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I sit out in the winter, 25,000 iu/hr. Check my nanomolar levels periodically, and ensure I have a great balance of zinc and copper. Haven't been sick in over 40 years. My unjabbed, 17 year old daughter has NEVER been to a doctor. She grew up on organic avocados, strawberry gruel I made her, from our trees and land. her treats were cod liver oil and chlorella. Never been sick longer than 4 hours!

Modern, allopathic/Rockefeller/jewish medicine is as crooked, as everything else those people touch.

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Hey! How do you check your balance of zinc and copper? I have been thinking of supplemting with copper but don't know how much or how to check how much. Apparently it affects iron and I am kinda scared to mess with the balance without knowing how.

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It is my understanding copper competes with zinc for absorption. So, they shouldn't be supplemented together.

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Yes, and Vitamin C nearly destroys any copper uptake. The rule of thumb is to counter every 10 mg of supplemental zinc with 1 mg of copper, although that raises the concern of copper excess.

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I believe both zinc and copper levels, once built up, deplete gradually. Therefore, would you agree alternating between the two supplements may be effective? Week on, week off style.

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I take a combo zinc/copper pill, which i crush in a crucible, and then take that sparingly. I hate to mess with copper, selenium (I eat brazil nuts) and especially iron. Sad to say, used to get my info on dosing from Dr. mercola, past few years from Dr. Berg on YouTube. All of the blood tests and fasting panel tests I have done for the past decade have been within bounds. I tend to need very few supplements, my diet (organic, keto and intuitive) works well for my biochemistry. I do supplement with unfortified, nutritional yeast for B vitamins.

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I came across this when researching about zinc suggesting not to take Vitamin C ad Zinc at the same time of day.

https://www.onlymyhealth.com/why-you-should-never-take-vitamin-c-and-zinc-together-1620274713

I used to take all at once in the morning, and started alternating to morn/eve and thinking I need to check my zinc of 50mg daily as it was from when I got Amicron over a year ago now. Spend more time on that than here.

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https://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/order-a-test-patient Bobby, these guys are great! I also have a lab in Colorado Springs, that I was nearly their first customer in 2011! They do anything I need when I visit, no questions, or doctors asked!

https://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/copper-test-1

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Interesting I just had some tests ordered through them Mycotox and GPLtox. It said it required a Doctors signature on my test form included. I just checked on the site and on the order a test page https://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/order-a-test-patient

it says this

"As a patient, you will not have the ability to order test kits directly. A registered healthcare practitioner must submit the request for a kit on your behalf."

So you must be a doctor then, and we'd still need to work with a healthcare practitioner which would probably be a good idea, it's just finding the right one.

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Kelly, I use a few different walk in labs. Also test T counts. But mostly D3.

There may be differences in how accessible these are (without a doctor's test request) based upon the State. I did use this Great Plains Lab a few years ago, when I was not traveling much (refused to wear masks, and unjabbed).

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It sound like their standard practice now as what it said above what I copied. I hadn't entered any info to order as I was just looking to see. It does sound like they will help with finding a local provider. Here's the whole speel, and they seem to be a good lab. I have all zeroes on mine except Ochrotoxin A, eating too much ochra i guess. Not funny really as I'm 3.26 above the maximum range and have some work to do now.

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Hmmm. Not sure where you may live, but I would really try to find a local, walk in clinic. Where I live now (in the desert) there are tons of them, but I seem to recall some law passed that enabled them in Colorado, when I lived there 12-13 years ago. Good luck! I am not home, so unable to check on the zinc/copper combo pill, but I bet there are plenty to choose from. I go really, really light on copper, likely just micrograms.

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Labcorp in Colorado Springs does my Vitamin D 25-Hydroxy test for $59, quick results. Just walk-in. No doctor needed. I forget the cost of the copper test; however, if I recall, it took longer, and was a bit more expensive.

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That's pretty good, need to see if there are any labs close to home here in MN. I was born in CO but a little bit of a drive now.

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The only thing vitamin D is bad for is Big Pharma.

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Excellent advice

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The best way to avoid avoid chronic disease, including diabetes, is:

1) Eat real food, including plenty of animal-based products and natural oils (like ghee and olive oil).

2) Avoid sugar, corn syrup, honey, and most other natural and artificial sweeteners.

3) Avoid processed foods, especially processed carbs and seed/vegetable oils.

4) Stop snacking and investigate intermittent fasting.

5) Get plenty of fresh air and sunshine, while avoiding sunburn.

6) Exercise moderately.

7) Sleep long enough each night.

8) Find non-drug and non-alcohol stress coping mechanisms that work for you.

That being said, I also take vitamin D supplements due to lack of sun in northern latitudes for about 7 months of the year.

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Very conservative ng/l treatment target levels. When are we going to get some serious studies on 100ng/l +?. Anecdotally 30000iu/d is very safe

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Agree! We are bouncing off the bottom with 80-100 ng/ml. The US RDA of 20 is for no one’s benefit except big pharma.

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Agree!

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Vitamin D is fine, but this ignores the elephant in the room.

Just stop eating sugar, grains and starches.

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Thank you for highlighting this!! Vitamin D is so important and powerful yet not taken seriously by the masses.

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I am sure this info would have been helpful a long time ago. Of course, the MSM and left wing docs would not ever say Vit D is helpful. This is certainly not part of the oath those doctors took.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30160165/

Glutathione Stimulates Vitamin D Regulatory and Glucose-Metabolism Genes, Lowers Oxidative Stress and Inflammation, and Increases 25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D Levels in Blood: A Novel Approach to Treat 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency

Sushil K Jain et al. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2018.

Came across this 2018 study in 2020.

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Pre-diabetes is another big pharma invention designed to sell more drugs. Coming soon, pre-pre-diabetes. Diabetes can been helped with diet changes. Take 5,000 IU of vitamin D and more if you want. What's his face (Jeff Bowles, I think)) took well over 200,000 IU's and didn't have any side effects.

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So I always like to know the possible mechanism of how vitD has these effects. One idea is that since vitD is essential for immune system function, optimal vitD prevents the immune system from attacking pancreatic cells in predisposed people. With a dysfunctional immune system, depending on individual differences - genetic, environmental or interaction of factors - that dysfunction can result in an attack of the immune system on skin (psoriasis), endothelium (cardiovascular disease), islets of Langerhans (diabetes), myelin (multiple sclerosis), neurons (dementia) and so on. VitD is the master immune system regulator hormone, without adequate levels the immune system blindly attacks and can attack healthy tissue causing what we term autoimmune disease...which is better termed chronic vitD deficiency.

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Thank you for this information!! The article below says sun exposure can lower cholesterol!

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/does-sunlight-reduce-cholesterol/

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Good info. The only problem I have with it is the source. Based on the past couple of years or so I no longer trust these people, agencies, or what they put out. Even so, I do trust Vit. D so continue to take it.

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Yes. Why trust any info from any research institution? Like you, since I do trust vitD I tend to believe studies that are consistent with positive health effects and dismiss the ones saying vitD will kill you...mostly put out by big pharma whore Jean Manson at Brigham’s in Boston. Recently she put out a laugher claiming vitD had no role in bone health🤪

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I love bags. They are handy for many things. The only bags I hate are SCUMBAGS.

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Thank you for the info!!

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