It’s been brutally cold around here lately. I just heard that
February 2015 will be the first month since 1978 where the temperature
has not gone above 0 °C in the Greater Toronto Area. That’s how cold
it’s been!
To make matters even more depressing, the days are short at this time
of the year and that usually means low vitamin D levels. Yet, my levels
always score high around this time of the year and I do not take any
additional vitamin D supplementation other than what is found in my
multivitamin.
How do I do it?
Through the use of safe sunlamps. I own a special stand-up tanning
unit that shields harmful emissions and has been recommended by the
Vitamin D Council as a safe and effective method to achieve natural
levels of vitamin D. Unfortunately, this UV device is no longer available for purchase.
In Mass Explosion,
I talk about the optimal tanning dosage and it’s really not much, but
suffice it to say, this method beats supplementation any day. Assuming
that you start low and build up your exposure gradually, it’s a safer
form of vitamin D (you can’t overdose from skin exposure, but you
certainly can through supplementation) and a more effective form of
vitamin D (oral unsulfated vitamin D3 from supplements do not provide
the same benefits as vitamin D3 sulfate that’s synthesized from the
skin).
In fact, I would like to extend a challenge to any health-care
practitioner that prescribes vitamin D in supplement form to their
(non-infant) patients or clients. Your supplements against my sunlamps
and we’ll see who wins.
