The Medical Advisor

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, meaning that it dissolves in fats and oils and can be stored in your body for a long time. Vitamin D is important to the body in many ways. It helps the body absorb calcium from food and supplements. Muscles need it to move, for example, nerves need it to carry messages between the brain and every body part, and the immune system needs vitamin D to fight off invading bacteria and viruses. Together with calcium, vitamin D also helps protect older adults from osteoporosis. Vitamin D is found in cells throughout the body. Even more popular at the moment is the role of vitamin D and the potential benefits against COVID-19. This is probably one of the reasons that's driving the demand on vitamin D related products. In recent and months, several publications and studies have suggested that maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D would seem potentially beneficial in fighting the COVID-19 infection.  How do you know that your vitamin D level is adequate

Morley Robbins, MBA, CHC,   a repeat guest, is the founder of the Magnesium Advocacy Group. He’s best known as the Magnesium Man, and is the author of “ Cu-RE Your Fatigue: The Root Cause and How to Fix It on Your Own ,” in which he explains the roles of magnesium, copper, iron, vitamins A and D and other essential nutrients. His Root Cause Protocol  is the implementation of that information. Morley Robbins and Dr Joseph Mercola are currently planning to write a book together, which will focus on the little-understood importance of copper and its interaction with iron. As explained by Robbins, if copper is lacking in your diet, iron will build up in your liver, which changes its physiology and immuno-properties. Liver metabolism is highly dependent on copper and retinol, and there's not a lot of awareness of that. “It's a very sophisticated process of interaction between copper and iron, and if that interaction doesn't go well, iron is going to start to accumulate in the t

Iron is necessary for life as it is essential to transfer oxygen into your tissues. Hemoglobin, the protein in your red blood cells that contains iron at its core, reversibly binds to oxygen and supplies your tissues with it. Without proper oxygenation, your cells quickly start dying. Iron is also a key component of various proteins and enzymes, and is involved in energy production, immune function, metabolism and endocrine function. For these reasons, low iron (anemia) can cause significant health problems. However, what many don't realize is that excess iron is actually more common than iron deficiency , and iron overload can be even more problematic. Because your body has a limited capacity to excrete iron, it can easily build up in organs like your liver, heart and pancreas. This is dangerous because iron is a potent oxidizer that can damage your tissues and contribute to a variety of health problems, including but not limited to: Cirrhosis