ples waiting for the analyst to run.
You can guess what happens then.
They’re human beings and they may
rush the procedure to get everyone’s
tests done. They don’t want to face a
big backlog every day. When the
procedure is rushed, the extraction is
incomplete and not representative of
the amount in the sample.
Passwater: How did you uncover
the testing problem?
Cannell: I used to work in a state
forensic hospital, where patients
would come out of solitary confine-
ment from prisons and would be
checked out by us because they
often became psychotic. We knew
that they were not getting any sun.
Even the hour that they were sent
outside to exercise in a shaded area
was not enough to give them ade-
quate vitamin D, especially the dark-
er skinned inmates. The Quest
results said that their 25-hydroxy
vitamin D levels were fine and I
knew they were not. I knew the
Quest results were impossible.
There is a
need to have
vitamin D tests
done so that
doctors can
learn how
small of a dose
5,000 IU is.
The only way
that doctors
can learn that
lesson is to have a vitamin D test,
give 1,000 IU/day and then be sur-
prised that nothing much happens.
Next, give 2,000 IU/day;
the blood level may
go up a little bit in
the spring, but in the
fall or winter, the
level may actually
DESIGNS FOR HEALTH
60515 ALLERGZYME
90 CAP 25.00 25.00
58154 ALLICLLIN
60 SGC 28.00 28.00
38758 ANTIOX ULT FULL SPECT D
90 SGC 34.00 34.00
56438 NATTO SERRAZIME
120 VCA 44.00 44.00
56582 NIACIN CRT 500 MG
60 TAB 18.00 18.00
59474 PRENATAL PRO ESSEN PAK
90 PAK 69.00 69.00
60514 PROBIOTIC SUPREME CAP
60 CAP 64.00 64.00
DeSOUZA INTERNATIONA
30822 CHLOROPHYLL LIQ.
16Z LIQ 11.79 9.43
DMSO
22022 DMSO 70%CON/30%/WATER
8 Z LIQ 22.99 18.39
42712 DMSO 70%CON/30%WATER
4 Z LIQ 18.99 15.19
41271 DMSO 99.9% PLASTIC
8 Z LIQ 24.49 19.59
43313 DMSO CRM
4 Z CRM 25.99 20.79
22744 DMSO CRM 70%/30%ALOE
4 Z CRM 27.69 22.15
27940 DMSO GEL 70%CON 30%ALO
4 Z GEL 21.59 17.27
40509 DMSO ROLL ON
3 Z ROL 17.69 14.15
DOCTORS BEST
32980 5 HTP 100 MG BEST
60 CAP 24.99 19.99
52045 ACAI 500 MG BEST
120 VCA 29.99 23.99
40437 ACETYL L CARNITINE BT
60 CAP 21.99 17.59
56666 ARGININE 500 SUST+ IM D
120 TAB 29.99 23.99
58956 ARTEMISININ 100 MG
100 VCA 34.99 27.99
60478 ASTAXANTHIN 3 MG BIOAS
60 SGC 19.99 15.99
60480 ASTAXANTHIN 3 MG BIOAS
180 SGC 49.99 39.99
50017 BENFOTIAMINE 150 MG
120 VCA 29.99 23.99
43804 BENFOTIAMINE 80 MG
120 VCA 19.99 15.99
52408 BETAINE HCI PEPSIN
120 VCA 14.99 11.99
51052 BLADDER SUPPORT BEST
60 VCA 49.99 39.99
58400 BRAIN ENHANCERS NAT
60 VCA 34.99 27.99
58035 BROMELAIN 3000 GD 500 D
90 VCA 29.99 23.99
59422 CAL BONE MAKER D
120 TAB 24.99 19.99
59421 CAL BONE MAKER D
180 CAP 27.99 22.39
52170 CAMU CAMU 4:1 EXT 400
120 VCA 23.99 19.19
40132 CARNITINE BEST 500 MG
60 CAP 29.99 23.99
50397 CELADRIN
90 CAP 24.99 19.99
45187 CELADRIN CMP W/ GLUCOS
90 TAB 26.99 21.59
50401 CELADRINE CRM
2 Z CRM 14.99 11.99
45204 CINNAMON EXT BEST
60 VCA 18.99 15.19
58038 COLLAGEN TYPE 1&3 PWD
7 Z PWD 19.99 15.99
58037 COLLAGEN TYPE 1&3 TAB
180 TAB 21.99 17.59
57598 COQ10 100 MG HI ABSORP
120 VCA 33.99 27.19
55490 COQ10 100 MG HI ABSORP
60 SGC 18.99 15.19
57597 COQ10 100 MG HI ABSORP
30 SGC 11.99 9.59
30002 COQ10 100 MG SGC
60 SGC 22.99 18.39
54710 COQ10 100 MG SGC HI AB
120 SGC 33.99 27.19
28409 COQ10 100 MG VCA HI AB
30 VCA 10.99 8.79
35706 COQ10 100 MG VCAP
60 VCA 18.99 15.19
42104 COQ10 200 MG HI ABSORB
60 VCA 29.99 23.99
51572 COQ10 400 MG HI ABSORB
60 VCA 51.99 41.59
58041 COQ10 OMEGA 3 VESISORB
30 SGC 24.99 19.99
41079 CORDYCEPS ULTRA
60 CAP 19.99 15.99
