Fun fact number one! Let’s talk about vitamin d supplement..

Fun fact number one! Let’s talk about vitamin d supplementation because I was wrong about it for SO LONG! I got my friends and family on it and boom….research shifted. The danger with supplementing it is it’s so easy to take too much. Long story short, vitamin d supplementation depletes a whole slew of essential minerals, including magnesium. When vitamin D levels are too high, calcium is pulled into the blooooooodstream, and depletes retinal (the most bioavailable form of vitamin a) which is needed for copper utilization. This leads me into the importance of COPPER! Copper is what bings collagen to calcium crystals, creating bone, driving enzyme lsyl oxidase, and binding collagen and elites to create connective tissues. You NEED copper for proper bone formation. I’ll go into more detail below, but I really need to push the importance of getting your vitamin d levels under control. The best ways to get your vitamin d is from the sun or foods like seafood, eggs, and cod liver are great sources. - although im reallllly not a fan of cod liver oil because a, it taste GROSS and b, it can be highly oxidized meaning it’s super unstable in the presence of heat or light. And because our bodies *should* be 98.6 degrees, it will oxidize once it reaches your bloood. The same goes for fish oil. I no longer take fish oil because of this reason. I downloaded a really cool app called D-minder which uses your location and the time of year to calculate what hours of the day you can make vitamin D, and how long you need to stay outside minimum to hit your daily value. I’m going to try it out this afternoon! I’m really excited :) I will report back on sc! add me, my user is zescarn :) To those wanting a further look into the bone health ———— Okay. So. Magnesium is what stops the bone from being broken down. Besides opposing the breakdown of bone, magnesium is also the single most important nutrient for maintaining calcium balance. Magnesium is a cofactor for the three main hormones that regulate calcium, parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, and calcitonin. When we become magnesium deficient these enzymes don't function correctly. Breaking down bone also releases a huge amount of magnesium itself, triggering bone depletion. If you want to protect your bone health the easiest thing you can do is stop focussing on calcium intake, and start focussing on MAGNESIUM! Your magnesium/calcium intake ratio should be 1:1, even higher magnesium intake is even more protective, just stay below any laxative effect Lastly, you can use vitamin K2, which is essential for clearing calcium deposits in the arteries and soft tissue. K2 is found in organic grass-fed animal fat, like butter, dairy, and ghee, but it can be difficult to get enough from food so some people may need to supplement. I supplement using Thorne’s K5 drops. So far so good.