vitamin d is considered a wonder vitamin.ant segment we have ever done is right now.we you need to know what your level is, and the blood tests for this is the 25 high droksy vitamin -- high -- hydroxyok. vitamin d. if it is between 50 to 80 it is in good shape.ak take 1,000 to 2,000 iu of vitamin d.tami if it is less than that, then te talk to your doctor and maybend even go up to 5,000 units until you come to the normalme zone. the lack of vitamin d has been b connected to anemia and children and people have talked about multiple sclerosis. low vitamin d can increase breast cancer and prostate cancer and colon cancer. you really need to know what your levels are and where you get your vitamin d, through the sun. 15 minutes a day, two days ahe week is enough.th the people that were concerned about them are the african-americans because their skin is very. resistant to the sun and they won'tesis absorb it. obesity is a problem because they are fat and this is a fat s sol youable vitamin. it can absorb the vitamin dt and those

we're going to post it. >> the vitamin vegetable, vitamin fruits, vitamin exercise, and vitamin water, all is good. >> biotin. this is the bad stuff, the bad vitamins. biotin i take because i want to make sure i keep some of the hair i still have. nobody has to were aabout it over here. these are the ones we don't like. vitamins, for example, vitamin e, we found out it increases prostate cancer. beta carotene causes lung cancer. you have to be careful. vitamin c causes kidney stones. i know what you're going to say. these are drugs. talk to your doctor. the more is not merrier, and be careful. >> i'm still going to pop my vitamins. >> first of all, i agree with your point. you have to check with your doctor. especially the fat soluble vitamins, vitamin a, vitamin d, you could get into a toxic range. they were showing on the video there, vitamin d3 and b-12, which i really agree you should check patients. i check every patient in the office for vitamin d, which is more like a hormone than a vitamin. make sure you're not low in vitamin d, especially in climates where you're not getting

siegel, you actually prescribed vitamin d for me. >> i check vitamin d levels, vitamin d 25 hydroxy onvery patient. the one hydroxy is what the kidneys do, but we want to check the 25 hydroxy, that's the level you should have checked at your doctor. every patient out there should have it checked. where do you get vitamin d? >> you can get it from oily fish like salmon, tuna, from fortified cereals, from fortified grains, from sunlight, and we're also telling you to wear sunscreen all the time, so you're getting mixed messages. i like sunscreen. i say supplement, get it in the food you eat. i recommend at least 1,000 units of vitamin d a day. it's a fat soluble vitamin. that means if you took too much of it, there is a toxic range. you can't go crazy taking a ton of it, but i also want to say that vitamin d supplements are something i recommend. i don't recommend all supplements, i recommend vitamin d supplements. heart disease is associated with low vitamin d levels. anema, the study david is referring to, 7 of 10 children lacked vitamin d. it's good for bones. if you're out there feel

i think vitamin "d" is the super vitamin. and that's the one thing i check in every single patient, jamie, because we live in a northern climate here. i check 25 hydroxy "d," that's what we check in the doctor's office. i'm finding it epidemic of vitamin "d" defirensy especially in older patients and i put them on vitamin d3 at least 1,000 units a day which is the recommended dose is and i follow the level. it's been shown to be associated not onl with heart health, there's some evidence that there's a risk of colon cancer if you don't have the right amount of vitamin "d." depressi depression, and now the point today. this study is in rats but i think we would find this in people, too, that if you were vitamin "d" deficient you wouldn't think as scleerly. some of the diseases we're going to talk about later, autoimmune diseases that david suggested for today, those can actually be mimicked by a vitamin "d" defirensy. i call it a superremember vitamin or a pro-hormone. it's almost more of a hormone than a vitamin. >> and eric

i think vitamin d is a super vitamin. that's the one thing i check in every single patient. we live in a northern climate, and i check 25 hydroxy d. that's what we check in the doctor's offices. i'm finding an epidemic of vitamin d deficiency, especially in older patients, and where put them on vitamin d 3, and then i follow the level because it's been shown to be associated not only with bone health, but with heart health. there's some evidence there's a risk of colon cancer if you don't have the right amount of vitamin d. depression with not enough vitamin d. now, this study, i think we would find this in people, too, if you're vitamin d defishanp, u wouldn't think as clearly. some of the diseases we're going to talk about later, those can be mimicked by a vitamin d deficiency. i call it a supervitamin or a pro ormoan. almost more of a hormone than a vitamin. >> eric would want people to ask, you have to ask for a vitamin d test. it's not part of the standard blood panel. this is kind of scary. is there anyone who shouldn't take vitamin d? >> as a nation, almost a 30 of th

