• Part of the cholesterol pathway
• Every hormone in our body is made from cholesterol
• Lowering cholesterol can be taken too far, to the point that a person cannot make hormones, leading to premature aging and neurodegenerative diseases
• Your brain runs on cholesterol
• Pregnenolone is one of the first byproducts of cholesterol metabolism
• Cholesterol rises in the winter months
• Pregnenolone converts into progesterone and DHEA; both important
• Progesterone is implicated in scoliosis
• Females with scoliosis have about half of the available progesterone that those without scoliosis have

- The incident of D3 insufficiency and deficiency is elevated in scoliosis patients

- Met analyses are the gold standard of studies

- It’s mostly people who are ill to begin with who have their vitamin D levels checked, and that influences what’s considered the normal level

- Studies suggest a positive correlation between Vitamin D levels above 70 and being cancer-protective

- Addressing bone density loss is critical in achieving success when addressing scoliosis

- Most women require a vitamin D level of 90 or higher to address bone density issues

- Vitamin D toxicity is difficult to ascertain

- Vitamins D varies with the seasons; best to get a baseline at summer and winter

- Vitamin D and K2 both have half lives which mean you don’t have to take them everyday

#scoliosistreatment #scoliosis

Links to referenced articles:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36892518/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35999823/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19646383/

• Ballet, gymnastics, and volleyball tend to have more children and young adults with progressive curves

#scoliosis #backgenius