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leithian's avatar

I agree 100% with the premise of this article, i.e., no chemicals in our food and water. I appreciate you writing about these important topics. However, lately I’m coming across some misconceptions about Vitamin D.

D, misnamed a “vitamin”, is actually a stercosteroid with powerful effects in multiple body systems, including endocrine and immune. When cholesterol in our skin is exposed to UVB radiation, cholecalciferol is synthesized. This is an intermediate metabolite of the bioactive form of Vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. Cholecalciferol is not rat poison.

However, like Vitamin K, D plays a role in hemostasis. Specifically, it has anticoagulant effects by down-regulating tissue factor and up-regulating thrombomodulin. I am no expert on rat poison, but I do know that cholecalciferol given in high doses to something as small as a rat will induce what amounts to uncontrolled bleeding via its anticoagulant effects. Vitamin K is used similarly. This is a prime example of how even substances that are biologically natural and known to be essential to good health may also be toxic in the wrong dose (or may be antithetical to good health in a different organism).

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Donn Harper Jr.'s avatar

As for Gravity.

It is not the fall or length of fall that's problematic. It's how suddenly you stop.

Gravity doesn't kill. Stopping suddenly does.

Dihydrogen Monoxide is deadly too!

It is the main component in acid rain!

DHMO, kills, it's in our water!

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