the fat cells take your vitamin d away. vitamin d is a super hormone.s more of a hormone that is a vitamin. it's important for every organ in the body. we've seen heart disease go up if you have low vitamin d. >> if you take a multivitamin every day, you got the whole list. 40 different things in there. it doesn't have vitamin d? >> that only has about 400 iu. it may not be enough. what mark just mentioned is absolutely important. you need to make sure you get your vitamin d 25 dihydroxy. the level should be between 30 and 80. usually around 50 nanogram per ml is a normal value. you get the energy. you're not fatigued anymore. it really works across the body as a hormone to really get you going. >> so you're saying you should take a supplement? >> the supplement i recommend is vitamin d-3. 2,000 units. 1,000 to 2,000 units a day depending how low you are. you're probably not going to get enough from the sunshine. should you go out in the sun to try to get extra vitamin d? that's a real question. the dermatologists i was with last week would say no. mayb

why vitamin d? what's so important about this particular vitamin?itamin d because it's probably the most important vitamin out there. we've talked about vitamin b12 all vitamin b complex but this is actually a hormone. this is not even a vitamin. and it affects our entire body. like really fatigued, you don't have the energy to move, you don't get enough sun that's because your vitamin d is really low. the main purpose of this is to build up your calcium. but it has other type of things. >> if wer talking about this in dark of winter, so many of us around the country haven't seen the sun for a long time. so curious whether or not the form you get the vitamin d matters and what's the best way before we dig into these studies to get vitamin d efficiently. >> what you want is a real active form, vitamin d3. i'm with you because i'm always in the operating room. a few years ago i realized that i'm always tired. it doesn't matter what i eat or exercise and all the good things. and finally i checked my vitamin d level and it was low. it was about 25. the

we're finding out more and more that vitamin d is really not a vitamin but it acts like a real hormonedy. we've seen it behave towards parkinson's and towards colon cancer and pros kate cancer so it's really involved in a lot of immune part of our body and ms, an autoimmune disease, attacking the wrapping around the nerves, and so taking and knowing what your vitamin d is extremely critical, and we can measure this. we can get a blood test and check your vitamin d. the big question is how much vitamin d should you be taking and who are real exposed? we've seen that pregnant women, people not exposed to sun, those who have really low vitamin d and once you know your level which should be over 0 then we can supplement the vitamin d and make sure you bring it to the level. the other thing, i'm sorry, molly, what they found is when your vitamin d level is higher, your fatigue symptoms is actually a lot less which is very interesting, so there's more to this story in the future. >> by the way, you're getting a heck of a lot of vitamin d from sunlight and i'm not advertising it and you get m

the only vitamins i tend to see deficient on out there is vitamin d and b-12. to test you for it and see whether you should take it. it's not giving you any benefit to take it through an intervenous. >> this is done in a lot of medical spas, get your botox, go for lunch and they put an iv and give you this kind of stuff. it's dangerous. don't do it. there are cancer patients that are vitamin b 12 deficient, people who have major gi problems, they can't take them through oral path, that's when you can get iv vitamins. for normal people, celebrities that are going to go out just because they have some hangover, drink a lot of fluid, get some rest and in my case i won't touch blue label whiskey the night before "sunday housecall." >> you have to be vitamin deficient before -- >> take your flintstones every day. >> drink fluids if you feel dry. have some gatorade. >>> thank you so much, south carolina. >> the day after hillary clinton wins big in south carolina she says her campaign is now going national. she's feeling confident going into super tuesday. is there a

vitamin a, vitamin d, these vitamins you actually can get to a tragic range. they were showing on the video there of vitamin d 3 and b-12. you should take patients that come in the office for vitamin d, which is more like a hormone than a vitamin. you have to make sure you're not low in vitamin d, especially in climates where you're not getting enough sun. inadequate absorption. vitamin c before i got pregnant with him. the key here today is multivitamins, unless you have nutritional ze efficiencies. do not reduce your rate of cancer. and vitamin e, all men were taking it, it will protect my heart, but turns out it increases prostate cancer. you have to watch what vitamins you're taking. >> talk to your doctor about what you're crying because it doesn't mean your flinstones are doing the trick. >>> we have to take a break but we have more coming up on "housecall." november is prematurity awareness month. what the heck is that? the doctors will explain health problems that could affect babies born too soon. that's next. it. see, i knew testosterone could affect

