Continuing with sunscreens, using PABA may by itself cause problems as it was shown to directly damage human DNA. 1 Then as the UV-B is blocked proportionally to the level…

How Beta-endorphins are formed is where things get interesting. They are produced from the cleaving of a substance pre-pro-opiomelanocortin produced in the pituitary into pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) a peptide neurotransmitter. Ok…

Not a typical combination of things. Two classes of diseases, a vitamin (hormone) and a natural phenomenon. I have grouped them together to try to better understand their connection, as…

Activities like exercise and sleep. I would argue for all if medically able to, but especially those who cannot or do not do moderate exercise, optimal blood levels of vitamin…

Thus, with inadequate deep restorative sleep (DRS) some people were more susceptible to this protein build up than others. That gave me the idea that these diseases, proteinopathies, are perhaps…

As I wrote in an earlier post on deep restorative sleep (DRS), https://judsonsomerville.com/sleep/. To give a brief refresher, remember as a kid being awoken from a DEEP sleep? How you…

A recent article in the Journal Science got me to thinking. So, bear with me as it involves tying several thoughts together. This study showed a correlation between lack of…

As you who have read my book know one of my interesting bits of information, I came across was the Inuit and their source or at least what I assumed…

Curios we should have such a hormone calcitonin to lower calcium levels but helps explains how important it is to keep the blood concentration within a narrow range. Calcitonin is…

We are, for most of us or soon to be, past the age where we could die at a young age (though with optimal doses and blood levels I think…

Thus, the skeletal bone is a huge bank to allow the rapid and large as needed release of in this case calcium carbonate and other substances to neutralize the excess…

So, these three areas-kidneys, small intestines and skeletal bones are where calcium comes into or leaves the blood, think of them as gateways. Then there are I believe three states…

As the concentration of the blood form of vitamin D3 rises at some point again around blood concentrations of 300 ng/ml or higher, the blood calcium levels will start to…

Yes, it is! If atherosclerosis occurs in the heart arteries it can lead to heart attacks or death. No matter where it occurs in the arteries it can cause serious…

As I see the public knowledge about vitamin D3 increase I see an interesting change in the focus. From the claim that vitamin D at high doses causes hypercalcemia to…

As you who have read my book know one of my interesting bits of information, I came across was the Inuit and their source or at least what I assumed…

Back to soil depletion and boron. Perhaps farmers who added supplements to their crops might find it boosted survival, growth and food production. Equaling more money! A happy plant is…

Like before in previous blog posts I have tried to bring to you useful information. Boron is one of the substances I have come across that I believe is important…

Then in this same Holistic Primary Care article they bring up a recent New York Times article. 1 In that article they went after Dr. Michael Holick a Boston University…

Let’s beat a dead horse (no animals were harmed in writing this blog) further and deconstruct what Dr. Nissen has purportedly said starting from the beginning. I applaud him for…