Welcome to the Vitamin D-Hormone Foundation for Total Wellbeing website!
Our sole aim is to help you, your loved ones, and in fact EVERYONE to have optimum blood levels of Vitamin D. Our motto remains “Everyone Vit D replete!” Why the fuss over Vitamin D?
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Vitamin D hasn’t been given the attention it needs – it is falsely considered a “vitamin”, but is actually a hormone – similar to thyroid, insulin, oestrogen, and testosterone among others. Why is this important? Just like any other hormone it is produced in one area of the body, but acts on other parts of the body.
Like other hormones, it penetrates through the cell membrane to eventually enter into the nucleus of the cell where it acts on your DNA to influence more than 200 genes.
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Consider that where there is a deficiency of vitamin D, your cells cannot manifest your optimum genetic potential! Those genes tend to remain “dormant”! The reality, unfortunately, is that even doctors today do not offer these tests to their patients, let alone optimise them.
What We Offer
We therefore offer a full online service to individuals, families, and employees at workplaces where we assess your risk profiling for the development of vitamin D deficiencies, offer lab request forms to various laboratories (at least in South Africa, and perhaps other African and international countries where these services are offered); interpretations of lab results, and subsequently a full optimisation management plan. This online optimisation programme is maintained for at least the next 2 years (the time that it takes to fully understand your vitamin D dosing needs) at the equivalent cost of a single GP medical consultation!
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We are especially passionate about correcting deficiencies in our children from a very young age to help prevent future disease! We surmise that many chronic diseases actually begin in early childhood (even in utero) and optimising blood levels early will help prevent the development of these debilitating illnesses later on in life – probably the best health (and financial) investment ever! We are passionate about reducing the huge economic impact of hidden vitamin D deficiencies in our communities.
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We invite you to browse our website to see in which areas we can help you by clicking on the appropriate tabs above.
What I Specialize In
Reset Your Digestion System
Establish Eating Habits
Adopt a Healthy Lifestyle
Set Health Goals
Personalized Nutrition Plan
VItamin D Deficient
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More than 70 % of the general population world wide is Vitamin D deficient, even in sunny countries. Vitamin D is not just important for strong bones, but is connected to 17 different types of cancers, including breast, prostate and colon cancers; it is also linked to the severity of influenza, tuberculosis, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, heart disease, obesity, chronic low back pain, depression, anxiety, dementia, and addictions.
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The World Economic Forum has identified non-communicable diseases as an established and clear threat not only to human health, but also to development and economic growth worldwide
We believe that we can significantly impact our health and wellbeing by taking 2 simple steps – measuring your blood levels AND then correcting your blood levels by sensible sun exposure and supplementation. In our experience most people are unable to raise their levels just through sun exposure, and correct supplementation becomes necessary. Optimization of your bloods can be a tricky process as vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin and therefore takes a long time to optimise, and can also vary during which season you are in. There is also the challenge of keeping your levels monitored throughout your lifetime without the need to necessarily visit your own personal physician. Although very rarely, there is the possibility of toxicity for which blood monitoring is necessary.
Health & Wellbeing
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We believe that we can significantly impact our health and wellbeing by taking 2 simple steps – measuring your blood levels AND then correcting your blood levels by sensible sun exposure and supplementation. In our experience most people are unable to raise their levels just through sun exposure, and correct supplementation becomes necessary. Optimisation of your bloods can be a tricky process as vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin and therefore takes a long time to optimise, and can also vary during which season you are in. There is also the challenge of keeping your levels monitored throughout your lifetime without the need to necessarily visit your own personal physician. Although very rarely, there is the possibility of toxicity for which blood monitoring is necessary.