treat your vitamins like a real drug. >> are regular vitamins -- >> if you're taking cumiden and fishl that can increase your bleeding. vitamin e can increase prostate cancers. gummy ones are okay if you take one or two. if you can take a real tablet easier to digest. if you take a lot of these they can make you real toxic. >> the gumies. >> vitamin a, b, c. >> you going pop them like candy. >> that's right. >> the first place is to start is if you have a well balanceled diet you don't need vitamins. i might be testing you to see what your vitamin d level is a lot of people take vitamin d without knowing what their level is. you have to put it under your tongue. you need sublingual b12. don't do it on your own. one out of five older americans are taking supplements they don't need. more and more my elderly patients are on medications. they add supplements. they may not know the interactions. make sure the doctor is checking the pdr. >> kids can go through this so fast and take a lot of them. like you said like candy and become toxic. so be careful. you can have one two. enjoy. >> you

so vitamin a is a fat soluble vitamin, if you overdose on vitamin a, it's bad for your fingernails. the environmental working group that started this study says that 10 million americans have too much vitamin a. >> can you get that just by eating cereal? >> do you have a couple of times a day cereal, it may be all your kid is eating, are they taking flintstone vitamins? what are they doing? we really got to start watching this and relabel food. >> it's the added amount of vitamin d, so you're getting a lot of it from food, you're getting it from snack bars and now you're adding vitamins. 13 million of our children are getting too much zinc and that can affect the red blood cells and white blood cells. what would i tell my kids? cut down on the amounts of these cereals or if you take those, don't overdo it on the vitamins. >> kids love cereal, so should you have cereal as a kid, every day for breakfast five times a week? >> it's okay to have it every day, but just a portion in the amount we're giving, based on the labels of these cereals are mostly for adults not for kids. so we're j

vitamin b12.they lose the ability to absorb it after a while, and for vegetarians, it's in meat only. vitamin b 12, you have to take it under your tongue. >> as far as antacid medications, you have to -- >> right. i want everyone to have a balanced diet. lots of grains, fruits and vegetables. vitamin k is in most of these multivitamins, so a lot of people are taking the multivitamin -- >> spinach, vitamin k? >> if you're on a blood thinner, you have to watch out for that. >> you say sometimes you take potassium. for people on diuretics or taking water pills, you take calcium. a neighbor looks at another and says, hey, i'm taking this vitamin, you should be taking it. it can cause heart disease or kidney disease. talk to someone. look at your whole panel. .net just ta don't just take this on your own. >> and talk to your pharmacist, because if you're taking medication, you might not want that. >> you may need some, but you don't need them all. >> all these studies are not well studied, so be carefu

vitamin a, vitamin e, vitamin c. >> what do you do when a patient sees you with this?'re wearing long clothing, wearing that wide brim hat and hydration is key. david touched on this already. they got to drink a lot of water. got to use the skin creams that are moisturizing creams. the skin itself has an acid that enables it to repair itself. it will only do it, eric, if it's moisturized. moisturize your skin, that will help to repair itself. vitamin a is found in orange, yellow, green vegetables. this is the beta carotene. red is the peppers, dark green would be spinach. i guess you got to help me out. >> all the vegetables. >> also, milk and eggs are very good. >> but you don't want to really take vitamin a. you want it in the foods you eat. same with vitamin c. you want that in the vennell tabls that you eat. there is something you might take. >> what's that? >> rhett noid. it's a vitamin a cousin. >> do i need a prescription for it? >> no. you can get that over-the-counter. i am not recommending it. by the time we're talking that, you should be going to a dermatolo

vitamin d is huge. it's more of a who mon than a vitamin. and most people in the northern climate are vitamin derks d deficient. they should take d 3, 1 to 2,000 units a day. another is folate. >> even if you are not pregnant. >> eve if you are not pregnant, there has been information it may help reduce the risk of heart disease and cancers. vitamin b-12, incredible epidemic of it going on in people, they lose the ability to absorb it a while. and for vegetarians, it's in meat only. b-12 you have to take it under your tongue for it to be absorbed properly, it won't be absorbed through your stomach. those are the ones that i look for. >> or if you have taking antacid medication. >> what i like to do is everybody has a balanced diet. fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, healthy oils. that's the diet we recommend. the other thing i want to add is vitamin k i worry about for people on blood thinners. vitamin k is in most of the multivitami multivitamins. >> spinach, vitamin k? >> right. >> you do get a lot from there. >> but if you have on a

so it's a great important vitamin.'ve said is ten minutes, three times a week is absolutely what you need. >> go walk outside. >> but you have to have exposure of the skin otherwise it won't work. for a lot of people diagnosed with prostate cancer, this site is available to everyone diagnosed with prostate cancer. it's amazing how many people thought i still -- i'm on tv and i don't see patients. i help all of you. if you are diagnosed, go to prostatecancer911.com. >> apparently there are deficiencies and many women have to take vitamin d sometimes. >> it's an epidemic. you look for vitamin d 25 hydroxy. >> when you saw draw -- >> blood tests. >> you don't have to say that, you assume the doctor or the technician knows to check for that. >> no, i have to put in for that. i check it on every single patient. it isn't just prostate cancer. we talked about this several months ago showing advanced prostate cancer correlates with low vitamin d levels. it's hugely important for preventing aggressive prostate cancers and of co

