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One of the problems with supplementing vitamin D is that vitamin D is made from cholesterol. There are certainly some benefits to supplementing vitamin D, but i
by ablyveiled 3y ago
One of the problems with supplementing vitamin D is that vitamin D is made from cholesterol. There are certainly some benefits to supplementing vitamin D, but if you get it exogenously rather than manufacture it, your cholesterol will be higher.
Not that cholesterol is anywhere close to the demon it's made out to be, but there is a (much higher than generally accepted) point of having too much where mortality risk increases.
- mkmk 3y agoDietary cholesterol isn't really a major contributor to blood cholesterol, especially if you're getting it in foods that are not full of saturated fats.
- ablyveiled 3y agoPeople eating ketogenic/carnivorous diets for autoimmune or blood sugar issues have much higher LDL volumes (although their LDL particles are also fluffier and less oxidized)
- zouhair 3y ago> there is a (much higher than generally accepted) point of having too much where mortality risk increases. Source?
- ablyveiled 3y agoI haven't Indexed It in my Memex or anything, but look into the work of Paul Mason or Ray Peat (to look into "pro-cholesterol" thought generally) https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/cholesterol-longevity.shtml https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/cholesterol-longevity....
- chrisbrandow 3y agoIirc, the amount of cholesterol that is converted to vitamin D from your bloodstream is still fairly small relative to overall cholesterol levels.
- ablyveiled 3y agoI'm sure. Just trying to illustrate that there's no total replacement for the "real thing". You may say "of course", but we have people like Bryan Johnson running on drug/supplement cocktails, in a "scientistic" pursuit of Goodhart's Law. I just hope that he falls apart visibly rather than invisibly, so others don't try to follow in his footsteps. https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/ https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/