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let’s talk about vitamin d and skin type and when  i’m talking about type i’m talking about the  

pigment in your skin the pigment is generated by  melanin and melanin the pigment has an interesting  

function of acting as a filter for uv  light so it actually prevents uv light  

and it also prevents the harmful rays that  can cause cancer so the more melanin you  

have in your skin the more protected you  are from skin cancer now the largest organ  

in the body is the skin it has about 22 square  feet okay it’s about 8 pounds so it’s actually  

quite large when we get into the types of skin  you have type one and two you have type three and  

you have type four five and six so in this type  you have people that have like a fair complexion  

people that are redheads russians scandinavians  and people that live in high latitude which means  

further away from the equator and then type three  you have the middle latitude which is slightly  

lower we have americans and central europeans  okay then you have type four five and six  

which is the subtropical or the tropical they’re  closer to the equator and so they’re going to  

have more sun exposure and this group includes  asians indians latino americans african-americans  

africans and so the darker the skin the more  melanin the more natural sunscreen they have  

the less uvs that are going to penetrate the skin  but here’s the catch-22 people in this group that  

have a less risk of getting skin cancer also  have a greater risk of being vitamin d deficient  

so they would need between three to five times  more vitamin d than this group so even though  

this group can absorb more vitamin d they have a  high risk of getting skin cancer and so the darker  

the skin the more vitamin d you need to consume or  be exposed to from sun normally the sun gives you  

uv radiation which hits the skin and depending on  how much pigment you have will determine how much  

pre vitamin d you’re going to get which is made  from cholesterol this inactive pre vitamin d  

needs to be activated through the kidneys or  the liver but also realize that if there is  

damage to your liver whether you have a fatty  liver it’s inflamed or you have cirrhosis or  

you have kidney damage because you’re diabetic  it never gets converted so when you get tested  

and it shows normal that doesn’t actually tell  you the active form because most tests check the  

inactive vitamin d not the active version because  if you have a fatty liver or you have some type of  

a problem with your kidney and you keep  checking your vitamin d and it’s normal  

chances are you it might not be normal so  there’s a big association between liver damage  

or kidney damage and low vitamin d levels now  there’s a really cool test that i recommend it’s a  

home kit that you can get to measure your vitamin  d levels it’s not that expensive i recently called  

the company and i asked them if they would give my  followers a discount and i don’t get any kickbacks  

i get no percentage of this so what they agreed  to do is give all my followers 20% off this test  

if you’re interested so you would just type in  this coupon code drberg20 and i put the link  

down below they’ll send you a kit you take a drop  of blood you put in this little piece of paper  

send it in and they’ll give you your results  they also have some other additional testing  

like omega-3 fatty acid testing they can  check your dha i think just a few more tests  

so you’ll see it on their website all right thanks  for watching before you go if you have a question  

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