. >> eric: take vitamin c pills? researches are finding out that men to take vitamin c are higher risk for developing kidney stones. you take vitamin c and now you are going to get kidney stones? >> look a lot of people during the wintertime they take vitamin c. as a prevention for getting cold and more is better which is a big mistake. in this particular study that was published in jama, they found if you take a thousand milligrams of vitamin c double the risk of getting kidney stones. the majority we see is calcium is oxalate and i will also tell you one of highest risk is dehydration. when you are not drinking enough water that is highest risk. if you have a family history, if you have a not drinking enough, you have to be careful about how much vitamin c you need. all you need is 90 milligrams a day. the other source is tea, it has a lot of oxalates and spinach. >> eric: how about popping vitamin c pills? >> i don't have time for taking all these other invite manipulates. if you have a good balanced diet fruits a

well, it could be all due to a lack of vitamin d.w research finds that men with lower levels of vitamin d are more likely to experience chronic pain throughout their body. so, dr. siegel, why the pain? >> well, in this case it was linked to them being obese and inactivity. i'm not sure it was entirely the vitamin d issue, but let me tell you why this might be. vitamin d is more like a hormone. it's really important to almost every organ in the body. if you don't have enough of it, you're not absorbing calcium properly. and then there's a problem with the bones and you again, might get pain. i'm also concerned about the role vitamin d plays with the heart, with the lungs. if you have a lot of vitamin d, your cancer risk goes down. david was pointing out before we came on a recent study on prostate cancer. aggressive prostate cancer decreased with the more vitamin d you have. same with breast cancer it's related. now, here's the issue. we're supposed to get all the vitamin d we need from sunlight, but we're also out there promoting sun

you're vitamin d deficient? >> that's where i was going to start. there's an epidemic of vitamin d deficiency. people should know that vitamin d helps you absorb calcium. that's one of the reasons we need it. a lot of us are taking stomach medications, anti-acids which make our stomach less acid i can. you need acid in your stomach. for post menopausal women, especially, i think some need a supplement. i tend to supplement it with vitamin d3 which has calcium in it. that's one way to go. you have to take it on an individual basis. is the patient vitamin d deficient? what are the reasons they need calcium. i completely agree with david on both points. a study shows w below 600 milligrams a day increases your risk of stroke. this study, two times your risk of heart 1400 milligrams. the amount you get has to be in the right range. >> eric: what about men? >> same thing. i want to follow up with what mac said. there's a lot of marketing out there and hype about vitamin d, and more and more alternative doctors are ta

one looked at vitamin-d by itself and vitamin-d and calcium taken together. that study says look that doesn't appear to be much benefit. do we take vitamin-d or not. >> i like this study. published in the "new england journal of medicine". it a swiss study. it started with your question, why are previous studies conflicting? you know what they found out? a lot of times you study these things you don't know if people actually take the vitamin-d. they started out with studies that people actually took vitamin-d. that is important. they cherry-picked better studies. they found especially over the age of 65 your risk of fractures go up enormously. 75% of the fractures occur over 75. and in those groups, they looked at over 30,000 people, most of them women, 90% of them women. they found those taking vitamin-d had 10% lower risk of hip fractures and other kinds of fractures. i was impressed with this. jenna: so the age important? meaning can you actually bulk up on the vitamin-d as younger person so when you get older you're in a better position or is it really ab

b in it. >> now that's vitamin b.o switch to vitamin d. there's a new study out that -- d as in dog, by the way. that vitamin d doesn't help reduce high blood pressure. this >> this is the first time we're getting a surprise negative study on vitamin d. we have spoken about it all the time when it comes to multiple sclerosis. in my field of prostate cancer it may reduce that. vitamin d has been around for healthy -- for your bones. in this study coming from scotland, they are saying that if you are taking a lot of vitamin d, it may not help you with your blood pressure. how much vitamin d should you be on? somewhere between 30 to 50 is a good number. a lot of doctors keep saying take vitamin d, but too much of it is not going to really help you. it can increase more and more side effects and issues. number one, check your vitamin d level. ask your doctor. find out what it is. it should be 30 to 50. if you need supplements take it. in this particular one, it's not helping so much with the blood pressure to lower the bl

