Alzheimer's disease and the lack of vitamin D (plus some crypto rambling)

By Heruvim78 | The longevity gene | 24 May 2020

What is the link between AD (Alzheimer's disease) and vitamin D? We have two ways to get the vitamin D, first, when the sun converts a cholesterol molecule from our body (7 dehydrocholesterol) into vitamin D (inactive form), which in turn is converted in the active form, or second, by taking vitamin D supplements (ideal if we work on nightshift or we stay a lot inside a building, or we wear a lot of clothes covering most of our skin, or too much sunscreen cream, or in the winter when the day is shorter - September to March). Once the active form of Vitamin D is present in our body, a vitamin D receptor (VDR) bind to it, alowing it to pass via the cellular membrane, into the cell nucleus, and by doing this will activate over 800 genes (some responsible for reducing inflammation and for creating and maintaining synapses in the brain, via enzymes from the brain and the cerebrospinal fluid). There are VDR (vitamin D receptors) in the CNS (central nervous system) and hypocampus. Vitamin D it is also regulating the insulin levels, with a role in preventing the IR (insulin resistance), which we already learned that is one of the risk factors in AD.

Low levels of vitamin D are linked to cognitive impairment, decreasing the information processing speed (cognitive impairment can be one of the symptoms preceding Alzheimer's disease)
The vitamin D is measured in the blood stream as 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, and even if the accepted normal values are 20-80 ng/ml, you may want to reach a level of 50-80 ng/ml. Supplementing with a dose higher than 4000 UI per day (the upper limit) can be toxic for the body, leading to calcification of the bones and blood vessels and organs hardening. Fun fact, even if it is called vitamin, the vitamin D is in fact a prohormone (hormone precursor). ***** If you have a BlockFi account, they will give a goodwill free $25 compensation for the latest data breach, but only if you ask for it. (I wrote about this here) ***** Lately I tested MyCointainer, and they got some interesting options, but it is quite complicated to buy most of the coins they promote, as they are not very well-known ones, and the easiest way is just to do a bank transfer, which really is not that easy either. One way could be to use the website for their many airdrops, if you have time to spare, or to use specific faucets to get some of their coins and send it there for staking. That being said, i remember using one XP coin faucets after they got a 50000% pump and dump, but i cannot find the wallet. If you do your research, even with all the effort involved, may be you can find there the next top coin, and get some thousands times return. Buty you need to do some research on their coins, some of them are just at the initial stage. ***** And lo and behold, after i complained about my payment of their Twitter account, my payment on Cryptofaucet was processed (some BeanCash coins sent to MyCointainer - huh)

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