Power of Vitamin D: A Vitamin D Book That Contains the Most Comprehensive and Useful Information on Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D Level
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Power of Vitamin D: A Vitamin D book that provides you with the most comprehensive and useful information about Diagnosis, Treatment and Toxicity of Vitamin D.
Research links Vitamin D deficiency to Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Kidney Failure, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Aches and Pains, Asthma, Flu, Colds, Multiple Sclerosis, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Depression and a lot more.
Most people are low in Vitamin D despite the multivitamins and calcium pills they take, fish and milk they consume, and the sun exposure they get, explains Dr. Sarfraz Zaidi, MD,a renowned endocrinologist and a leading expert on Vitamin D. To make matters worse, doctors often don’t order the right test to diagnose Vitamin D deficiency. Furthermore, laboratory ranges are old and inaccurate. This contributes to patients often being told their Vitamin D is fine, but in fact, they are low. How most physicians treat Vitamin D deficiency is outdated and inaccurate.
Dr. Zaidi is a pioneer, a researcher and an expert in the field of Vitamin D. He has treated thousands of patients with Vitamin D deficiency with a strategy he developed many years ago. By employing this strategy, Dr. Zaidi has seen the miraculous health benefits of Vitamin D without a single case of toxicity.
Dr. Zaidi explains this unique, scientific yet very practical strategy in an easy to understand manner.
Dr. Zaidi also cites numerous published clinical studies to deliver an in-depth, scientific knowledge about Vitamin D. To illustrate these facts, he discusses a number of actual case studies from his clinical practice.
Dr. Zaidi empowers his reader with the the knowledge to easily and safely take care of their vitamin D needs while tapping into the miraculous Power of Vitamin D.
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Finally an indepth yet easy to read book on Vitamin D!
I have been reading about vitamin D in newspapers and magazines. Therefore, I was curious to learn more about vitamin D. I bought this recently released book, “Power of Vitamin D.” I could not stop reading till I finished it. Vow! what a great book! Dr.Zaidi explains in an easy to understand manner what are the scientifically proven health benefits of vitamin D, why almost everyone is low in vitamin D despite taking vitamins and going out in the sun, what is the right test to diagnose vitamin D deficiency and what is the best way to treat vitamin D deficiency. To me it became quite clear that most physicians are not uptodate about vitamin D. What is even more impressive is the actual case studies that Dr. Zaidi has included from his own practice to illustrate how his patients are benefiting from his own unique strategy to treat vitamin D deficiency. He has also included scientific studies published in the respected medical journals. Yet he explains all this indepth knowledge about Vitamin D in an incredibly easy to understand language. I, for the first time realized that vitamin D is actually not a vitamin but a hormone. This book is certainly a landmark in the landscape of vitamin D. A must read for anyone who wants to take care of his /her vitamin D needs!
Rating: 5 / 5
Power of Vitamin D: A Vitamin D Book That Contains the Most Comprehensive and Useful Information on Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D Level
I’ve been reading about Vitamin D for the last several years, ever since that big study came out showing it to be helpful in the prevention of cancer, heart disease and several other conditions. The problem was trying to find good, solid information when much of what we read on the internet is from media sources which are often inaccurate or they all seem to have different ideas on how much is necessary or how much could be toxic. This book is written by Sarfraz Aaidi, MD, FACP, FACE who is an endocrinologist and leading expert on Vitamin D. He’s an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicinte at UCLA as well as the Director of the Jamila Diabetes and Endocrine Medical Center in southern California. So we’re talking about an expert here. He takes the whole subject of Vitamin D and puts in into one easy to read book in simple layman’s terms and it’s so interesting that you’ll probably read it in a few hours. The information could change your life or relieve many chronic symptoms that you probably never thought were related to a vitamin D deficiency.
Did you think that because you may live in a sunny climate or that because you take a daily multi-vitamin that shows 400 IU’s of Vitamin D as the “recommended daily requirement” that you are getting enough of the Vitamin? Or that because you drink Vitamin D fortified milk that you are getting enough? Did you know that you’d have to drink more than 20 glasses of milk a day to actually get the amount you need? Dr. Sarfraz tells us that almost all of his patients test low for Vitamin D, even those living in sunny California. The reasons? Sunscreens, fear of being out in the sun, air pollution, spending the sunniest part of the day indoors at work as well as several other factors.