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it's got vitamin d. it's loaded with calcium and has omega 3 fatty acids which have also been studied and shown to improve bone density. a triple threat and go for the fish salmon. >> i eat it four times a week. by the way, dr. siegel put me on vitamin d, took my 1,000 ies this morning, had it. >> great to take vitamin d. >> mixed with calcium so it has a much better absorption. >> vitamin d3 has both in them have a huge epidemic of vitamin d deficiency because we're shunning the sunlight. >> salmon and d3. >> i'm selling salmon on your facebook page. >> and vitamin d 3. i'm selling on facebook. >> good to know, congratulations. >> speaking of summer, do you happen to suffer from a bad sunburn when you were a child? well, if that's the case, you'll want to hear what the doctors have to say. before you venture out to the beach later this summer. stay with us. weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your tru

it could an lack of vitamin d.h lower levels are more likely to experience chronic pain throughout their bodies. doctor, why the pain? >> in this case, it was linked to being obese and inactivity. i'm not sure it was entirely the vitamin d issue but let me tell you why it could be. vitamin d is like a hormone. it is important to every organ. if you do not have enough you are not absorbing calcium properly and you have a problem, then, with bones. i'm have concern about the role that vitamin d plays with the heart and lungs. if you have a last vitamin d your cancer risk goes down. a recent study on prostate cancer, aggressive prostate cancer decreased with more vitamin d. same with breast cancer. it is related. here is the issue: we supposed to get ail the vitamin d we need from sunlight but we are promoting sun screen and we live in a northern climate and not getting enough. what do do you? try to get it in fish or eggs and push rooms but we do not eat enough of that. a lot of people, half of us, are vitamin d defi

there's also a debate about vitamin d. vitamin d, you get a ton of it from the sun.i advertise too much sunscreen, then you're going to end up needing vitamin d supplements. that's one big advantage of sunlight. i use more sunscreen than david. if you use it, it also blocks the vitamin d. i would add coppertone equate. i love the smell of banana boat, by the way. >> as far as vitamin d is concerned, all you need is about 15 minutes of exposure without the shirt and you will get about 10,000 unit of vitamin d. three times a week, not wearing your shirt, you will get it. i think a lot of these exposures to uva and uvb and tanning salons, accumulation of these attacks on the skin is what can cause this kind of melanoma. so being out there for the summer few times, as long as you cover yourself every couple hours with these lotions, i think you're fine and you should enjoy yourself. >> david, who are you saying shouldn't wear their shirt by the way? men only white? >> i'll take the fifth on that. >> enjoy the sun, but be careful is the great advice from the doctors of co

vitamins. that is a lot of money and people rely on their vitamins because they think like snake oil, this is going to make them better. would you advise your paints to quit taking vitamins altogether or just take certain vitamins? >>guest: here is my advice. i don't think it is harmful to take a multi-vitamin, but, really, far more impact would be keeping your weight down. not being obese. or overweight. much bigger impact than multi-vitamins. don't smoke. don't use tobacco. exercise. get 45 minutes to an hour of exercise four or five day as week and the food you eat should have a lot of fresh vegetables and fruit and nuts and small portions. it sounds so simple but most people, if they did that, we could cut down disease here in this country and around the world in a dramatic way. >>trace: common sense. eat less. move more. doctor, thank you very much. >> from tornadoes to massive flooding to wicked winter storms and a hurricane hitting vermont. wild weather was a big story in 2011 and now a

. >> did you take your vitamins?t eateeaten. >> we will tell you about supplements you can take. another quick look at what you miss the last night on conan. >>> they have disqualified a champion race walker after determining he was doping. disqualified him. getting caught doping almost as embarrassing getting caught being a champion race walker. >> good morning. it is now 43 minutes after the hour. look at what is making headlines overseas. iran is throwing its support behind syrian president assad. they are vow to go squash the up rising in syria and any one backing the rebels. hillary clinton says assad's regime is quickly unravelling. now to the philippines where thor than 107,000 people forced to evacuate their homes after torrential rains leaving villages submerged. 11 people have died. >>> over to south africa where it slowed 20 times in the past 120-years. those in johannesburg last saw show back in 20007. >> we are going to ask the expert here. sthooivengs. even if you did your best to eat healthy often we f

