Sat, Jan-27-07, 15:51
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 185/180/165
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Progress: 25%
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Originally Posted by Zuleikaa
Funny you quoted the above. I was just reading an article posing that the above problems aren't really genetic traits at all. Rather they are caused by severe vitamin D deficiency causing gene aberrations. They've found in studies that vitamin D can actually switch genes on and off and suppose that family "genes" are more related to familial vitamin D environment than heredity. Thus people with all the illnesses mentioned that you have attributed to genetics have, when tested, actually been found vitamin D deficient.
Sorry, I couldn't resist, lol!!!
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That's something I worry about because I live in the frigid north. Taking D doesn't solve the deficiency as well as a daily half hour of sun. But when it's below zero I don't expose ANY part of my anatomy to the weather. A warm spell this week (high of 20 degrees) allowed me to run outside in shorts all week. It may just be in my mind, but I feel better because of it. I even got a tan on my knees. :-) |