Thanks Elias: I haven’t been writing much lately but hope to start again soon. Good luck with your skin. Dakota

My take on calcium is that we are overdosing. I only stayed away from high oxalate foods during high dose D3. When taking only 10,000 daily (my regular amount, not the high dose 40,000 iu that I took when my skin was very bad) I don’t worry about high oxalates. Exercise (weights) and high calcium vegetables are my way to keep my bones strong. The Asian world consumes very little dairy (if any) and they eat lots of green veggies. Women are told to take calcium supplements which do help but the bad news is that all that calcium gives you twice the chance of having a heart attack or stroke.

Elizabeth: I haven’t been on the website since March so that’s why I haven’t answered your questions. I am not a medical professional so it would be out of integrity for me to answer questions based on your current medical issues. You need to ask your doctor these questions.

I just found your site, thank you for putting it together! I am reading through your protocol and trying to put it all together in the context of daily meal planning. I know you stay away from dairy – but how to you ensure that you get enough calcium every day (especially in light of the higher risk of osteoperosis for women)? If you are avoiding high oxalate foods (dark green vegetables, beans, nuts, maybe tofu) due to the higher D3 intake and avoiding dairy, are you getting enough calcium?

Thanks,
Evelyn

First, I want to apologize for all the questions. I guess I was over excited after reading your webpage. I really only have two question after reading your protocol in short summary and also in more detail. Second, I want to thank you and Charlie for all your hard work in putting together this newsletter and psoriasis information that will probably help a lot of people.

I don’t feel like I really “belong” with most of the people here. I have had scalp issues which no dermatologist (after seeing 14 plus several internists, and general practitioners family doctors). No one could figure out what was going on with my scalp. Of course, there’s much more to the story, but I will fast forward to February 2020 when the 14th derm said have seborrheic dermatitis, then May said I have sebopsoriasis. So my psoriasis is new and is only on my scalp right now.

I really just want to get your opinion on something but I have to give you a little history first. I only have one kidney. I lost my left kidney in 1999 (benign oncocytoma size of a softball). I also have osteoporosis (2017). I read where this protocol is good for that as well. It’s my kidney I worry about. My nephrologist told me I could not take the osteoporosis drugs that would reverse the osteoporosis, so I took 60 or 90 days of a Vitamin D (can’t remember if it was D3 or just D). The doctor that prescribed it said that is all I could take. No more after that. I moved to Houston right after that and didn’t know what that meant at the time.

1. Do you think taking this long dose of Vitamin D3 would bother my one little kidney (or my liver)? (I will see another Derm on March 26 so will ask him.)

2. I have been having trouble with my liver as well. I’m on a dosage of a drug called Ursodiol 300 mg. twice a day for that, then if my liver tests aren’t better in April/May he is going to have to do a laporoscopy to see what is going on, and I’m praying I won’t have to have surgury or that I won’t lose my liver somehow.

Ok, let’s see if my math is good. I took 40,000 iu for six weeks. If you take 4 of these a day you will be at 20,000 iu. As for the k2, it’s unclear how much of each kind you are getting. The one you need to focus on is the k2mk7. I took at least 400 mcg of the k2mk7 when I was on the high dose (40,000 iu.) Basically I can’t recommend dosage. You read what I did. And then you make your own decision about what is good for you. Hope this helps.

ok, way too many questions many of which can be answered by reading the information on this website. Just avoid supplements that contain extra calcium. I use Life Extension Super K but you can’t get it in Canada. I have to cross the border to get it. And yes I still take the D3 and K2mk7 in separate pills. Usually 15,000 is my maintenance level. I go up if my skin reacts to something. Like stress! Which, as you can imagine, is a little high these days based on the world situation. Cack!!!

Hi Elizabeth: That is way beyond what I can advise on. I’m not a doctor or medical person of any sort. I don’t know what D you were taking before. We work with D3 only. I do know that if you’re taking high dose D3 you need to be careful about consuming “oxalates” (google the list of high oxalate foods and avoid these if you take D3 in larger than 1000 iu daily). Supposedly consuming oxalates can create kidney stones. That’s about all I can say.

Just a quick question…I only have one kidney. In the summer of 1999, I had abnormal lab results regarding my gallbladder/liver. My dr at the time, ordered an abdominal sonogram . The technician doing the sonogram left me and got the radiologist. He came in and took over looking around, not saying anything to me. I should have known something was wrong but that day I wasn’t expecting anything to be wrong so I ignored it until ‘my doctor’ showed up as I was waiting to get an MRI. He sat with me and told me they had found a mass on my kidney the size of a soft ball. In two days time I was without a left kidney. Biopsy came back as a “benign oncocytoma.” After the surgery and I was home by then. Whew!! I was so relieved because the 4 doctors who saw the MRI and the three who were in the surgery with me were sure it was cancer. Since then I have had to watch carefully what medications I take.

When I found out I had osteoporosis I could not take the medications that could reverse it because the drugs were really bad for my one little kidney, according to nephrologist. Therefore, I took a treatment of 40,000 iu Vitamin D then had to stop.

Because of these two circumstances I guess I’m a little concerned if I should take the D3 or if it’s different than the “D” I took for the osteoporosis? Would you have any idea?
Thanks!!