, those vitamins start to go down. that's why vitamin d-3 and calcium. i personally take about 2,000 units a day to prevent ost osteoporos osteoporosis. >> c is important for your bones, nails, skin. and d is extremely, vitamin d-3 is becoming the secret to all of our health. >> we don't get enough sunlight. and to emphasize david's point about b-12, especially in elderly people, it leads to a cognitive decline. >> the bowels are not really absorbing those vitamin b-12. sow want to check with your doctor. >> what president hw bush did was amazing. >>> could it one day be possible for doctors to diagnose patients without physically examining them? we're going to ask our doctors about that. and what it could mean for the future of medicine. that's up next ok my dad has atrial fibrillation, ok or afib. he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask

it's the additive amount of vitamin. so you're getting a lot from food, from the snack bars and now you're taking vitamins. that addition is going to effect bone abnormalities and liver et cetera. 13 million of your children are getting too much zinc. that's a lot. that can affect the red blood cells and white blood cells. cut down on the amount of cereals. >> but i want to ask you specifically about that. a lot of parents are very busy. so they give the kids cereal in the morning. so should you give your kids cereal every day for breakfast five times a week or mix it up? >> i think it's okay, but just the portion and the amount we're giving based on the label on the cereal are mostly for adults, not for kids. it can add up. >> show me the size bowl. >> we think of zinc as a good thing. it fighting the cold. but too much zinc can give you a problem with your immune system. the last thing you need as a kid. fortified is good. too fortified is no good. not all kids will eat the fruit and vegetables. you get all the vitamin

if you have a pap smear, talk to your doctor and find out about vitamin b-12. and finally, sometimes having the vitamin can increase the risk of gastric cancer and they should have more screening. very important things to know. >> will you put that on your facebook. >> i have to dig in. it's hard to find that stuff. >> most of my patients that have this problem, the number one problem is fatigue. people that come to me for if a tooek teague, it's at the top of my list, spell your last name elderly people. and iffer not thinking clearly, david was mentioning about rog cognition, clear decision making when you can't come to a clear judgment, and depression and anxiety e these issues can be related to b-12. i can test for a deficiency, the most important thing is it treats for fatigue. >> there is a test in the office, shilling test. >> i can test for the reason you have the b-12 deefficiency. >> good idea. well, there is a fashion capital stangd up against anorexia, putting a ban on models who are considered too thin. coming up on house kahl, we'll look at a diso

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i didn't find vitamin "d."dies from egypt and others and small group that found relationships. i tell the viewers to check vite my "d" to make sure you're not low. that could play a role. >> couple of points about vitoligo. it could be genetic. there is a gene now the nalp1 gene associated with vitiligo. it's when the pigment cells are destroyed in other areas so you have white blotches of skin rate. they treated with the ultraviolet light. that also increases your vitamin "d" level. but i don't find any direct link like david said. there is a link with the vitamin "d" deficiency and autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis that can be associated with vitiligo. if you have it and an autoimmune disease they should extra check you for vitamin "d" deficiency. not just because of the vitiligo. and if you have this area of the white pig innocent your skin be on the look out for those autoimmune diseases like lupus. >> jamie, they start in wrist. as mark mentioned genetics is 20% of it. so you should c

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then we have vitamin a and vitamin k2 which is different than the k in green leafy vegetables.se are the vitamins discovered to be essential for clean, white teeth. because the whiteness comes from the inside of the teeth. the enamel is actually kind of trans lieu sent. so when the health of our teeth in the inside are very healthy, then we reflect white teeth. when we're bleaching and doing these very topical things, then we are wearing away the enamel. >> very quickly, what do you think about bleaching? >> don't do it. >> softens your teeth, right? >> and you get in a habit and other time, they'll be yellower. if you want white teeth, take the vitamins i just said. brush with baking soda and apple cider vinegar, use essential oils like peppermint. it's been used for thousands of years. >> or maybe just use your toothpaste which is what i do. i just order it, it comes, i'm done and it's fabulous. that's what i have been using. terrific advice, thank you so much for giving us your time. >> thank you. >> coming up next, the answer to this week's ask carol. let that u for a secon

your vitamin b 12 starts to go down and you'll start feeling fatigued.talked about vitamin b 12 mimicking something like alzheimer's and not thinking well and when you supply it, all of a sudden the patient starts to do much better. so, i would stop this medication and the way you stop this is to really go with something call xan xantac and you take antiacid for a month and you stay on antiacid. your vitamin b 12 should be somewhere between 250 to 1,000 and the way to do this is to really give you a patch or something under your tongue and also injections that we can give you to supplement. but i would talk to your doctor and get off this medication, if you don't need it. >> dr. david just said if you wean yourself off, you take the xantac for about a month and you stay on an antacid. what do you stay on? >> i want to make sure the patient isn't automedicating himself. did you get this prescribed to you or just walk into your local pharmacy and start taking it yourself? you know, as david was just mentioning, the most powerful antiacid known to man now.

