The key to turning our crippled health care system around is to shift from disease management into disease prevention and health optimization mode.
Vitamin D affects your DNA through vitamin D receptors (VDRs), which bind to specific locations of the human genome. Scientists have identified nearly 3,000 genes that are influenced by vitamin D levels, and vitamin D receptors have been found throughout the human body. Is it any wonder then that no matter what disease or condition is investigated, vitamin D appears to play a crucial role?
This is why I am so excited about the D*Action Project by GrassrootsHealth. It is showing how we can take action today on known science with a consensus of experts without waiting for institutional lethargy.
D*Action is an important step in a MAJOR health movement with the power to change our flawed medical paradigm, which right now is married to the pharmaceutical industry via the revolving doors between Big Pharma and our regulatory agencies. The individual is left powerless in this paradigm, because, aside from expensive pills (which kill over 106,000 people each year when taken as prescribed), it has little more to offer.
GrassrootsHealth is not just another health web site. Instead it is the amalgamation of many vitamin D scientists from around the world and across many disciplines. 48 scientists worked together to create our call to action. 48 scientists have agreed that there is no perfect supplement amount, instead blood levels must be tested, and that level should be 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L). Much research, not just one study, is behind our mission to make vitamin D testing and monitoring part of standard of care for ALL people.
It takes an average of 17 years for research to become standard practice. We can’t wait! The vitamin D research shows that blood levels in the range 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L) are safe, effective and will lower overall disease incidence and health care costs. GrassrootsHealth is committed to having vitamin D testing and monitoring be part of every yearly physical, for all age groups. How do we achieve this? By starting with project implementations in specific areas – to show it is safe and effective.
GrassrootsHealth started with D*action, a world-wide cohort of over 10,000 self-subscribed individuals wishing to take health into their own hands. In 2012 we launched Protect our Children NOW! – our project to end vitamin D deficiency where is starts – in utero. All implementations are research projects, and we publish research based on our findings.
