Das rettende Vitamin bei Autoimmunerkrankungen (täglich einnehmen)

Do you also miss the light in the dark of the year, like me? The missing sun is a burden on many people's good mood, but it is also a nuisance to the vitamin D reserve. In this video, I talk about how important vitamin D is for our health and our immune system. Keyword autoimmune diseases. I am Susanne Kirschner-Bruns. I am a doctor, medical journalist and author. Women's health has been my expertise for many decades. On this channel, I talk about all the issues that affect us women on a physical, mental and spiritual level. I miss the sun so much here in the dark months. I can't tell you that. Light is one of the most important vital elements. There is a vitamin in our body that can only be produced under light. The vitamin D. In new studies, the influence of this vitamin has also been observed on autoimmune diseases. This is particularly interesting for women in the changing years. In many of my videos, I have talked about the relationship between the declining estrogen and progesterone levels and an increased risk of autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases are women's diseases. They affect 90% of women. Especially in hormonal changes, such as pregnancy or in the changing years, there are more frequent excessive immune reactions. This is when the immune system attacks the body's own cells. I also talk about thyroid diseases, such as Hashimoto's and thyroiditis, in my new changing years course. The course, Your Journey to Health, Energy and Radiant Beauty, is truly unique in this way. I have linked the website with all the information about the course. You can also find a short video about the course there. Feel free to take a look. It's worth it. Let's get back to vitamin D. Currently, Charité Berlin is conducting a study on the intake of high-dose vitamin D in autoimmune diseases. I'll get to that in a moment. Let's first look at why vitamin D is an indispensable vitamin for the body. Vitamin D is actually a group of fat-soluble vitamins called calciferol. These include vitamin D2 and the better-known vitamin D3. I'm going to talk about vitamin D for the sake of simplicity. What is its function? It promotes the intake of calcium and phosphate from the intestine and the incorporation of these minerals into the bones. It is therefore important for bone metabolism. This is especially important for women in their changing years because the low estrogen level increases the risk of osteoporosis, which means the risk of bone fractures. Vitamin D is also important for other metabolic processes as well as for muscle strength. It is also involved in protein production and in the control of a wide variety of genes. The idea was to investigate whether there could be a connection between a vitamin D deficiency and the development of chronic diseases. If this is true, whether the preventive use of vitamin D in relation to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus type 2, cardiovascular diseases, cancer diseases and autoimmune diseases makes sense. I'll tell you more about that in a moment. Unlike other vitamins, the body can produce vitamin D by itself in contrast to other vitamins that are present in the body. To do this, the sun must shine on the skin on a regular basis. This then covers 80 to 90 percent of our supply of vitamin D. What does that mean exactly? We have to go into the sun for about 5 to 25 minutes a day with our face uncovered, our hands, our forearms, and best of all our upper arms and our lower legs. 5 to 25 minutes is meant individually here because it depends on what skin type you have. People with a darker skin colour have to sit in the sun longer because the skin is more protected against the sun by more pigments than people with light skin. It also depends on whether you use a light protection factor or not, i.e. whether you put on sunscreen. And what time of day, i.e. in the morning, noon or evening, you put yourself in the sun. What season, i.e. in January or July. And what latitude, i.e. in Berlin or in Palma de Mallorca. And is the sky covered or is it shining blue? Because it can also rain in Mallorca. The strength of the sun's radiation on the skin depends on all these factors. And here we would be facing the big problem that we have here in Germany in our latitude from October to March. A sufficient vitamin D production cannot work here in Germany. That's why we lack vitamin D. The effect of the sun is too weak and we wear long pants and long sleeves from October to the end of March. And that's why the UVB rays don't even reach the skin. That's why less vitamin D is produced in the skin and in most people, the vitamin D level in the blood drops over the winter months. The good thing is that vitamin D can be stored in the body. The storages last for a few months when they are fully filled, but must then be re-saturated at the latest in the spring. Vitamin D is stored mainly in fat and muscle tissue, and in small amounts also in the liver. According to the Federal Office for Risk Assessment, almost 60% of German citizens do not reach the desirable blood concentration of vitamin D in the winter months, because not all people were able to fill their storages in the summer months, because they were not sufficiently exposed to the sun or were on summer vacation. If vitamin D is not available, the risk for bone health and for all diseases associated with a vitamin D deficiency increases. This is fatal for women in the changing years, because the ability of the skin to produce vitamin D decreases significantly anyway. In comparison to the younger age of life, it can be reduced to less than half. And we have another problem, because observational studies have found connections between a vitamin D deficiency and high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, cancer diseases and also autoimmune diseases. We are not talking about hard studies here, in the sense of randomized double-blind studies, but scientists still see a high potential of vitamin D for the treatment of diseases. Let's come to the study at the Charité in Berlin. At the Center for Experimental and Clinical Research, a so-called register study is currently being carried out, in which patients are treated with a vitamin D high-dose therapy. Under strict control, extremely high doses of vitamin D are administered, sometimes 60,000 units per day and over a long period of time. The assumption is that patients with an autoimmune disease cannot use vitamin D sufficiently, because the vitamin D receptors are destroyed. It is estimated that 20 to 25 percent of people with autoimmune diseases are affected by this vitamin D resistance. This means that vitamin D is not absorbed sufficiently by the cells in these people. This can be genetic or a spontaneous mutation. Numerous trials with people with autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, within the framework of so-called Coimbra protocols, have shown that the approach with vitamin D can work. However, the treatment should only be carried out under strict control. This includes monitoring of certain blood values, changing the diet with calcium-poor or reduced diet, and a sufficient amount of fluid intake. If this is done so strictly and the treatment is closely monitored, complications are rare. The previous case reports suggest that disease processes stabilize or that the progression of the disease can be stopped. What does this mean for you as a viewer? This means that you should by no means experiment with high vitamin D preparations on your own. But with this important information, especially when you are affected, you should consult your doctor and discuss a treatment with him. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, which means that it can accumulate in the body and cause problems. The recommended dose for vitamin D supplements is 1,000 units per day. In home medical practices, a deficiency is treated with 20,000 units per week. However, this preparation is prescribed. If necessary, you should have your vitamin D level checked and your level saturated for the winter. The data shows that a good vitamin D supply can reduce the risk of bone fractures, loss of strength, mobility, and weight loss in older people. You can also take vitamin D through your diet by eating animal products. These include fatty fish such as salmon, herring, mackerel, and liver, egg yolks, or mushroom. It remains really exciting to see what results medical research will bring in the next few years in relation to the vital vitamin D. I'll keep you up to date. If you liked the video, then I look forward to a thumbs up, a subscription, and activating the bell so that you don't miss a new video. Herzlich Ihre Susanne Kirschner-Bruns