Don’t combine vitamin D with milk
All the recent research is continuing to show a strong link between Vitamin D and positive health issues ranging from new asthma treatments and lung health to the prevention of colon and breast cancer. For instance, research is showing that a daily intake of 1,000 units of Vitamin D greatly reduces the odds of getting colon cancer by about half, and the chances of breast and ovarian cancer by about one third.
Clearly, regular, sensible exposure to ultraviolet sunlight helps the body produce Vitamin D which is good for health. There is no risk of an “overdose” on Vitamin D from sunlight (although you might get sunburn!). What is less well known is that vitamin D supplements can be very harmful in some circumstances.
One of the many important functions of vitamin D is the absorption of calcium (from the food you eat). Vitamin D greatly increases absorption of calcium into the blood stream, from where it can go to all parts of the body.
The danger here is that if vitamin D supplements are taken on the same day that dairy milk is consumed, the bloodstream becomes overwhelmed with calcium. This can cause harmful calcification in many parts of the body. Harmful calcification is at the root of a whole variety of diseases such as stroke, cancer and heart disease.
When dairy milk is consumed, the casein protein in milk makes the bloodstream go acidic. This happens before all the calcium in milk gets to the bloodstream. The body reacts by pulling calcium from the bones into the bloodstream (calcium is very alkaline and this helps to neutralize the blood).
As the milk is gradually digested, calcium from the milk enters the bloodstream. As this happens, calcium levels in the blood become too high. In a kind of “knee-jerk” reaction hormones in the body get rid of the excess calcium in the bloodstream by ’storing it’ it in different parts of the body, leading to harmful calcification and illness.
When milk is consumed on days that vitamin D supplements are taken, this compounds the problem by increasing further the excess calcium in the bloodstream. Excess calcium in the bloodstream is referred to by doctors as hypercalcemia, a condition that can cause serious illness. For this reason it is important to avoid all kinds of dairy milk on days that vitamin D supplements are taken.
To avoid the health problems associated with hypercalcemia and harmful calcification it is important to never take vitamin D supplements on days that dairy milk is consumed. An ideal solution is to switch to non-dairy milk which is far more delicious and nutritious than dairy milk. If non-dairy milk is not readily available, you can easily make your own milk at home from a variety of ingredients that can be stored or frozen.