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3 things other than Vitamin D that can help you get your levels up

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3 things other than Vitamin D that can help you get your levels up

Before we start, receptors are basically like parking spots on our cells.

And to this point, did you know that Vitamin D receptors in our cellular membranes can become clogged?

Sometimes things other than Vitamin D park in its parking spot (including this like Epstein Barr aka EBVt. When Vitamin D comes home after a long workday, it can’t park in its spot because something is in the way. So our body will think it has enough and down-regulate D, making our levels look low.

*Luckily, there are a few things that can clean up Vitamin D’s parking spot. This can be helpful leading up to preconception and before trying to conceive. They include:

✨Curcumin

✨Carnosic acid

✨Ursolic Acid

*You can get these compounds from things like:

✨Turmeric

✨Rosemary

✨Sage

Turmeric can be used as its whole root in juices and teas, and used as a seasoning in many dishes. Rosemary and sage can be used as seasonings and infused into olive oil as a finishing oil.

Learn more on episode 7 of The Innate Wisdom Podcast with Jim Stephenson, Vitamin D researcher. And learn more about optimizing nutrient levels for pregnancy in my pregnancy prep eCourse, Conscious Conception, relaunching soon this spring/summer. Get on the waitlist here to not miss any updates!

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Not medical advice.

References:

Bartik, L. Whitfield, G.K. Kaczmarska, M. Lowmiller, C.L. Moffet, E.W. Furmick, J.K. Hernandez, Z. Haussler, C.A. Haussler, M.R. Jurutka, P.W. (2010). Curcumin: A Novel Nutritionally-Derived Ligand of the Vitamin D Receptor with Implications for Colon Cancer Chemoprevention. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2891903/.

Chang, S.S. Ostric-Matijasevic, B. Hsieh, O.A. Huang, C. (1977). NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS FROM ROSEMARY AND SAGE. Retrieved from: https://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1977.tb12676.x.

Chen, C. Chen, H. Hsieh, C. Yang, Y. Wung, B. (2011). Upregulation of NF-E2-related factor-2-dependent glutathione by carnosol provokes a cytoprotective response and enhances cell survival. Retrieved from: https://www.nature.com/articles/aps2010181.

Cohen, J. (2021). 5+ Health Benefits of Rosemary + Side Effects. Retrieved from: https://selfhacked.com/blog/rosemary-benefits/.

Haussler, M.R. Haussler, C.A. Bartik, L. Whitfield, G.K. Hsieh, J. Slater, S. Jurutka, P.W. (2008). Vitamin D receptor: molecular signaling and actions of nutritional ligands in disease prevention. Retrieved from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18844852/.

Jurutka, P.W. Bartik, L. Whitfield, G.K. Mathern, D.R. Barthel, T.K. Gurevich, M. Hsieh, J. Kaczmarska, M. Haussler, C.A. Haussler, M.R. (2009). Vitamin D Receptor: Key Roles in Bone Mineral Pathophysiology, Molecular Mechanism of Action, and Novel Nutritional Ligands. Retrieved from: https://asbmr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1359/jbmr.07s216.

Lindsay, R. (2016). Excess Vitamin D:  Too Much Of A Good Thing?. Retrieved from: https://www.natureofhealing.org/2176-2/.

Marshall, T.G. Lee, R.E. Marshall, F.E. (2006). Common angiotensin receptor blockers may directly modulate the immune system via VDR, PPAR and CCR2b. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1360063/.

Pike, J.W. Meyer, M.B. (2010). The Vitamin D Receptor: New Paradigms for the Regulation of Gene Expression by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2879406/.

Shabtay, A. Sharabani, H. Barvish, Z. Kafka, M. Amichay, D. Levy, J. Sharoni, Y. Uskokovic, M.R. Studzinski, G.P. Danilenko, M. (2008). Synergistic Antileukemic Activity of Carnosic Acid-Rich Rosemary Extract and the 19-nor Gemini Vitamin D Analogue in a Mouse Model of Systemic Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2826875/.

Sharabani, H. Izumchenko, E. Wang, Q. Kreinin, R. Steiner, M. Barvish, Z. Kafka, M. Sharoni, Y. Levy, J. Uskokovic, M. Studzinski, G.P. Danilenko, M. (2010). Cooperative antitumor effects of vitamin D3 derivatives and rosemary preparations in a mouse model of myeloid leukemia. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824511/.

The Marshall Protocol Knowledge Base: Autoimmunity Research Foundation. Herbs, spices and other plants as supplements. Retrieved from: https://mpkb.org/home/othertreatments/herbs_and_spices.

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