every yr. That's when I would use the lamp. This summer I was inside a lot so my levels are likely low despite living where the sun is HOT.
This is great thank you for posting @sugarbabe. I’m always enlightened whenever I listen to Dr Gominak. Her article on b5 and vitamin D made a huge difference to me when I read it. As someone with chronic insomnia this is useful information. I will search for a lab in the UK to get this test done. If anyone finds one before I do please post.
This is her website. Some useful vit D info
Vitamin D and Sleep - Dr. Gominak
Vitamin D deficiency is linked to most sleep (and health) issues. Learn the truth about vitamin D and how it can help restore your sleep naturally.drgominak.com
Her article
Vitamin D deficiency changes the intestinal microbiome reducing B vitamin production in the gut. The resulting lack of pantothenic acid adversely affects the immune system, producing a "pro-inflammatory" state associated with atherosclerosis and autoimmunity
Vitamin D deficiency changes the intestinal microbiome reducing B vitamin production in the gut. The resulting lack of pantothenic acid adversely affects the immune system, producing a "pro-inflammatory" state associated with atherosclerosis and auto
1) Seasonal fluctuations in vitamin D levels have normally produced changes in the intestinal microbiome that promoted weight gain in winter. Years of vitamin D deficiency, however, results in a permanently altered intestinal environment that no longer favors the "healthy foursome". 2) Humans...pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This is great thank you for posting @sugarbabe. I’m always enlightened whenever I listen to Dr Gominak. Her article on b5 and vitamin D made a huge difference to me when I read it. As someone with chronic insomnia this is useful information. I will search for a lab in the UK to get this test done. If anyone finds one before I do please post.
This is her website. Some useful vit D info
Vitamin D and Sleep - Dr. Gominak
Vitamin D deficiency is linked to most sleep (and health) issues. Learn the truth about vitamin D and how it can help restore your sleep naturally.
Her article
Vitamin D deficiency changes the intestinal microbiome reducing B vitamin production in the gut. The resulting lack of pantothenic acid adversely affects the immune system, producing a "pro-inflammatory" state associated with atherosclerosis and autoimmunity
Vitamin D deficiency changes the intestinal microbiome reducing B vitamin production in the gut. The resulting lack of pantothenic acid adversely affects the immune system, producing a "pro-inflammatory" state associated with atherosclerosis and auto
1) Seasonal fluctuations in vitamin D levels have normally produced changes in the intestinal microbiome that promoted weight gain in winter. Years of vitamin D deficiency, however, results in a permanently altered intestinal environment that no longer favors the "healthy foursome". 2) Humans...
Do you mind sharing your routine? Do you rotate legs, back, chest etc? Do you use it everyday? My sperti lamp arrived in the mail yesterday and it just started snowing today lol.
Was the vitamin D test an immuno assay?
Funny how she is the only doctor talking about this. It's a good read
I started out using it less than the five minutes (as they recommend for starting out). However, quickly built up to 5 minutes - every other day. I alternate among below waist front and back and above waist front and back - so four different exposures. It's very good for those of us who live in winter wonderlands.
Yeah @Amazoniac posted a couple reports on it as well. I don't know what to make of it. What do you think?“Substantial variation in the measured 25(OH)D concentrations, using simple repeated measures of the same assay at the same laboratory, was observed for both Liaison and LC-MS/MS, despite the latter being widely considered the gold standard.7 In addition, there was significant difference between results from two different laboratories using one assay type (used by two different laboratories), and negative bias in the immunoassay (Diasorin Liaison) compared with the LC-MS/MS assay.”
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Thanks!
I wonder if the majority of the research on optimal 25(OH)D blood levels are based on immunoassay results and not LC-MS/MS? If so, you may undershoot the optimal range if you use LC-MS/MS since it tends to give higher results than immunoassay (at least according to that one study).
No idea. She claimed doing the immunoassay would give different results even on the same day. So she seems to have some experience with it that we can't glean from the studies.
That’s true what she says about immunoassay, but the study said that substantial variation was found on the LC-MS/MS as well when repeating measurements of the same assay.
Not sure, but if you are saying LabCorp uses it that is who did my latest bloodwork (I am in the US). My result read as follows:
Do you pay attention to calcium:phosphorous ratio anymore, youngsinatra, or not as much of a concern these days? I ask as I too have been getting less calcium recently.
So how can any vitamin D test be trusted then?
Here is a recent study on the subject, some performed better than others.
