Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

#1 Vitamin Deficiency in ALL Autoimmune Conditions

Mar 28, 2024

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Exploring the critical roles of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone in preventing autoimmune diseases, the Coimbra protocol's success with high doses of vitamin D, the impact of vitamin D on calcium absorption, and how vitamin D resistance can occur even with normal levels in the blood. The importance of adjusting vitamin D levels to address vitamin D resistance and the potential genetic causes behind it.

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Vitamin D aids in calcium absorption and helps prevent autoimmune diseases by regulating parathyroid hormone levels.

Vitamin D resistance may occur despite normal blood levels, requiring increased vitamin D intake to combat the issue.

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Importance of Vitamin D in Auto-Immune Diseases

Vitamin D plays a crucial role in addressing auto-immune diseases by aiding calcium absorption, regulating the parathyroid hormone, and combating vitamin D resistance. The podcast emphasizes the significance of maintaining optimal vitamin D levels to prevent issues with calcium absorption and vitamin D resistance. It highlights the Coembra protocol, a high vitamin D approach that has shown promising results in managing auto-immune diseases through proper adjustment of vitamin D intake.

Introduction

2min

Understanding the Interplay Between Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone

2min

Understanding Vitamin D Deficiency and its Complex Effects on Autoimmune Conditions

3min

In this podcast, we’re going to talk about the critical roles of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone in helping to prevent autoimmune diseases. Many people with an autoimmune disease have had success with the Coimbra protocol, which involves taking high doses of vitamin D.

The Coimbra protocol checks parathyroid hormone levels produced by the parathyroid gland, which is intimately involved in calcium regulation. If you have low calcium, the parathyroid gland pulls calcium from your bones and distributes it into the blood. Vitamin D helps with the absorption of calcium by a factor of 20x!

Vitamin D resistance occurs when the body does not absorb vitamin D. You can have normal vitamin D levels in the blood yet still be deficient in vitamin D. Parathyroid hormone levels can tell you if that's happening.

If you are not getting enough vitamin D, you will have trouble with calcium absorption. The parathyroid gland will have to overcompensate to combat vitamin D resistance.

Usually, if you have high vitamin D, you’ll have low parathyroid hormone levels. Low vitamin D and high parathyroid hormone levels can signify vitamin D resistance.

If you have vitamin D resistance, the solution is to take more vitamin D! The Coimbra protocol involves adjusting vitamin D until the parathyroid hormone lowers to a low to normal level.

Vitamin D resistance is typically caused by a problem with vitamin D receptors or a genetic issue known as polymorphism.

Other barriers to vitamin D absorption include:

• Low sun exposure

• Darker skin complexions

• Old age

• High stress

• Location

• Air pollution

Pathogens have strategic methods of downgrading vitamin D receptors. Pathogens from tick bites can downgrade your receptors by a factor of 60x!

Cancer cells, especially those affecting the colon and bones, downgrade vitamin D receptors to survive. Heavy metals can also downgrade vitamin D receptors.

Magnesium and zinc can protect against high calcium levels in the blood, but your best defense is vitamin K2.

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