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What Happens When Your Body Is Severely Vitamin D Deficient?

These 12 bizarre symptoms might shock you.

You May Never Skip Your Vitamin D Again After Reading This:

1/ Your head starts sweating uncontrollably... 🧵 (THREAD) Image
Strange, but true.

This bizarre symptom shows up in infants, teenagers, and adults. Excessive head sweating is a red flag, especially in children.

But why?
First, 25,000 genes exist in your body.

10% are directly controlled by vitamin D. Your blood tests only show inactive vitamin D — not what's happening in your cells...
When Dr. Hollis presented his findings to top vitamin D researchers, he was attacked for his conclusions.

Why? Because effective vitamin D treatment directly competes with the top-selling drugs on the market.

Here are 10 more vitamin D deficiency symptoms you should know:
2/ Your sleep gets destroyed by night sweats.

You wake up with a soaked pillow despite cool temperatures.

Vitamin D deficiency triggers an overactive immune response, disrupting your body's temperature control center:
3/ Your emotions become a rollercoaster.

Vitamin D directly controls your emotional regulation through complex brain pathways.

Adequate vitamin D levels help protect neurons and reduce inflammation, which can otherwise exacerbate mood disorders.
4/ When you're vitamin D deficient, you run the risk of a dysfunctional immune system.

This may cause symptoms like:

• Autoimmune Reactions
• Recurrent Infections
• Chronic Fatigue
• Inflammation

Here's why:
5/ Your motivation vanishes completely.

Tasks pile up. Everything feels overwhelming.

This isn't laziness — it's your brain's motivation center malfunctioning without vitamin D.
6/ Panic attacks strike unexpectedly.

These aren't just anxiety episodes. Your brain's fear center is malfunctioning from a lack of vitamin D, disrupting crucial serotonin pathways.
7/ A deep ache sets into your bones.

Not sharp pain, but a deep internal ache — especially in your:

• Hips
• Pelvis
• Upper legs
• Lower back

This is osteomalacia beginning — your bones literally softening. Here's how it works:
8/ Your muscles start failing you.

Without vitamin D, calcium can't enter your muscle cells properly.

The result? Progressive weakness, especially in the legs and shoulders. Your muscles physically can't contract.
9/ Your joints become stiff.

Stiffness takes over your knees and fingers as vitamin D is crucial for cartilage and collagen.

10/ Fatigue becomes your new normal.

Your cellular energy factories (mitochondria) are dying. Old viruses can reactivate, draining you further. Image
11/ Your brain feels like it's in a fog.

Decision-making becomes impossible. Focus vanishes.

12/ You can't stop eating yet never feel satisfied.

Without vitamin D, nutrients can't properly enter your cells, leaving you constantly craving more.
How much vitamin D do you need?

40 minutes of sun gives you 20,000 IU of vitamin D3.

For different deficiencies, try:

- 10,000-20,000 IU for general deficiency.
- 50,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily for chronic fatigue.

Toxicity occurs when taking 100,000 IU daily for weeks.
Essential cofactors for vitamin D are magnesium, vitamin K2, zinc, and B6.

Without these, you won't get the full benefits. This is why most vitamin D supplements fail.
Effective vitamin D supplementation threatens a multi-billion dollar drug industry.

The medical establishment actively suppresses this information.

But the science is clear: vitamin D deficiency underlies many modern health problems. Image
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