38612 CORDYCEPS ULTRA PLUS
60 CAP 22.99 18.39
41886 CURCUMIN BEST 500 MG
120 CAP 59.99 47.99
56393 CURCUMIN C3 COMPL 1000
120 TAB 99.99 79.99
56665 D PHENYLALANINE 500 MG
60 VCA 27.99 22.39
59123 D RIBOSE 1500 MG CHW
90 CHW 29.99 23.99
55509 D RIBOSE 850 MG
120 VCA 35.99 28.79
53108 D RIBOSE PWD
8.8 PWD 49.99 39.99
57294 D3 1000 IU
180 SGC 9.99 7.99
57295 D3 2000 IU
180 SGC 10.99 8.79
60237 D3 2500 SGC
360 SGC 18.99 15.19
58042 D3 5000 IU
180 SGC 11.99 9.59
60236 D3 5000 IU SGC
360 SGC 20.99 16.79
53762 DAILY IMMUNE DEFENSE
120 CAP 39.99 31.99
60238 DHA 500 SGC CALAMARI
60 SGC 27.99 22.39
60272 DHA 500 SGC CALAMARI
180 SGC 73.99 59.19
33352 DIGESTIVE ENZYME BEST
90 CAP 39.99 31.99
53624 EPICOR 500 MG
60 VCA 39.99 31.99
56483 FIBROBOOST 400 MG
90 VCA 59.99 47.99
56484 FIBROBOOST 400 MG
270 VCA 159.99127.99
55355 FLORAGLO LUTEIN 20 MG
60 SGC 22.99 18.39
60481 FOLATE 400 FULLY ACTIV
90 VCA 13.99 11.19
52551 FUCOIDAN 70% BEST
60 VCA 55.99 44.79
43714 GINKGO EXTRA STRENGTH
120 CAP 14.99 11.99
34445 GLUCOS CHOND MSM
120 CAP 25.99 20.79
34446 GLUCOS CHOND MSM
240 CAP 46.99 37.59
31495 GLUCOS MSM SYNERGISTIC
180 CAP 19.99 15.99
30004 GLUCOS SULF 500 MG
300 CAP 20.99 16.79
35271 GLUCOS SULF 750 MG
180 CAP 19.99 15.99
51738 GOJI BERRY EXT BEST
120 VCA 19.99 15.99
53057 GPLC COQ10
30 VCA 39.99 31.99
24020 GUGGULOW ULTRA
90 TAB 29.99 23.99
55507 HYAL JOINT
120 CAP 26.99 21.59
58881 HYALURONIC ACID W/CHON
180 CAP 59.99 47.99
50520 HYALURONIC ACID W/CHON
60 CAP 21.99 17.59
56482 K2 VIT 45 MCG MENAQ7
60 VCA 21.99 17.59
58928 KRILL REAL 350 MG
60 SGC 26.99 21.59
58927 KRILL REAL 350 MG
30 SGC 14.99 11.99
58929 KRILL REAL ENH + OMEGA
60 SGC 36.99 29.59
59737 LIPOIC ACD 600 MG BEST
180 VCA 49.99 39.99
45186 LIPOIC ACID 600 MG
60 VCA 19.99 15.99
40017 LIPOIC ACID BEST 150
120 CAP 13.99 11.19
59710 LITHIUM OROTATE
200 TAB 20.00 16.00
55156 LUMBROKINASE 20 MG
60 VCA 79.99 63.99
35270 MAG HIGH ABSORPTION
240 TAB 29.99 23.99
23739 MAG HIGH ABSORPTION
120 TAB 16.99 13.59
58527 MERIVA PHYTOSOME CURCU
60 VCA 26.99 21.59
30005 MSM 1000 MG
180 CAP 19.99 15.99
42860 MSM 1500 BEST TABS
120 TAB 14.99 11.99
33018 MSM BEST PWD 250 GMS
250 PWD 16.99 13.59
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go down. That is because of the
overpowering effect that the sun has
on vitamin D levels. The decrease in
UVB radiation during the autumn
overpowered the effect of the 2,000
IU per day.
Passwater: Didn’t this huge
demand for vitamin D testing result
in a move by the insurance compa-
nies to discourage them?
Cannell: There have been attempts
by two different Medicare Regional
Districts to stop paying for vitamin D
tests. The Vitamin D Council was
involved in fighting back through let-
ter-writing campaigns. So far, we
have been successful in fighting back
those attempts, as far as I know.
Passwater: Many doctors practice
defensive medicine and hesitate to
recommend supplements unless they
have laboratory evidence of deficien-
cy.
Cannell: That’s a big part of the
problem. However, the fact is that
vitamin D blood tests really aren’t
needed. All you have to do is to take
5,000 IU daily. I say they are not
needed because if the doctors and
“. . .However, the fact is that vitamin D blood tests really
aren’t needed. All you have to do is to take 5,000 IU daily.
I say they are not needed because if the doctors and
patients are really knowledgeable about vitamin D, about
the physiology and pharmacology, they know 5,000 IU/day
is not very much. The problem is that the patients seem to
think that 5,000 IU is a lot.”