Got Vitamin D?

Like vitamin A, vitamin D is needed for calcium and phosphorus absorption and thus is essential for strong bones, healthy teeth and normal growth. Deficiency can cause rickets and myopia. We recommend you get the active form of vitamin D called calcitriol; which is actually a hormone, via sun exposure and food. We don’t recommend vitamin D supplementation of any kind in any form and Sally Fallon Morell explains why at the bottom of this post! In addition, Morley Robbins of The Root Cause Protocol and Jim Stephenson Jr. both explain why they agree with our position on it. They have written extensively on the topic in short, readable articles, and we encourage you to read their content!

The Sun

Despite its name, Vitamin D is actually a fat-soluble hormone that our bodies create when UVB rays trigger Vitamin D synthesis in our skin. Many of us don’t live in an area whereby our bodies can convert vitamin D from the sun at every time of year, as is evidenced by this sunshine calendar and this illustration published by Sperti Sunlamps.

We recommend the Sperti Vitamin D Sunlamp as a solution. It replicates the sun’s UVB output and lets your body create its own Vitamin D. It is on sale from Thursday, November 28 to Monday, December 2 at 11:59 Pacific. It is currently $200 off the full price, and you save an additional $100 during these 5 days, which is the biggest discount they offer; only once a year. Use coupon code 100OFF2025 to save $300.00 off the lamp. Click on Sperti Vitamin D Sunlamp to learn all about it! Again, coupon code 100OFF2025.

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Food

Besides sun exposure, we can also eat foods rich in vitamin D, which concentrates in the ocean’s food chain. Cod liver oil is at the top of the list from the Weston A. Price Foundation‘s test results published in December 2023. See the recommended cod liver oil brands and dosages. Other vitamin D rich foods are lard, caviar, foie gras and egg yolks.

The Dangers of Vitamin D Supplementation

What follows was written by Sally Fallon Morell as a side bar to her article Dr. Price’s Remedy: The Weston A. Price Foundation does not recommend vitamin D supplements—only vitamin D from food, such as cod liver oil, egg yolks, animal fats like lard, organ meats, fish eggs and shellfish, where it is balanced by its cofactors vitamin A and K2. Vitamin D taken on its own can rapidly deplete vitamins A and K2 stores. Taking large doses of vitamin D can also induce severe depletion of magnesium, as magnesium is essential to the metabolism of vitamin D. [1] Vitamin D enhances mineral absorption and can lead to hypercalcemia (dangerously high levels of calcium in the blood), and higher levels of vitamin D also have been linked to enhanced absorption of toxic elements such as aluminum, cadmium, cobalt and lead. [2] Unfortunately, during the Covid [so-called] pandemic, many were taking very high doses of vitamin D from supplements, even up to 10,000 IU per day or more.

Symptoms of vitamin D overdose include vomiting, nausea, poor appetite, excessive thirst, excessive urine produc­tion, loss of weight, abdominal pain, dehydration, constipation, diarrhea, itchy skin, severe headache, irritability and nervousness. Heart rhythm irregularities, increased risk of heart disease and high blood pressure as well as renal failure are also symptoms of vitamin D overdose.

Kidney stones are another danger of excess vitamin D. Lifeguards in Israel [3] have twenty times the rate of kidney stones as the general population. According to Chris Masterjohn, “Kidney stones may be the most sensitive indicator of vitamin D toxicity and are a symptom of vitamin A and K2 deficiency.” [4]

In partial recognition of the need to balance high doses of vitamin D with cofactors, many practitioners are now recommending taking vitamin K along with vitamin D. This practice is likely to deplete vitamin A even faster! Worse, the form of vitamin K in most supplements is not Dr. Price’s X Factor—vitamin K2 MK-4.

One teaspoon of cod liver oil can supply about 1000 IU vitamin D; that plus vitamin D ingested from other foods, such as egg yolks, lard, seafood, poultry liver, poultry fat and organ meats, is plenty. These foods also supply vitamin K2 MK-4. Vitamin D supplements are unnecessary and can put us at risk.

1. Reddy P, Edwards LR. Magnesium supplementation in vitamin D deficiency. Am J Ther. Jan/Feb 2019;26(1):e124-e132.
2. Schwalfenberg GK, Genuis SJ. Vitamin D, essential minerals, and toxic elements: exploring interactions between nutrients and toxicants in clinical medicine. ScientificWorldJournal. 2015;2015:318595.
3. Better OS, Shabtai M, Kedar S, et al. Increased incidence of nephrolithiasis (N) in lifeguards (LG) in Israel. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1980;128:467- 472.
4. Masterjohn C. Update on vitamins A and D. Weston A. Price Foundation, June 24, 2010. https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/update-on-vitamins-a-and-d/

Articles that focus on the topic of vitamin D published by the Weston A. Price Foundation:

Vitamin D Supplementation: Panacea or Potential Problem? by Pam Shoenfeld, RD

Sunlight and Vitamin D: They’re Not the Same Thing by Stephanie Seneff, PhD

Are Some People Pushing Their Vitamin D Levels Too High? by Chris Masterjohn, PhD

From Seafood to Sunshine: A New Understanding of Vitamin D Safety by Chris Masterjohn, PhD