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they're loaded with vitamin d. yolks are good energy source. the only people i want to watch out for eggs are diabetics. there's evidence that with diabetes and there's studies on this, if you eat too many eggs your risk of haeart disease goe up. >> the american heart association is very clear about this. we say cholesterol is not good for you and then we come back and say it's perfect for you. that's where the confusion is. you need to have cholesterol in order to make your hormones. six hormones, court zol. all of that is a priority. cholesterol is special for you. what the american heart institution wants you to know is there's a difference between good and bad cholesterols. salmon, nuts, all of those are good ones. stay away from saturated fats and transfats, processed meats. those are bad. they are still reminding you that good exercise, healthy diet is all part of this. unlike the old fashioned way where we said if you have cholesterol you're going to die, we think it's the bad cholesterol. >> how many eggs can i eat a week? >> it depends

i want to hear from people. >> vitamin c? >> vitamin c. >> run your water. also get it tested. call your doctor or call the e.p.a. we have the numbers up. >> and check with your plumber. >> thank you, doctors. it is a large problem. hopefully you don't have lead in your water. you can find out and do something about it. >>> coming up, there are benefits to exercise. but there is a new one we are being told about. new search that shows it could be a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer. the doctor talks about how that could work. y that cares, but your logo is old and a little pointy. so you evolve. you simplify. you haven't changed. you still help people live their best lives. and finally your new logo is ready, and you decide the perfect time to show the world is right... now. then your eyes may see it, differently.ave allergies. only flonase is approved to relieve both your itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide. flonase changes everything. >>> back now with the doctors a

one of the things i want you to know is vitamin b12.alked about the fact that deficiency in vitamin b12 can mimic symptoms of alzheimer's so check your blood and find out your level and when you supplement that, it's great. going back to what you're saying is what's good for the heart is good for the mind and vice versa the healthy diet and exercise. now when you get older you'll have arthritis and weight issues. non-weight bearing, swimming, yoga, jumping from a plane sometimes. >> it's harder to sleep, it's more difficult. people who are older are not sleeping more. >> that's why you have to watch out and not have alcohol late in the evening or caffein late in the evening and stick to a regular sirkdian rhythm, more important when you get older. the most important thing is belief in yourself and i've written a book about the mind-body connection. this is mind and body. the spirit has something to do with the physical health. as david says not everyone can jump out of a helicopter but you can do something that stretches you and challen

studies show that low vitamin "d," low vitamin b-12 can mimic signs and symptoms of alzheimer's. check your home cyst even level, because it has neurotoxic effect and can cause some symptoms of alzheimer's. by changing your diet, adding nuts or omega-3 fatsy acids we can slow down the process. now we're getting better imaging, so there are ways to diagnose the gray and white matter with cognitive function tests and with neurologic tests. we can diagnose this early on. try to prevent it. what happens in this particular movie is very interesting. because she went on and she does about four months of deep research and found out not just the memory loss of where you left your car but some of the teachers were writing backwards and they were not aware of this. so the whole brain all of a sudden the connections change, and i congratulate here for bringing such tremendous job and awareness to alzheimer's disease. >> it's interesting. at 50 should you get an mri? >> not an mri, eric. but when someone comes to my office at 50 one of the things i check is a b-12 level. on everyone. because

. >>> millions of americans take multi vitamins every day. but a major new study shows they may not be doing much good. tonight are you paying for protection that doesn't even work? >>> plus, proof that patriotism comes in all sizes. >> i think they're effecting us. >> jonathan: we'll meet the little boy who made it his mission to welcome home our soldiers. we begin tonight with the over the top good-bye to the dictator, kim jung-il. i'm trace gallagher in for shep. we're hours away from the official memorial for north korea's dear leader. yesterday the country's legendary pageantry was in full force with crowds lining the streets in the snow as officials escorted the body of the dead dictator through the capital. the dictator's son and successor, kim jong-un, walked alongside the procession, one hand on the hearse. all around him, people wailed, stamped their feet and waved their arms. just watch. did you notice that? the actual tears seemed to be in relatively short supply, which raises the question of how much of this was real mourning and