He also lists several chronic conditions that you probably never guessed could be eliminated or at least reduced by an adequate amount of Vitamin D. How much to take? That depends on a lot of factors which he talks about in his book. There are several common medications that can deplete Vitamin D in the body and people absorb it at different rates. Dr. Sarfraz tests his patients at 3 month intervals and he tells you which simple blood test you need to accurately show your current levels. (Not all tests are equal.) He then gives suggested starting dosage levels, depending on what level you currently test at. He also talks about toxicity from Vitamin D (very rare) and how to avoid it.
I’ve been reading every article I could get my hands on about Vitamin D for years, and there were still so many things covered in this book that I didn’t know about. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in and easy (and inexpensive) way to improve their health. It’s a book that I’ll be ordering for a few friends, especially those who are cancer survivors. Two thumbs up for this excellent book!
Rating: 5 / 5
Power of Vitamin D: A Vitamin D Book That Contains the Most Comprehensive and Useful Information on Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D Level
Did you know that if you take a multivitamin containing 100% of the recommended daily level of vitamin D, drink milk, eat fish twice a week, and get a little midday sun, you are almost certain to be deficient in vitamin D? Did you know that many doctors desiring to monitor their patients’ vitamin D levels, order the wrong blood test? Did you know that the reference range shown on the test results is wrong? (That is, even if it says you have enough, you are probably deficient.) Did you know that government guidelines on how much vitamin D you need are understated by a huge factor? Did you know that vitamin D has been found in medical studies to help significantly in the prevention and treatment of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and all autoimmune diseases?
Dr. Sarfraz Zaidi is an endocrinologist who has been evaluating and correcting patient’s vitamin D deficiencies for ten years and has uncovered misconceptions, misinformation, and medical oversights that are shocking. In testing thousands of patients, Dr. Zaidi found only ONE person, a fair-skinned lifeguard, who had optimal vitamin D without taking megadose supplements. Similarly, he never encountered anyone whose vitamin D blood level was dangerously high. What this means is a major public health crisis comes inadvertently from doctors who warn you about overdosing, but in doing, so they actually cause you to be deficient which puts you at FAR GREATER RISK than an overdose.
The book contains interesting case studies. Read about Anna on page 55 who suffered MS which was partially caused by a vitamin D deficiency that no doctor thought to check for 13 years. When Dr. Zaidi reversed the deficiency the patient’s condition improved.
Do you know how easy it is to correct a vitamin D deficiency that you probably have? Listen up; this is complicated. Step one is pick up a copy of Power of Vitamin D and read it carefully to get a solid background on the subject. Then go to your doctor and ask for a 25(OH)D blood test, also known as 25-hydroxy vitamin D. (Don’t let your doctor talk you into a 1,25(OH)2D blood test. It’s the wrong one as explained on page 127 and 128.) Get the results. If it’s under 50 ng/mL or 125 nmol/L (and it’s highly likely that it is), go to the chart on page 143 to determine your daily dose of vitamin D. Once you know the daily dose, go to a health food store and tell the clerk you’d like to take that dose of vitamin D3. It will probably set you back 10 to 20 cents a day. Take the vitamin D every day with food. In three months go back for another blood test. Keep increasing the dosage until you’re over 50 ng/mL but under 100 ng/mL.
How hard was that? If everyone in the US followed these safe, simple steps, the number of deaths due to chronic degenerative disease would drop sharply. The CDC tells us about 1.5 million Americans die each year of chronic disease. The actual number saved if everyone optimized their vitamin D is not knowable exactly but it is certainly in the hundreds of thousands EACH YEAR. The great part is you get to choose which group to be in: Currently you are probably in the larger group that is deficient in vitamin D and twice as likely to die prematurely of horrible degenerative diseases. Or you could join the smaller group with optimized vitamin D; hundreds of medical studies clearly show this group to be largely protected from those diseases. Obviously, there is no silver bullet that can protect you 100% and no one is claiming vitamin D has that power. But if you want to stack the deck in your favor, this is an extremely easy, safe, low-cost approach that requires no major effort or lifestyle change. But you need to know what you’re doing and that’s where this book comes in.
