When rats consume Vitamin D, it causes high levels of calcium and phosphorous into their blood streams, which ends in kidney and liver failure, it is toxic to them. A human can mess up their liver by taking too much, but it would have to be way over what ever a doctor prescribes. It is always a good idea if your doc wants to run bloodwork for Vitamin D levels. I was low for years, and taking it made such a difference to me. I take 2000 units a day. Dont recommend sun to me, I have an auto immune disease and sunlight , UV, is like being radiated to me, complications from long term Lyme disease. For years I worked outdoors in the garden, rowed my boat on lakes, never burned, loved summer. Now, I cover up and avoid the hours between 11 and 3, so, I have to take it. That and living up near the Quebec border, it gets dark through fall and winter. Rats succumb to certain things that other creatures do not, they have a weird digestive process, that is why vitamin d is in their poisons. I use something called ratx on them, all it is is corn gluten and salt, something in that combo shuts down their system, and they do not experience thirst, and dehydrate to death, where as the same formula does not harm any critter having the same snack. Calcium absorption for humans is aided by Vitamin A and D, when rats ingest it, it draws all that calcium and phosphourous from their own bones and from whatever they may eat, this causes calcification of their hearts, arteries, etc, and they die.
No, it is managed, I can still get flares that wipe me out if I slip up on diet, or, sun exposure. I have some triggers which I have learned to take seriously. It is something that, at my age, would be impossible to kill off without killing me, I am 75 and have had it for a long time, so much so that my immune system is the biggest danger, but, as I said, it is managed and most days are symptom free.
The whole problem with this article is that the author starts off with no understanding of Vitamin D3's cofactors.
The reason D3 can be used as a rat poison is because it depletes the rats' vitamin K2 levels, which then triggers hypercalcemia. If you added vitamin K2 to the rat poison, it would no longer be a poison—in fact, it would make the rats healthier. Yes, it also depletes magnesium. And if someone experiences negative effects from taking a high dose of D3 immediately, it is always due to triggering symptoms of magnesium deficiency. At very high doses that some humans take—like 100,000 to 300,000 IUs per day—it usually takes about 4 to 6 months to trigger a toxic vitamin K2 deficiency, leading to hypercalcemia. After even longer periods of high-dose D3, you eventually get induction of boron and zinc deficiencies, as well as vitamin A. These are all cofactors that D3 uses up in its processes. In fact, there is no such thing as vitamin D3 toxicity—that is just an old doctor’s tale. What you are really seeing are just various cofactor deficiencies induced by high-dose D3 consuming them. D3 itself is completely non-toxic. The author would be better off if he would spend some time reading the book "The Miraculous Cure for and Prevention of All Diseases—What Doctors Never Learned."
From Robert Yoho, MD
D is the most important wonder vitamin, and we have substantial backing for this.
When rats consume Vitamin D, it causes high levels of calcium and phosphorous into their blood streams, which ends in kidney and liver failure, it is toxic to them. A human can mess up their liver by taking too much, but it would have to be way over what ever a doctor prescribes. It is always a good idea if your doc wants to run bloodwork for Vitamin D levels. I was low for years, and taking it made such a difference to me. I take 2000 units a day. Dont recommend sun to me, I have an auto immune disease and sunlight , UV, is like being radiated to me, complications from long term Lyme disease. For years I worked outdoors in the garden, rowed my boat on lakes, never burned, loved summer. Now, I cover up and avoid the hours between 11 and 3, so, I have to take it. That and living up near the Quebec border, it gets dark through fall and winter. Rats succumb to certain things that other creatures do not, they have a weird digestive process, that is why vitamin d is in their poisons. I use something called ratx on them, all it is is corn gluten and salt, something in that combo shuts down their system, and they do not experience thirst, and dehydrate to death, where as the same formula does not harm any critter having the same snack. Calcium absorption for humans is aided by Vitamin A and D, when rats ingest it, it draws all that calcium and phosphourous from their own bones and from whatever they may eat, this causes calcification of their hearts, arteries, etc, and they die.
Thanks for that information.
Did you cure your Lyme disease?
No, it is managed, I can still get flares that wipe me out if I slip up on diet, or, sun exposure. I have some triggers which I have learned to take seriously. It is something that, at my age, would be impossible to kill off without killing me, I am 75 and have had it for a long time, so much so that my immune system is the biggest danger, but, as I said, it is managed and most days are symptom free.
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The whole problem with this article is that the author starts off with no understanding of Vitamin D3's cofactors.
The reason D3 can be used as a rat poison is because it depletes the rats' vitamin K2 levels, which then triggers hypercalcemia. If you added vitamin K2 to the rat poison, it would no longer be a poison—in fact, it would make the rats healthier. Yes, it also depletes magnesium. And if someone experiences negative effects from taking a high dose of D3 immediately, it is always due to triggering symptoms of magnesium deficiency. At very high doses that some humans take—like 100,000 to 300,000 IUs per day—it usually takes about 4 to 6 months to trigger a toxic vitamin K2 deficiency, leading to hypercalcemia. After even longer periods of high-dose D3, you eventually get induction of boron and zinc deficiencies, as well as vitamin A. These are all cofactors that D3 uses up in its processes. In fact, there is no such thing as vitamin D3 toxicity—that is just an old doctor’s tale. What you are really seeing are just various cofactor deficiencies induced by high-dose D3 consuming them. D3 itself is completely non-toxic. The author would be better off if he would spend some time reading the book "The Miraculous Cure for and Prevention of All Diseases—What Doctors Never Learned."
From Robert Yoho, MD
D is the most important wonder vitamin, and we have substantial backing for this.
Here is my D draft post due out in 10 days or so
https://robertyoho.substack.com/p/072c884b-918f-4525-8a14-8d646bc0785e