For years, scientists have been asking two big questions about vitamin D: Is there anything it isn't good for? and How does it work? Now, it seems, one of those questions has been answered, kind of. The Scientific American reports that researchers at the University of Copenhagen have learned that in order for T cells to do their magic in the immune system, they must change from
so-called "naive" T cells into either killer cells or helper cells. It turns out, the Danish scientists learned, that if vitamin D is in short supply, that transition doesn't happen. Why would the body make it hard to jump start its immune system? Sciam reports that while the vitamin requirement might seem like a handicap, the extra step might actually be a live saver: keeping T cells from ravaging healthy tissue.
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Fact is everyones body is a little different. Doctors must guess at where to set your specific chemistry to make you live longer. They really dont know and must experiment on you with various pills,including vitamins. I don’t know the answer to these experiments on patients. Some have terrible reactions. Most of us don’t. The Drug manufacturers are making incomprehensible profits with this system and the Doctors are sharing in the Bonanza. Unless you have a known disease the Doctors unfortunately must use guesswork to perscribe your pills.GOD HELP US ALL!
This article doesn’t say a thing about doctors or people taking pills. It’s just a study on the function of Vitamin D, which the human body produces from exposure to sunlight.
If you take every article on the human body as meaning you have to run to the doctor, then that’s YOUR problem.