Power of Vitamin D is a fantastic introduction to this sometimes confusing subject. It is relatively short, very easy to read, fairly comprehensive, and offers clear explanations. Here are some things I like about the book: a list of diseases on the front cover that medical studies have definitively linked to vitamin D deficiency; absolutely clear statements in several places advising what your blood level should be for optimal health; an explanation of the two types of “units” that blood test use, and how to interpret and convert between the two; instructions as to which blood test to get and why; a clear description what it takes to overdose (instead of a bland warning not to take too much); it mentions serious flaws with government guidelines on vitamin D that have been loudly criticized by many longtime vitamin D researchers; and it includes interesting case studies involving real patients.
Because Dr. Zaidi covered these points in such a clear, concise, and convincing manner, I am happy to give Power of Vitamin D the highest rating of 5 stars. Whether you are just beginning the journey or have already read many articles, this book has lots to offer on every page. But don’t forget, you’re not “done” when you finish reading the book. It only can help you if you follow the steps outlined three paragraphs ago and stated in far greater detail in Chapter 23. If you are part of the 97% that haven’t yet optimized your vitamin D level, implementing the suggestions in this book may well change your life for the better.
Note to medical professionals: If you happen to be a medical professional, I GUARANTEE your patients will be far better off if you arm yourself with this knowledge and follow through with further study. And I wouldn’t be surprised if your practice flourishes once your patients understand you are protecting them against future serious illness.
Rating: 5 / 5
Power of Vitamin D: A Vitamin D Book That Contains the Most Comprehensive and Useful Information on Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D Level
I’m a patient of Dr. Zaidi’s with multiple sclerosis. I have been on many MS drugs, and have seen many MS specialists. But my MS has gradually progressed over the years. The first I ever heard of vitamin D benefits was from Dr. Zaidi. For about the last two years now I’ve been taking vitamin D and now have had no new lesions, and my old lesions have decreased in size. Thank you Dr. Zaidi!!!! This is a must read book for so many health issues.
Rating: 5 / 5
Power of Vitamin D: A Vitamin D Book That Contains the Most Comprehensive and Useful Information on Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D Level
“Power of Vitamin D” contains in-depth knowledge about everything you need to know about vitamin D. It was an eye-opener for me. For example, I was surprised to find out that Vitamin D is not a vitamin, but actually a hormone. Wow! My doctor never told me that. I was so thrilled to learn how vitamin D can actually confer so many incedible health benefits and make a big difference in my health.
This book empowers you to start taking charge of your Vitamin D needs immediately. For example, Dr. Zaidi makes it so clear that Vitamin D is extremely important for the health of pregnant women and their babies, but prenatal vitamins have only a small amount of Vitamin D. I was obviously shocked to learn about this. The very next day, I called my friend who is pregnant. I told her to buy this book right away and follow the instructions.
Dr. Zaidi convincingly makes you realize that Vitamin D deficiency is a major risk factor for cancer, heart attacks, diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, bone pains, body aches, osteoporosis, arthritis, asthma, thyroid diseases, lupus, M.S., problems during pregnancy and early infancy, dental problems and depression.
Despite such comprehensive knowledge, this book is such an easy read. Dr. Zaidi illustrates important points by discussing actual case reports from his practice which makes things much clearer and also very interesting.
The information in this book is amazingly practical. For example, on page 127, Dr. Zaidi lists the right versus wrong test to diagnose vitamin D deficiency. Then he explains in simple language why one test is right and the other one is wrong. I was shocked to read that many physicians don’t know the difference between these two tests and often end up ordering the wrong test. Dr. Zaidi also explains that the normal ranges for vitamin D level are old and outdated, but laboratories continue to use these incorrect reference ranges. Most physicians don’t know this fact and, as Dr. Zaidi points out, your physician may tell you that your vitamin D is normal when, in actuality, you may be low in vitamin D. Amazing!
Dr. Zaidi describes a step by step approach to diagnose as well as treat Vitamin D deficiency without the risk of toxicity. I found this information extremely useful. For example, on page 143, he gives a table that clearly guides you on how much Vitamin D to take without the risk of toxicity. I did not find this kind of practical and useful information in any other book on Vitamin D.
Therefore, I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is serious about taking care of their vitamin D needs.
Rating: 5 / 5
Power of Vitamin D: A Vitamin D Book That Contains the Most Comprehensive and Useful Information on Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D Level