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028: How to Tell the Difference Between Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiencies

Vitamin D deficiency and calcium deficiency look very similar, and poorly interpreted blood tests can easily mislead us into taking the wrong supplements. Here’s how to tell them apart.

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028: How to Tell the Difference Between Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiencies
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152: High-Dose Riboflavin for Migraines
151: Riboflavin for Iron-Deficiency Anemia
150: Riboflavin Supplements: Free B2 Is Better Than FMN or Riboflavin 5’-Phosphate
149: The Best Blood Test for Riboflavin
148: How to Get Enough Riboflavin From Food
147: Exercise and Dieting Make You Need More Riboflavin
146: High-Fat Diets Make You Need More Riboflavin
145: Riboflavin and Tanning Beds for Fungal Infections?
144: Sunlight and Tanning Beds Hurt Your Riboflavin Status
143: How to Know If You Need More Riboflavin
142: How to Take Niacin Without Hurting Your Liver
141: How to Take Niacin Without Flushing
140: How to Take Niacin Without Getting Diabetes
139: Should You Use Niacin to Lower Your Blood Lipids?
138: The Best Blood Test for Niacin
137: How to Get Enough Niacin From Food
136: Do Women Need More Niacin Than Men?
135: How to Free the Niacin in Grains and Seeds
134: Coffee! How to Free the Locked-Up Niacin
133: How to Know If You Need More Niacin
132: How to Safely Take Nicotinamide Riboside for Anti-Aging
131: The Best Form of Niacin for Anti-Aging
130: Should You Inject Yourself With NAD+?
129: What to Do About Fatty Liver
128: Vitamin A and Fatty Liver
127: Vitamin A and Pregnancy: Should You Worry?
126: What to Do About Vitamin A Toxicity
125: How to Know If You Have Vitamin A Toxicity
124: Do Children Need Less Nutrients Than Adults?
123: Your “MTHFR” Is Just a Riboflavin Deficiency
122: How to Use an Oura Ring and HRV for Exercise Performance and Recovery
121: 5 Signs Your Brain Needs More Vitamin C and Copper
120: Ten Steps to Healthy Sleep
119: How to Stop Waking up to Pee
118: Vitamin A for Sleep
117: How to Make Your Own Melatonin
115: Tryptophan and Carbs for Sleep
116: Why You Shouldn’t Take Melatonin Too Often
114: Should You Eat Protein At Night?
113: Can Alpha-GPC and Gingko Hurt Your Sleep?
112: Alpha-GPC and Ginkgo Biloba for Focused Concentration
111: How to Make Your Own GABA
110: How to Get GABA from Food
109: Why You Might Need Carbs With Your GABA or Glycine
108: Courage, Not Confidence, For Facing Fears
107: Face Your Fears With GABA
106: GABA for Faster Decision-Making
105: Carbs for Serotonin and Stress-Resistance
104: Will Collagen Bonk Your Serotonin?
103: How to Fix Chronic Pain
102: 3 Ways to Clear Stubborn Inflammation
101: The Omega-6 / Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio: Should You Care?
100: What to Do About Menstrual Weight Gain
099: Why Aspirin Goes Best With Bicarbonate and Glycine
098: Will MCT Oil Help You Lose Weight?
097: Does Glycine or GABA Wake You Up?
096: Does Methylfolate Make You Angry or Depressed?
095: 7 Steps to Cure Histamine Intolerance
094: Is Alcohol Good for You?
093: Alcohol and Histamine
092: Are You Taking Medications That Cause Histamine Intolerance?
091: Migraines and the Menstrual Cycle: Histamine?
090: Kidney and DAO Supplements for Histamine Intolerance
089: How to Test for Histamine Intolerance
088: Dietary Histamine: How Reliable Is the Information?
087: How to Manage Your Selenium Status
086: How to Manage Your Vitamin C Status
085: How to Manage Your Vitamin B6 Status
084: How to Manage Your Copper Status
083: Do you supplement with collagen?
