There is much in the news today about us lacking Vitamin D. Did you think, as I once did, that we have to be careful not to take too much Vitamin D? Did you think we get enough in our world, through our foods, our sunshine, milk? Here are some things for us to think about. Get informed about this important Vitamin. It's been hiding somewhere. No one knew how vital it is. Vital.

Why Vitamin D is Important

Skeletal development

 anti-osteoporotic, anti-carcinogenic,

antioxidant, anti-psoriatic, immunomodulatory and mood modulatory activities.

Where Do We Find it?

 

Rich sources are fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, tuna), fish oils (cod liver oil), and fortified foods (eggs, milk products, and breakfast cereals). Exposure to sunlight also converts the inactive Vitamin D under the skin to active Vitamin D.

 

Deficiency leads to

poor mineralization in young children’s bones leading to growth retardation

 and bone deformities known as rickets.

 adults secondary hyperparathyroidism………. thus increasing the risk of osteoporosis and fractures. …….

muscle weakness……. osteoporosis, a condition characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue.

 increased risk of type I diabetes,  multiple sclerosis,  rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, cardiovascular heart disease, and many common deadly cancers.

 

 

 

Now, we are starting to get the picture.

This little boy was adopted from Baku, Azerbaijan. The orphanages did not put milk in their bottles. His bones were on the way to becoming severe rickets. The doctor in Moscow diagnosed him as having moderate rickets. Had he lingered more in the "Baby House" as they called it, he would have had malformation of the bones. Thankfully, he did not. But it affected his strength. At 3 he could not walk. He was crying like this all the time from the pain he was experiencing. He is my son.

 

After Prescription Vitamin D, here in America, he was walking in 3 weeks.

 

He is fine, today, a strong soccer player, much appreciated by his team for his tenacity on the field. He used to have trouble just climbing a jungle gym.  

 

 But not all of us are deprived of milk, an essential source of Vitamin D. And yet we are deficient. That seems impossible.

However,

 Doctors are finding this out more every day, hence the many news stories coming out.

We need to talk more about Vitamin D.

 

 

Rich sources are fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, tuna), fish oils (cod liver oil), and fortified foods (eggs, milk products, and breakfast cereals). Exposure to sunlight also converts the inactive Vitamin D under the skin to active Vitamin D.

 

 

 

Good morning.

Wellness isn't just about taking nutritional supplements. Of course, it is about making the decision to be the best you can be, in all areas of your life. Not there yet? It has to come from within you, as it did for me. You need to get tired of being sick and tired. If you're reading and you have cast it aside, I am getting a clue, you are still reading. So, part of you is already there.

The most successful people in this world realized at one point that their ship was not going to come in. They needed to get a remote control, grab a boat and set the controls to make the boat do what they wanted it to do. If I sound as though I am bridging the gap between health and wealth, well, perhaps I am. How can you be in a position where you are doing all you need to do to help yourself be the best you can be, if you feel like h-e-double-hockey-sticks? You know you can't. Again, I congratulate you for reading about health. You have started. Good for you. Now, let's get you healthy. I will start the instruction part of the next blog with a little teaching about nutritionals. Why do we need them? DO we need them? Really? It's all just hype isn't it? To sell stuff. Right?

I actually used to think that. When I heard people talking about depleted soil, and that when vegetables travel so long to get to you from far away states, their nutrition value decreases greatly, I believed people were making that up. Let's take a good long look at in the next issue.

 If you want to debunk something, where do you start? At the source of what is behind the statements, right?  New evidence may just prove these folks right, about the fact that even if we think we eat well, we are not getting enough nutrition to keep us at optimum health. I think you may guess that that is what I believe. But, perhaps, you would like to see for yourselves. So, stay tuned. Good info to help you sort it all through is coming your way.

I enjoyed my first visit in a health professional's office yesterday. He was willing to do a dry run with my partner and me. Very kind man. Thank you, Dr. you know who you are.

What I do- well it is a win-win-win. The patients, win- good health. The Doc wins, good health for his patient, and increased revenue for his practice. The company with the great science board behind them and the excellent nutritionals wins, of course. Oh, I must add two more wins-I win, because I am fulfilling two of my desires, helping people and helping Health Professionals turn to Wellness, and the staff in said offices also will win as we offer staff incentives as the Health Professionals implement the Wellness Programs into their practices.

Hold, on, much nutritional info coming your way. Thanks for learning along with me. In the meantime, if you need to get a hold of me, you may contact me at my email. meimeilinlu@yahoo.com or here in the comments.

Ciao, Lin

New Status Schmatus, I only care I can help you more!

I am pleased to announce some new status.

 I am a NutraMetrix Consultant.

 I have completed my training and I will now embark on my work: implementing Wellness Programs into Physicians and Health Professionals existing practices to create wellness options for their patients and -maybe best of all-increased revenue for the Physicians.

Over the course of the next few blogs I will share the knowledge I have received about some nutrition products, options for ordinary folks~ to learn how to have optimum health. Who should key in to these discussions? Moms with depleted energy, men with jobs that stress them out, athletic women with high energy needs for their physical activity, physicians who know Antioxidants are a good recommend for their patients but just aren't sure what kind to suggest. Parents who perhaps just heard that gummy vitamins have some unhealthy ingredients and are now wary of the choices out there. And you folks in your Golden years, now you have a source who will steer you correctly. People everywhere are deciding to try to change their habits, are trying to eat well, and want to take the right supplements, but they just don't know where to start sometimes. Now, you will know. Enjoy learning, it keeps us young!

Read slowly. Take your time to understand. Ask questions.

I am not an expert on Nutrition. I am one who is learning just like you, more and more each day, and I can help you while I learn as I share the information.

Next topic: Why do we need supplements anyway? Do we really? Isn't it all just hype to sell vitamins?

Welcome! You have just made the best decision in your life. Nothing is more important than becoming as healthy as you can be.

Turning on the switch. People who have decided to finally DO something about their body, their health, their lifestyle. Is that you? Are you still considering it? Great!

You have come to the right place.

On this blog, you will find help along the way. You will find new ideas, inspirations, people who want to help you, and then, there is I.  I am currently undergoing certification for Nutrametrix. More about that later. Hang in there, it is going to be a wonderful ride to a new you.

First,I invite you to enjoy this video from The Smithsonian Channel. I first saw this on tv and was fascinated. Why do we want to know about telomeres? What are they? Why are scientists talking about it?