Hi Gina, This is not meant as a jab in any way, in case it first comes across like one, but I was wondering what your opinion, as a layperson like myself, might be about vitamin D and Lyme non-spirochetal bacterial forms.
Lida Mattman, Dr. Trevor Marshall and others seem to think that avoiding vitamin D is a crucial part of regaining health for someone with Lyme disease or having other chronic health conditions involving L-form bacteria. http://bacteriality.com/about-the-mp/ Bryan Rosner, author of several books on Lyme disease, has used the Marshall protocol with reportedly good results and even credits it for getting him over the final hurdle. (I wonder if he has really crossed the final hurdle though) My own take on this so far has been that the Marshall Protocol seems more or less unsubstantiated, in any large way, and could even be quite risky due to the protocol's suggestion of a complete vitamin D deprivation/avoidance strategy. I have opted, so far, to avoid heavy vitamin D supplementation but certainly don't hide from the sun, although I do not make a point of purposely exposing myself to the sun for vitamin D creation. I guess I try to run things pretty much down the middle and avoid the extremes at both ends of the spectrum. How do you approach this? Do you totally disagree with the premise of the Marshall Protocol? Sometimes, I feel inclined to do this myself but don't want to mess myself up either. If anyone else can throw in their own two cents, please do. I have been a fence-sitter on this issue for some time so I'd love to get some opinions from others who have had a chance to study it themselves! Many thanks! Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: Gina Moore To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:18 PM Subject: RE: CS>OT Vitamin D You probably weren't taking enough from what I understand. Most people can take 5000 IU a day for maintenance, if their levels are already up. (Said with the thought that you will do your homework and find out how much you personally need to take!) http://grassrootshealth.net/ is a very good site for Vit D info. This video in particular is fantastic: http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=16940. It's 30 minutes long, but worth every second to watch it. From what I can tell, Vit D is super important. I will never be without it again! Gina ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Jeff Maahs [mailto:j_ma...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 3:11 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CS>OT Vitamin D Right after joining this group someone posted how important Vitamin D3 was to our health. My daily vitamin wasn't going to cut it during the flu season so following suggestions I ordered some for myself and smaller dosage for the kids. I've been taking 2000IU daily for over 3 weeks. Today I got results from my physical blood test on Vit D and it was 25! The doctor called in a prescription for 50,000/week. Does Vit D take time to build up or was I simply not taking enough do you think? I also wanted to say thanks to those that had the Vit D discussion. I would not have thought to check otherwise. Jeff
