Is Vitamin D Deficiency Deadlier than Vitamin D Toxicity? An Interview with Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews

Listen in to this fun and informative interview between Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews, M.D., FACS, FCCM and Jen Aliano, MS, Director of GrassrootsHealth. Discover some interesting facts about his family and upbringing, and about his experiences with vitamin D in practice as a hospital intensive care doctor and critical care surgeon.

Dr. Matthews’ knowledge of the biochemical and physiological actions of vitamin D within the body, combined with his awareness of the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, prompted him to test vitamin D levels for all patients upon hospital admission and treat them with high doses of vitamin D. This resulted in improved health outcomes, decreased mortality rates, shorter hospital stays, lower healthcare costs, and zero cases of vitamin D toxicity. As he says, "Vitamin D deficiency is deadlier than vitamin D toxicity!"

Dr. Matthews wraps up the interview with key points and important advice that is essential for other health care practitioners to hear, especially if they are interested in keeping their patients healthy. They can make a big difference for their patients, simply by increasing their knowledge of vitamin D, and by testing for and treating vitamin D deficiency.

A big thanks to Dr. Matthews for sharing his time and expertise! Listen in below or read the full transcript here.
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Key Points from the Interview Here: https://www.grassrootshealth.net/blog...

Dr. Matthews wrote a paper on the cost effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation in the ICU, which can be found at
https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/c...

Dr. Matthews shares several key messages about vitamin D:

Because vitamin D regulates about 10% of your genes, when you're vitamin D deficient, you have lost some function in your body, so something is not functioning properly... usually the immune system.

There is a need to get enough vitamin D "from the cradle to the grave" starting before conception; checking vitamin D during pregnancy is absolutely vital

Even though he got push back from hospital administrators and even hospital dieticians and nutritionists, he pushed forward with his vitamin D protocol (and shared the research to show that it was safe and effective)

"Vitamin D deficiency is deadlier than vitamin D toxicity"

Research has shown that low vitamin D levels can increase the risk of death: https://www.grassrootshealth.net/blog...

According to Dr. Matthews, vitamin D levels should be checked yearly at least, just like any other routine blood test

"Vitamin D is important for bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic infections, cancer surveillance. So, it does all that. So that's a gift from God. Actually, I call vitamin d God's miracle vitamin."

His message to doctors: Test all patients for vitamin D at admission or first visit!

Learn more or order a home vitamin D blood spot test at https://www.grassrootshealth.net/