Is vitamin D supplementation safe? Is Vitamin D supplementation dangerous? Do we need vitamin D for our health? Why is vitamin D linked to so many health conditions? Why do so many doctors recommend vitamin D? This episode is sponsored by VivaRays - code YOGI to save 15% https://vivarays.com/carnivoreyogi This episode is sponsored by Optimal Carnivore “CarnivoreY” to receive 10% off all products- Brain Nourish - https://amzn.to/3liaNFN Grassfed Organ Meat Complex https://amzn.to/3Dp1R9e Grassfed Beef liver https://amzn.to/3clgONz This episode is sponsored by Upgraded Formulas - code YOGI12 or YOGI to save on anything from Upgraded Formulas - https://www.upgradedformulas.com/?rfsn=4637317.2071db5&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=4637317.2071db5 Check out all my courses to understand how to improve your mitochondrial health & experience long lasting health! https://sarah-kleiner.mykajabi.com/store Get my resource guide for all my favorite quantum health products with discounts as well as 7 pages of scientific studies to understand how light intricately effects our health - RESOURCE GUIDE LINK -https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/sites/2147573344/themes/2150788813/downloads/zmyzUo3nRQqxVU8dkEcg_Resource_Guide_.pdf My winter course - (stay healthy this winter!) - https://sarah-kleiner.mykajabi.com/offers/vxxyWXDb Sperti lamp (code CARNIVOREYOGI10 for 10% off) - https://www.sperti.com/?ref=3397 EMR TEK (code carnivoreyogi20 for 20% off) - https://emr-tek.com/discount/carnivoreyogi20 Jim’s Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/517807781731760/ Jim’s substack - https://substack.com/profile/73731074-jim-stephenson-jr TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 3:00 Beginning 3:36 How Jim became interested in studying vitamin D 5:00 Why taking a vitamin D supplement won’t fix deeper issues 6:16 Why the form of vitamin D we test for is completely irrelevant & what “low vitamin D” really means 8:23 The harms of supplementing with Vitamin D if 125D is high & the implications with thyroid disorders 10:10 Why don’t we test for 125D & what does it mean? 12:50 Why we get so sick in the winter (not low vitamin D) 14:15 Who is most at risk for problems when supplementing vitamin D? 17:07 How are doctors (even in the functional space) getting this so wrong? 20:12 How supplementing with just one fat soluble vitamin can be harmful & the “vitamin A” science 23:00 Why we feel better initially with Vitamin D supplementation & how sunlight is actually more powerful 26:00 How long has “Vitamin D” supplementation been popular & how what types of supplementation have been used 29:00 The disconnection from nature and correlation to illness 32:20 Why the calcium story is wrong and how we get this wrong prenatally & the endocannabinoid system 35:00 Pros and cons of tanning beds and Sperti vitamin D lamps & the dangers of lamps 41:10 Why tanning beds and lamps may not be needed & how we store vitamin D 45:35 How high levels of vitamin D can ruin our health & how this happens 47:45 What about adding K2 - does this save us? 49:44 Is taking a exogenous fat soluble vitamins & other supplements dangerous? 52:00 More on the dangers of synthetic exogenous supplements 55:00 Pregnancy - babies and vitamin D - how are we getting this wrong? 59:12 The C word and vitamin D