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.

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

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!!