http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFkKkLB6rpM&feature=related

This is facinating - D3 discussions. There are five videos, view all of them, in one go. Then go back later and view the five all over again.

Above is pt.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7cbBB1c0IM&feature=related - pt.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1APENOUWxBQ&feature=relmfu - pt.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JUq4fphjC0&feature=relmfu - pt.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeb3PtkCd_c&feature=relmfu - pt4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUybbVOoRU&feature=relmfu - pt.5

ALL makes a bunch of sense. My own D levels were very low, like at 9...!! Have been on D3 supplementation since Dec. I now begin to feel great. Struck me a couple of days ago just how great I 'was' feeling. WOW - is this due to supplementing with D3? Dunno, but will get tested for D3, see where am at.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EneT3kq-dHs&feature=related

This is the First Section (pt.1) of the whole Symposium. Utterly facinating. There are 6 sections. Should be in the garden but am riveted right *here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhXyT-4qu-E&feature=endscreen&NR=1 - Third section

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7MLgXTvNLg&feature=relmfu - Fourth section

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NybgiVk1QSk&feature=relmfu - Fifth Section

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-7ncQBIUn0&feature=relmfu - Sixth Section

Befor i watch.... What is d3 ?

'D'-3 - named by most as Vitamin Vit-D3 - now looks to have been updated to a hormone, therefore have stuck to D3.

Facinating.

I still have questions, but, the whole question of D3 deficiency makes sense. Just got to find someone to answer my own questions - questions that were not answered in the Q&A session.

Have you seen this article on influence of D3 on gut flora? This could explain why it seems to have helped a number of KA members

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100707141558.htm

Good detail here - http://www.vitamind3cholecalciferol.com/vitamin-d-sources.htm

Digging around, first stage skin cancer - actinic keratosis - take D3 and protect when out in sun (which I do and have always done). So, how come actinic keratosis? Face - through open car windows. Lower arms, uncovered in garden, out walking and through open car windows. Ho-Hum. Fell over the answer to my question...

Very interesting - Just had a loaad of D3 cropped in my lap (as 'twere). A lot of information out there, surprised that I had taken no cognisance on it afore now. From the evidence looks like lack of D3 can/does lead to many health problems.

I suppose that since this blasted AS and no longer horse riding, no longer running my gun dog, that am a bit house-bound. Certainly gut problems have led to being house-bound! Well, am on the required supplement now so see what my levels are nxt month.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/uoc--vda100908.php
Vitamin D a key player in overall health of several body organs, says UC Riverside biochemist
Study by Anthony Norman advocates higher intake of the vitamin to help prevent diseases

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articl...all-Health.aspx

This is just a couple of the very many papers sent to me.

Additional info :-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/?_from=R40&...-All-Categories

Vit D has two standards of measurement nanogms/ ml (considered normal up to about 80) or nanomoles per litre (Normal up to about 140). You can check this on the internet. Standards do however vary according to the authority you consult. (Mine was measured in ng/ml - and came in at 9...! Dangerously low. Ho-Hum. Strangely, I do not catch colds and have only ever had flue twice in me life. Must be all the oranges I eat 'smile').

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D

http://www.easy-immune-health.com/Normal-Vitamin-D-level.html

HLA-B27A makes one resistant to influenza. The gene variant is not a curse but an adaptation with a possible side effect of AS.

My HLA-B27A is a dud then... used to get impressive cases of flu until I started getting the vaccine every year (one time fever peaked at over 105F, despite children's tylenol)