12/08/2022
Why You Need to Stop Chasing Deficiencies
Vitamin D is important for you, right?
The medical literature says so.
You’ve read it… it tells you that vitamin D deficiency puts you at risk of neurological, musculoskeletal, respiratory, metabolic conditions… all the “conditions.”
The experts say so. From Mercola to Dr. Hyman. You’ve listened to their podcasts, read their blogs.
You’ve done your research. You’ve advocated for yourself.
And you finally have a doctor who is even willing to run a vitamin D test for you.
Your blood is drawn… the lab comes back low.
So what does your doctor do?
Your doctor puts you on a vitamin D supplement.
1000 IU. 2000IU. 4000IU. Maybe higher.
After a few months you have your level checked again…
Your level comes back in the normal range. Awesome!
So your doctor takes you off the supplement.
Then what?
Do you notice what inevitably happens?
Your level drops again.
Your vitamin D level is all good if you’re taking the supplement, not good when you’re off the supplement.
Now what?
As a high-achiever, you DON’T have time to go down yet another health rabbit hole that doesn’t lead anywhere.
Not to mention the energy.
After years and years of pain, exhaustion… as someone who has already tried “all the things” you DON’T want to waste your money on yet another medication or supplement that isn’t going to do anything, not really.
For years I was that doctor. Prescribing that vitamin D supplement.
Then I started to question this belief.
And I refer to this old approach as “putting whipped cream on a mud pie.”
Because… What's the REAL problem?
It’s not a supplement problem.
Sure, there is a deficiency. But even the deficiency isn’t the root.
Look UPSTREAM.
What comes before the deficiency?
What causes the deficiency?
The accumulation of toxins.
That leads to… downstream infections.
That leads to… downstream organ dysfunction.
That leads to… not being able to produce the vitamin D metabolites (all the things that our body needs to convert, absorb and use vitamin D properly).
And what I noticed when we address these upstream root causes - the toxins… is that the downstream effects - the deficiencies - end up taking care of themselves.
We usually don’t have to do anything about the deficiencies.
These days, I refuse to order vitamin D levels (or any nutrient levels for that matter).
These days, my clients and I go upstream and address the true root causes of illness without chasing deficiencies (or other health rabbit holes), using the Quantum Health Blueprint.
And that looks like… a life of freedom.
Free from the pain, free from the confines of a diagnosis.
That looks like… a life of fullness.
Full of vitality, energy and happiness.
Ready to drastically reduce your pain, without wasting your time and efforts going down health rabbit holes that lead nowhere?
Ready to take back control of your health?
Ready to stop putting whipped cream on a mud pie?
Comment below with your favourite type of 🥧 to let me know.
