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The Miraculous Results of Extremely High Doses of Vitamin D3: A Year Long Experiment with Huge Doses of the Sunshine Hormone From 25,000 to 100,000 IU/Day by Jeff T. Bowles
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Yes, yet another book about D3. With my fibromyalgia and diabetes type II, I have found myself sick of meds that not only don’t work but are dangerous in themselves. So I am researching to take control of my own health.

I don’t know what to think about this book. There is a lot of research and information given. I like that it is based on real studies. The author brings in many great points.

Mr. Bowles puts his personal story to the forefront. I like that. I hate reading just facts and figures and trying to make sense of the sciences involved. Bowles makes it clearer than others I had found. There are a lot of URLs to click that drive you to sites of clinical trials and results. That is great. That means if I want to hand it to my doctor I can and feel halfway intelligent in the process.

But the book is never finished. In a lot of areas, the author leaves old information and just throws in a parenthetical update. Many authors go back and update their books. Kindle will send you notice or you can go into ‘Manage My Kindle’ to pick them up. But it is confusing all the (…) and (…). I think the old version should be given, i.e. ‘In 1987 I weighed this amount or we believed this…’ then follow it with, ‘Now I weigh, or now studies show…’ And it would flow much easier.

Bowles puts a lot of emails from people that have tried his method and failed or succeeded and adds his reasoning as to what happened in actuality. I liked that. It kept it personal.

I think what I like about the book, I dislike equally. (Hence the 3 stars). The book seems quite long, but it is mostly the studies that are spelled out or referenced in the end of the book (starting at about 50%).

I did appreciate his hard work and sharing it will all of us. I learned a lot and know I can go back for my own references. I think everyone should read this. You don’t have to agree, just know it is there. I think going a more natural way is better than all the side-effects of medicines that are prescribed.

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