082: Zinc for Heavy Metals
081: Why I DON’T Recommend Zinc Picolinate
080: How to Supplement with Zinc
079: How to Manage Your Zinc Status
078: 7 Natural Ways to Boost Your Glutathione
077: Glutathione for Asthma
076: DON’T Use Niacin to Buffer Excess Methyl Groups
075: DON’T Use Histamine Levels to Assess Methylation Status
074: Why I Don’t Believe in “Overmethylators” and “Undermethylators”
073: What EVERYONE Should Be Doing About Methylation
072: Five Rules for a Healthy Diet
071: Your Best Weapon Against Food Allergies and Food Intolerances
070: Vitamin A for Allergies
069: Blood Tests for Food Allergies
068: Seasonal Allergies? Think About the Histamine in Your Food.
067: When Measuring Your Waist Circumference Doesn’t Work
066: Why You Shouldn’t Manage Iron Overload With Diet
065: Why You Probably Don’t Need to Care About Avoiding Iron-Rich Foods
064: This is the Bloodwork You Should Get for Iron Overload
063: How to Monitor Your Thiamin (Vitamin B1) Status
062: How to Manage Your Magnesium Status
061: How to Test Kidney Function When Taking Creatine
060: How to Manage Your Vitamin A Status
059: The Best Way to Supplement With Potassium
058: The Best Way to Supplement With Calcium
057: Do you really need to be taking fish oil?
056: How to Gain Muscle Without Gaining Fat
055: 7 Ways to Keep Your Blood Sugar Stable
054: Why You Should Be Careful With Niacin and Nicotinamide Riboside
053: How to Track Your Vitamin and Mineral Intake
052: 3 Ways to Get Enough Potassium
051: Why Salt Raises Blood Pressure in Some People
050: 5 Ways to Help With Glutamate Sensitivity and Glutamate Dominance
049: Carbs or Keto for Sleep?
048: How to Protect Your Muscle Mass When Losing Weight
047: Your Emotions and Environment Could Be Hurting Your Weight Loss
046: Weight Loss: The Low-Hanging Fruit
045: Lose Weight With the Robot Diet
044: Here’s What to Do About VDR Mutations
043: Can You Get Vitamin A From Plants? It Depends on Your Genes.
042: What to Do About Your COMT Genes
041: Your Nitric Oxide Genes, Blood Pressure, and Asthma
040: Your MTRR Genes and Vitamin B12
039: Ten Tips for Preventing Kidney Stones
038: Oxalates: Should You Be Concerned About Collagen?
037: Glycine With a Meal for Blood Sugar
036: Collagen Before Your Workout for Tendon Health
035: Get Better Sleep With Glycine
034: This is the Bloodwork You Should Get for MTHFR
033: What to Do About MTHFR
032: How to Know If You Need to Care About Your MTHFR
031: Dry Skin on a Low-Fat Diet? Try Egg Yolks or Liver.
030: Dry Skin When Adding Muscle? Think Zinc.
029: What if my vitamin D is normal, but my PTH is high?
028: How to Tell the Difference Between Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiencies
027: Could Oxaloacetate Supplements Help With Glutamate Sensitivity?
026: The 5 Best Ways to Lower Cholesterol Naturally
025: The Easiest Way to Track Calories
024: The Most Reliable Way to Lose Weight
023: Supercharge Your Folate With Pastured Egg Yolks and Sprouted Legumes
022: How to Get Enough Folate
021: Folate: You Can Freeze Your Liver But Not Your Veggies
020: Sometimes Synthetic Folic Acid Is Better Than Natural Food Folate
019: How to Know If You’re at Risk of Iron Overload and What to Do About It
018: Why It Matters What Type of Millet You Eat
017: Why You Should Moderate Your Millet
016: How to Kill a Cold With Zinc
015: 5 Rules You Need to Follow to Get Enough Zinc
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012: How to Make Your Own DIY Home Air Filter
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008: 5 Ways to Eat Enough Liver
007: The Quickest and Easiest Way to Make Bone Broth
006: 5 Easy Ways to Use Ginger for Better Digestion
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005: That Moment You Wake Up to Pee And Can’t Fall Back to Sleep
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003: Sometimes Sugar is Better Than Starch
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