VITAMIN D
and cholesterol
The importance of the sun
DR DAVID GRIMES
Vitamin D and Cholesterol:
The importance of the sun
ISBN: 978-0-956213204
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About the Author
David Grimes was born in Salford in 1943, and was brought up in Prestwich, north Manchester.
His secondary education was at Stand Grammar School in Whitefield, and then at Manchester University. Read More...
Evidence is growing that Vitamin D is linked to a series of health problems. This book explores the vital role of the 'sunshine drug' and the serious effects of its deficiency.
Since its discovery in the early years of the 20th century, and its use as the treatment of childhood rickets, vitamin D has become neglected in these recent years of healthism with vitamin supplements being so popular. Cholesterol has developed as the thing to avoid, as responsible for so much disease.
This book sets out to explain why these things have happened, explaining how the benefits of vitamin D extend beyond healthy bones to a vital role in the development of immunity. The deficiency of vitamin D, particularly by inadequate exposure to the sun, suppresses immunity and through this makes people susceptible to a number of important diseases, including heart attack, stroke, several cancers, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis.
The book also points out the misdirected obsession with cholesterol, which is not bad for us in the way that is generally portrayed. In fact vitamin D and cholesterol share the same precursor, a high cholesterol in the blood being the result of inadequate exposure to the sun.
But the causes of so many modern diseases remain obscure. There are usually not the result of faulty living but due to micro-organisms, the identity of which is not clear. It is the lack of sunlight and the resultant deficiency of vitamin D that makes people particularly susceptible to heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, cancer etc.
The geography of disease within different countries, different parts of the UK and Europe, different socio-economic groups and different ethnic groups is also explained by varying levels of exposure to the sun. This is particularly true for immigrants in this country from South Asia, and even more so for their children. The importance of vitamin D for the developing foetus is explained.
This book draws upon a wealth of information published in leading medical journals, and displays it clearly. It gathers together the bits of information that have previously been published in isolation, and draws them together to form a coherent picture of health and illness.
