The Nugent Report is hosted by Dr. Steve Nugent, a renowned psychologist, author, public speaker and expert on science, health, wellness and nutrition. Dr. Nugent’s mission with this podcast is to provide objective information about a variety of topics in wellness and nutrition, as well as to increase public awareness of health and nutrition in relation to the realities of the modern diet and dietary needs vs. 21st Century stresses and the environment. He got his start in radio during his days as a Marine and has trained in electronic journalism, television, technical direction and more.
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The Nugent Report is hosted by Dr. Steve Nugent, a renowned psychologist, author, public speaker and expert on science, health, wellness and nutrition. Dr. Nugent’s mission with this podcast is to provide objective information about a variety of topics in wellness and nutrition, as well as to increase public awareness of health and nutrition in relation to the realities of the modern diet and dietary needs vs. 21st Century stresses and the environment. He got his start in radio during his days as a Marine and has trained in electronic journalism, television, technical direction and more.
Vitamin D and Magnesium Part 3
The science behind health and nutrition. Welcome to this episode of the Nugent report. I definitive source for objective information on health and nutrition, featuring Dr. Steve Nugent, the renowned psychologist, author public speaker expert on science, health, wellness, and nutrition. Be sure to visit our website at drnugent.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @thenugentreport.
Welcome to the Nugent report. I'm Dr. Steve Nugent. This is the third in a series of episodes of vitamin D and magnesium two nutrients that need to work together for your health. In this episode, I'll be throwing a lot of numbers and values your way, but don't panic. It's my goal on the Nugent report to make sure that you have transcripts written, supportive data tables or hotlinks to tables. When I give you a whole bunch of numbers, I don't want you to stress out, attempting to remember the numbers, just enjoy the episode and then go to drnugent.com to look for the numbers that you have in mind.
I want you to remember that the nutrient report is a labor of love, and it's not my day job. And in fact, I have two very talented, very dedicated individuals helping me on this website, and it's not their day job either. So we're posting these things as soon as we can. And if things don't come out as fast as you want them to just try and be patient, please. Now back to vitamin D. As I mentioned in previous episodes, once a lab test for physicians was developed so that they could easily test vitamin D levels of their patients, the general perspective on vitamin D supplementation changed almost diametrically before the test existed. And I can remember frequently arguing with medical physicians about vitamin D supplementation. No, a very significant percentage of patients. According to study, as much as 42% are deficient in vitamin D and physicians who have been taught that vitamin D supplementation wasn't necessary, or perhaps even toxic.
Now they find themselves recommending thousands of units for patients each week. Remember garbage in, garbage out. If the data you're using to, with to make your decision is flawed and not accurate, it's highly probable that your conclusion. So be flawed and inaccurate. Okay. The first step, when you have a health question, any health question, not just about vitamin D is to get the appropriate tests from the appropriate practitioner, go to a doctor who knows what they're doing in the case of vitamin D testing. Any physician can do this for you. When you see your physician, ask them for a vitamin D blood test, a serum analysis these days it's pretty routine. And it's unlikely that you'll get any arguments. When any lab test comes back from any lab, it'll be pretty simple, right? On the printout. It will say low, normal or high. This is not rocket science.
You'll hear me talking again. This podcast probably many times about inadequate levels versus deficiencies. There is a distinction and that distinction is important when making decisions for your health. So let's apply that to vitamin D. If your blood test comes back with less than 30 millimoles per liter, and by the way, that is written as lowercase MMOL forward slash upper case L so 30 millimoles per liter, less than that amount, that means it's low. And this is typically associated with deficiencies that can lead to serious health issues. If your test comes back between 30 and 50 millimoles per liter, it's classified as being less than adequate for bone health in already healthy individuals and amounts greater than or equal to 50 will be considered adequate for bone health, as well as general health for already healthy individuals. Now don't panic. If I said those numbers too fast, remember the tables or hotline sports tables will be provided for you on drnugent.com.
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The Nugent Report is hosted by Dr. Steve Nugent, a renowned psychologist, author, public speaker and expert on science, health, wellness and nutrition. Dr. Nugent’s mission with this podcast is to provide objective information about a variety of topics in wellness and nutrition, as well as to increase public awareness of health and nutrition in relation to the realities of the modern diet and dietary needs vs. 21st Century stresses and the environment. He got his start in radio during his days as a Marine and has trained in electronic journalism, television, technical direction and more.
