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Hey guys, Dr. Kyle Loveless here. Today, I want to talk to you about one of my favorite actual supplements. It's something I've used for pretty much every patient, and it's something that all of us as humans need. It's called a vitamin, but this isn't actually a vitamin; this is actually a hormone, and it's vitamin D—specifically, vitamin D3. Most people at this point know that vitamin D3 is something we need to take. It's something we get from the sun, and it's a very important part of most processes in our body, from everything to the immune response to helping calm the immune system. Balancing the immune system is very important for a lot of processes, including hormone production and everything else.
Unfortunately, we're not getting enough vitamin D from the sun, so we're going through a supplement process. I found this article from 2017, and I almost feel like I read it before, but it's something I was actually researching on psoriasis and soy because I wanted to walk you guys through why I recommend not eating soy. So stay tuned for that video; I'll get there. But I came across this article, and it talks about how high-dose vitamin D dramatically improves psoriasis and vitiligo. Vitiligo is when you lose little patches in your hair or skin, causing pigmentation changes, and it's an autoimmune disease. Psoriasis is ultimately an autoimmune disease as well; it's where your immune system is causing an overactive T-cell response, producing extra skin layers that become plaque. It can also get into the joints and cause issues there.
Vitamin D plays a huge role in this cell-mediated response. I talk a lot about reducing stress on your body so that your immune system isn't becoming overactive, like removing food allergies. I also discuss removing foods that cause hyperactivity in the immune system, such as gluten, high amounts of sugar, and dairy. However, the vitamins you can take are very important as well. With vitamin D, the first thing is getting out in the sun without your 30-proof sunscreen, right? Without tons of clothing on and always having to be in the shade, get out in the sun and enjoy it. They've shown significant differences between people with autoimmune diseases in the north versus the south. People who are farther north have lower vitamin D3 levels, are in the sun less, and have higher instances of autoimmune issues and many gut issues.
Vitamin D should be something you're getting from the sun. Every morning, I like to get out, look up at the sun, and try to get outside as much as possible. Show your skin and let your body absorb the sun. I know that a lot of women use beauty products for their face that contain lotions and sunscreen, so be careful of that. You don't want to always be putting sunscreen on; you want the sun to get to you. It's very important. Studies have shown that sun exposure has a significant impact on all-cause mortality rates. For example, a study with 38,000 Swedish women over 15 years found that sun exposure was associated with a significant reduction in all-cause mortality rates, including heart disease, strokes, and heart attacks.
However, intermittent sun exposure was correlated with a 60% increase in melanoma. Just being in the sun every so often and letting yourself burn can lead to skin cancer. However, being in the sun often and allowing your skin to tan, while not wearing sunglasses, is beneficial. Studies have found that wearing sunglasses prevents your body from producing melanin, making you more susceptible to sunburn. Chronic sun exposure has been shown to be protective against the most fatal cancers.
What I found with medicine is that if you do the opposite of what they tell you, you're typically better off. I did a video on sunscreen and how toxic it is, how the FDA won't take these chemicals out, although other countries do, and how the EPA has shown them to be carcinogenic. If you're someone who's still using sunscreen, please stop. If you want to block the sun because you're going to be out there for many hours, use zinc or wear long-sleeve shirts after a while.
Studies have found that autoimmune disorders occur more frequently in the north than in the south. Vitamin D is a regulatory hormone for the immune system; it helps bring the immune system into homeostasis or balance. It calms the immune system when it's too active and helps protect it. It's also part of our innate immune response, which includes coughing, white blood cell production, sinus congestion, and more.
As previously noted, vitamin D levels have been demonstrated to be compromised in autoimmune diseases, and circulating levels of vitamin D3 are inversely related to autoimmune disease activity. Most people with autoimmune diseases have vitamin D deficiencies, but we don't always connect the dots. Vitamin D promotes the expression of tolerogenic FoxP3 positive regulatory T cells, which regulate the TH1 and TH2 immune responses. In autoimmune diseases, the TH immune response is overactive, leading to the body attacking its own cells. High doses of vitamin D3 have shown to calm that immune response and prevent the body from attacking cells that should not be harmed.
