Dangers of Too Much Vitamin D with Dr Deva Boone Medical Myths, Legends & Fairytales

There are so many questions about Vitamin D today especially in the media regarding its relevance to general health, thyroid health and how it is related to COVID. There are a lot of arguments as to how Vitamin D can be beneficial to humans, and the recent one is its contribution to fight COVID-19. I stumbled across one of Dr. Deva Boone’s articles about people easily getting hypercalcemia or high calcium levels even from mild excesses of Vitamin D. I recommended before to avoid higher levels of Vitamin D as it is less useful and makes you less productive but it turns out it can also be quite dangerous. 



Between the latest online fads and the crazy media headlines, it’s easier more than ever to get confused about your health. If you want to make better decisions about your health so you can feel better and live longer, you’ve come to the right place.


Joining us is Dr. Deva Boone to understand more of how Vitamin D works in our body and what are the best practices to think about for our general welfare.
 

Dr. Deva Boone is one of the most experienced parathyroid surgeons and has become a renowned expert on calcium and Vitamin D. She attended Cornell University medical school, completed a general surgery residency in New York City, and an endocrine surgery fellowship in Chicago. She spent the past six years as a parathyroid surgeon at the Norman Parathyroid Center, and was the Medical Director there for the past three years. She is currently obtaining an executive MBA at the University of South Florida, and is planning to open a parathyroid surgery center in Arizona in 2021.
 
 
Key Takeaways:
 

[0:35] Introduction to Dr. Deva Boone
[2:02] Dr. Boone shares a story about Shannon with a medical mystery.
[2:35] Shannon showing symptoms related to Catatonia - a psychiatric disorder.
[3:27] Suspected parathyroid disease because of consistent high calcium levels.
[4:10] Sharing symptoms with parathyroid disease and psychiatric disorder.
[4:45] Dr. Boone examined deeper and shifted to high levels of vitamin D.
[5:00] Results of taking vitamin D as a medication for a long period. 
[5:40] High levels of vitamin D cause high calcium levels.
[6:00] Putting a stop on taking vitamin D as a cure.
[6:45] Diagnosing patients with high calcium levels because of vitamin D
[7:25] Effects of having high calcium levels.
[7:50] Dr. Boone explains vitamin D is a steroid hormone.
[9:20] High calcium blood levels that cause toxic range of vitamin D.
[11:30] Problems in measuring vitamin D.
[13:01] Vitamin D in milk to avoid bone deformities.
[13:30] Other health effects of low or high in vitamin D
[14:28] Range of vitamin D levels and the health effects according to race.
[15:43] Correlation is not causation - associating low vitamin D to a lot of diseases.
[17:38] Ignoring high calcium levels and its impact.
[18:35] The body keeps a tight range of calcium levels.
[19:00] General effects of high calcium levels.
[19:50] Hich calcium level is a parathyroid tumor until proven otherwise.
[21:01] Normal range of calcium levels according to age.
[22:13] Parathyroid surgery as the best cure of parathyroid disease.
[24:25]  Considering surgery rather than just maintaining lifestyle medicine.
[25:50] How Parathyroid surgery works?
[26:55] Vitamin D is not definitive but plays a role in our immune system and could help prevent COVID.
[29:40] Taking vitamin D more than the normal range is not recommended.
[31:00] Vitamin D taken as a medication instead of a supplement.
[31:35] Safe and average number of taking different supplements containing vitamin D.
[33:58] Closing statement with Dr. Deva Boone.
[34:35] Is there a topic you’d like to hear?
 

For more details about Dr. Deva Boone, visit her website www.devaboone.com or connect with her through these platforms:
 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deva.boone 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deva-boone-md-mba-95a31983/ 
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