they may need vitamin a or c. ultimately the lactose intolerance.s amazing how many different kinds of milks we have. a lot of people can't tolerate. >> jamie: some people don't drink milk for one reason or another? >> i want to start with that point. when i was growing up, we had a milk mustache and people drank a lot of milk. milk is on the decrease. we have to reexamine it. do we need the vitamin d or calcium that is in fortified milk. what kind of milk do we need? organic milks. david was mentioning one of these studies, despite we are feeding growth hormones to the cows it's not clear how much is getting into the milk. i feel safe that organic milk has less of these additives and one study showed that it's higher in unsaturated fatsd, good kind the omega 3s. it's more expensive but what is good for one person is not necessarily good for another. some people like coconut milk. it has less cholesterol. >> jamie: what about soy? >> i think soy is great. soy is a flavor thing. some people don't like the after taste. >> you have to be careful with s

osteoporos osteoporosis, take your vitamins. calcium, vitamin d 3. the big message is screening and prevention save lives. you have to be proactive and you have to take care of yourself. we talked about checking your level of testosterone, etc. i think what marc does, which is extremely significant, there are two big tickets, heart, which is a leading cause of death. he takes care of all of the cholesterol panels. >> david's making a great point about men being deniers. men are not coming in as much. they don't want you doing this stuff. that's bad. heart disease, i have to focus on who's at risk. if you're a diabetic, if you're a smoker, i'm more interested in preventing that in so high risk. david is examining for test particular cue lar cancer. he wants to know the family history. same thing with prostate cancer. the family history. >> absolutely. this is a very important point because you can't just screen everybody the same way. individualizing the care, looking at the guy and finding out what his risk stratification is. high gerris bei-- higher

if you take a lot of vitamin e, but certain vitamins are absolutely great. you and i should be taking biotin. it's too late for him. so 500 millie gram of biotin is good. i like niacin. >> niacin? >> it's great for hair, great for collagen, it's great for skin. and the other one is cilica. now, you may want grow new hair, but you can preserve it. but that doesn't mean if you take three of them, it's better. so you've got to stick to it. i think what mark is trying to say, if you have a well balanced diet and you have a good portion of fruits and vegetables, and you lisp to "housecall" every sunday, you don't need it. but i work hard, i have a lot of surgeries, i may not get a well balanced diet, which i should. >> all the vitamins you need are in a regular diet. fish oil was studied and found to decrease hair loss and be good for your nails. one last thing, vitamin e may help you, but it's terrible for your prostate. so i would say stay away from vitamin e. >> gotta leave it there. and i would just say you don't have to spend a ton of money. you can get thes

do you have a thyroid problem or vitamin d deficiency. vitamin d is key.min d, i find there is an epidemic of vitamin d deficiency going on in the united states. it's made worse in the winter. >> how much should you take? >> i like vitamin d 3 about 2,000 units. again, this depends on how low you are. that's the formulation i like. it has calcium in it. how many times a week depends on how low you are. great time of year to be replacing vitamin d. >> great advice in this harsh weather. >> the doctors will post more information. i know you had a few other recommendations. dr. siegel, great advice, as well. >>> all about a nose bleed. when you get one of those, should you worry? the doctors are going to address that. >>> plus -- it happens to kids all the time. pinkeye. it happens to adults, too. all ages could be affected by it. is it serious? how can you protect yourself? if you get pinkeye, what should you do? the doctors on that, next. [ ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitami

vitamin-d especially during the winter months when everybody is depleted of vitamin-d and everybodyuld take vitamin-d as a matter of it's winter and we take vitamin-d. >> laura: do you apply the same analysis to early intervention drugs such as ivermechtin? >> they are demeaned because they are a threat to higher-priced medications. >> laura: constant testing. thank you very much. joe biden playing santa claus and dr. fauci landed another cover. raymond arroyo explains it in "seen and unseen" next. but loweh once-weekly ozempic® helped me get back in it. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic® ♪ my zone? lowering my a1c and losing some weight. now, back to the show. ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose weight. adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't share needles or pens, or reuse needles. don't take ozempic® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it

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if you take a lot of vitamin."ow it increases your prostate cancer but certain vitamins are absolutely if my opinion great. we should be taking biotin so 500 milligrams is good and i like niacin, all the b complex are great for hair and skin and the other is sillica and i take biotin each day. you may not grow new hair but you can reserve it. that accident mean if you take three of them it is better. just stick to it. >> biotin works. if you have a well balanced diet and all the proportional prunings and vegetables and you listen to us each sunday you don't need it but i work hard and have a lot of energies and i may not get the well buildingsed diet which i should so i take supplements. >> all the vitamins you need are in the diet. fish oil was studied and found to decrease hair loss and be good for the nails. >> also, vitamin e could help you but it is terrible for the prostate i would say stay away. >> got to leave it there. >> i would say you don't have to spend a ton of money you can get the vitamins at the dr

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