messtafarian
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Another quandary.
I've been reading more and more about what potentially alleviates high blood pressure. K2 is a winner but D3 also seems to have science behind it and according to certain studies the two work synergistically.
On the other hand, I read a new study recently that said that D3 was not a vitamin but was in fact a hormone that depleted itself within the immune system when inflammation was present. The article seemed to suggest that low D3 was not the cause of anything; it was an expression of the immune system as it adapted to disease conditions and aging. And it suggested one should not supplement because this could trigger an inflammatory response.
Before I read this article I was supplementing heavily with D3 thinking this might be part of my low energy and general uterine problems. I took *a lot* of D3 to "get my levels up" and then once I read the article I stopped, thinking...well...if it's true I needed the D3 I've got it now and if it's isn't true then at least I stopped.
But I didn't have a very good time on D3. This is when I started to get *severe* hot flashes that I kept assuming had to do with either some kind of flu or an infection or something. I had never had hot flashes at all before that = at least not so violently. When I stopped, the hot flashes went away for a while -- then six weeks later they came back with sudden menopause.
The D3 supplementation did not affect my blood pressure that I know of.
Not sure what to think. Anybody else taking D3?
I've been reading more and more about what potentially alleviates high blood pressure. K2 is a winner but D3 also seems to have science behind it and according to certain studies the two work synergistically.
On the other hand, I read a new study recently that said that D3 was not a vitamin but was in fact a hormone that depleted itself within the immune system when inflammation was present. The article seemed to suggest that low D3 was not the cause of anything; it was an expression of the immune system as it adapted to disease conditions and aging. And it suggested one should not supplement because this could trigger an inflammatory response.
Before I read this article I was supplementing heavily with D3 thinking this might be part of my low energy and general uterine problems. I took *a lot* of D3 to "get my levels up" and then once I read the article I stopped, thinking...well...if it's true I needed the D3 I've got it now and if it's isn't true then at least I stopped.
But I didn't have a very good time on D3. This is when I started to get *severe* hot flashes that I kept assuming had to do with either some kind of flu or an infection or something. I had never had hot flashes at all before that = at least not so violently. When I stopped, the hot flashes went away for a while -- then six weeks later they came back with sudden menopause.
The D3 supplementation did not affect my blood pressure that I know of.
Not sure what to think. Anybody else taking D3?