With psoriasis, it's speculated to have an autoimmune origin, but other research proposes that psoriasis represents an abnormal response to bacteria and the microbiota of the skin. Approximately one in five individuals with psoriasis reports substantial dissatisfaction with treatment. That's the part I want to talk about. One out of every five people who gets psoriasis treatment—like I did, like many of you have—goes to the medical doctor or dermatologist, who is supposed to be the expert in skin, and gets a steroid. They are experts in steroids, but they are really just suppressing the immune response.
Approximately one out of five individuals with psoriasis is unhappy with their care, which is why so many people are watching YouTube videos; they want those changes. What I've done is taken the information I've learned and the things I've done for myself and with patients over the last 10 years, and I've put these things together into small videos. However, it's hard to convey all this over long periods, so we finally put it all together in a course for you guys. We've launched the pre-sale for this course, so if you're interested, you can check the description below. Depending on when you watch this video, the pricing for that course may vary.
If you're interested in the online course for psoriasis, it's a game changer. It will transform your life in terms of psoriasis. It's everything I do with patients in the first three months, and most people get rid of it just from doing that. It's about learning and constantly researching, along with the eating plans, supplements, and other things I've used with patients.
To continue, a while back, they did a pilot study where 35,000 IU of vitamin D3 was administered daily to 16 vitamin D deficient patients with vitiligo and nine patients with psoriasis for six months. I know someone might say, "Oh my gosh, that's going to cause arterial damage or calcium buildup in the arteries." To counteract that, they put them on a low-calcium restricted diet. Now, to be clear, I'm not telling you to go take 35,000 IU of vitamin D3; that's something I would want to work on individually with you. However, I would say that 10,000 to 15,000, maybe even 20,000 IU, while regularly checking your vitamin D3 levels, is a really good idea if you have psoriasis.
This represents an enormous amount compared to the normal 1,000 IU most doctors would recommend. Dosing vitamin D3 in autoimmune cohorts often fails to take into account genetic polymorphisms. We've always wondered why so many people have vitamin D3 deficiencies and why many people eat unhealthy and are inflamed but not everyone has psoriasis. There is a genetic aspect that makes some individuals more susceptible to shifting into that autoimmune response and causing psoriasis.
However, supra-physiological pharmacologic doses of vitamin D3 may be helpful to circumvent this genetic tendency and promote immunomodulation, which ultimately balances out your immune system and combats the autoimmune response. This isn't a cure for all your problems in life, but it's a great step in the right direction to ensure your body is getting enough vitamin D3. Low D3 levels have been shown to be common with almost all cancers and many other health issues, including heart disease.
At the end of this study, they showed that 100% of the people with psoriasis saw significant improvement, as evidenced by dramatic photos included in this publicly available study. There was significant improvement in lesion severity in all psoriasis patients, as indicated by the psoriasis area severity index score.
So, there's clearly a connection between vitamin D3 and psoriasis. If you have psoriasis and you're not taking vitamin D3 at a level of at least 10,000 to 15,000 IU, I highly recommend doing that. Even more importantly, if you have psoriasis and you haven't had your vitamin D3 levels checked, that's definitely something you need to do. If you want help with that, check the descriptions; we have testing available for that, and it's very inexpensive.
Finally, resources conclude that high-dose vitamin D3 therapy may be effective and safe for vitiligo and psoriasis patients. It may not be a long-term answer, but it could be something you want to look into and make that change. Again, don't just go take 35,000 IU and follow your normal diet; we want a low-calcium diet and a good healthy diet along with this process.
So, guys, I hope that was helpful for you. I thought it was pretty cool, and vitamin D3 is an absolute part of every single patient that comes into our office, with care at different levels based on their testing. It's something that everyone should be on if they have psoriasis; it's a no-brainer. There are different types of vitamin D3, so go back and watch my videos on what types you should be getting. If you want a good quality vitamin D3, we'll have that in the description below as well, and make sure you get what you need in that area.
Alright, hey guys, if you want the online course and you've been looking for answers for psoriasis, you're tired of searching all over the web for it. I've put everything together that I do with psoriasis patients in one course platform. It's pretty cool, and depending on when you're watching this video, we're doing a pre-sale now. We just launched this, so the price is lower now than it's ever going to be again. You're going to get a ton from it; you're going to learn how to become your own health expert, and at the same time, you're going to get rid of psoriasis. I'm excited to see you do that; it's going to truly transform your life. Go to the description below, and you'll find that.
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