Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney. He is also a fellow of the Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians, holds a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy and a Masters degree in Occupational Health. He is currently Chief Medical Officer of the Defeat Diabetes program, an evidence-based program focussed on lifestyle management of metabolic illnesses, including type 2 diabetes.
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29 responses to “Dr. Paul Mason – ‘The 5 Minute Vitamin D Talk’”
It is so refreshing to hear such an intelligent doctor with a sense of humor. All of Dr. Mason’s lectures are very informative and I look forward to listening to him.
Great to see relevant shorter segments for those of us with limited time.
I can vouche dor this. After a few months on a hypercarnivore diet, my skin was extremely resilient and resistant to the sun and I held most of my tan through the winter months.
I’m pretty sure this is due to a reduction in excess PUFA intake, specifically Linoleic Acid.
Over time avoiding seed oils and other foods high in Linoleic acid, I’ve noted I am sunburn resistant.
I just spent 8 hours in the sun without prior exposure this year. While I did burn slightly, it was very minor, did not hurt at all, then fully healed in a few days.
I’ve also noted an end to chronic pain, arthritis, asthma, reduced allergy severity, and improved cognition and mental health.
I’m mostly animal based, but probably moderate carb at this point after 5 years of avoiding Linoleic Acid.
I’m not 100% sure the primary cause was the linoleic acid, but am fairly confident.
I’m of course open to other ideas and potential causes though, if given convincing and robust data.
What’s hypercarnivore?
I, unfortunately, can’t. Got burned just the same this spring as the last.
I can listen to Dr. Paul Masson speak for hours.
the same! 🙂
Yes, he does a good job of making things understandable…
He’s a rock star!!!
This sounds very eye opening and does make sense but also raises one question for me: If not for low levels of vit D, why are people more susceptible for sickness at the end of winter?
Or is it only the part of population that eats (mostly) vegetable oil based diet that get more susceptible?
Studies have shown Vit D is important in immune function, and on a cellular level.
Vit D produced within the cell is likely superior.
In a similar manner, melatonin is produced in the mitochondria when exposed to near infrared light. Being an antioxidant, this can help combat reactive oxygen species. This is in much larger quantities and more effective than the melatonin produced by your pineal gland.
Given how low risk even milligrams of daily vitamin D3 seem to be, and of the potential benefits, I’m not going to stop microgram level supplementation anytime soon. The discussion around it is interesting though, and likely the purpose of the talk/video, rather than convincing people to stop supplementing.
It’s an interesting topic. Where do animals get their vit D from? And fish, for that matter, does UVB penetrate water? Why were almost all covid patients vit D deprived? Why were people of color over-represented in the hospital intakes? Doesn’t the sun also produce nitric oxide for us? How much do we really know of the processes going on when we’re out in the sun?
But the video is 7:12 …. 🤣🤣🤣 … Thank you for the information, good to share with friends/family!
I remember reading a study testing surfers and found most didn’t have higher vitamin d levels.
Let’s not ever forget, Dr Keyes ‘seven countries’ study was created as such, because the other 14 countries that he ALSO had data for, didn’t support the hypothesis he was presenting. So he just ignored them.
Keys works should be stricken out of all references! He murdered and maimed millions with his lies !
I’m a simple girl… I see Dr Mason and I click play.
I do feel he’s undershot the truth about sun’s primary hypothesis position as a highly necessary and beneficial aspect of metabolic and hormonal health.
Other talks list more cellular effect pathways of vitamin D.
While the amount of D in foods does seem to be up to larger debate than I’d seen, I still don’t buy that little sun and just the right foods is the ideal solution, at all.
Evolutionary framework has to undergird. He mentioned plankton using vitamin D as sunscreen, but still adopts the “the sun is damaging” motif.
Seems like a thin motif to me.
Very interesting. So you don’t need sunlight to maintain healthy vitamin D levels. What about the other benefits of sunlight, for example, increasing serotonin, treating some skin conditions, and generating nitrous oxide. Are these still valid, or do we need to also rethink them?
Sunshine is part of a “healthy” lifestyle IMO
Man this doc just continues to blow my mind. Now I’ve got to completely rethink my love of the sun. He goes into this deeper on his podcast with Dr. Chaffee plus a whole bunch of other gems. I highly recommend it!
OMG How can one person share so much useful knowledge in just 5 minutes !!!
Now we need to see the full talk please.
I am in my early 60s, and in addition to eating a keto/carnivore diet for several years, I have also supplemented with 8,000 IU of vit D3 daily for about 2 years, yet when I recently got blood tests that included vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy, my level was 42.9 ng/mL on a scale of 30.0 – 100.0 so not even in the upper half of the normal range. Also, I work outdoors in the subtropical state of Florida in the US, though I do cover up and wear sunscreen to avoid skin aging and skin cancer.
Dr. Mason just did a slam dunk on the normie view of vit D and I’m all for it.
Next up: we need your take on vit A and copper toxicity from excessive organ meat consumption 😅
Dr. Michael Hunter in the TV series about how famous people died (Autopsy: The Last Hours of) keeps being negative about meat based diet. Dr. Mason should have a talk with him.
Yes. I am one of them. Since I quit seed oils and improved my Omega 6 to Omega 3 ratio, I don’t need to use any sunscreen at all. I live in Gold Coast
It could be like vitamin C. Very tiny amounts go a long way in a healthy carnivore human. A human that doesn’t consume mineral-sucking phytates, for example.