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I did a search of this site and didn't find any discussion of Stasha Gominak.

She's a neurologist who started studying sleep disorders because of observations with her headache patients. I'm fascinated by her comments about the restorative nature of sleep. "I don't care about vitamins one bit. I care about sleep."

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7cbBB1c0IM

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwaFn7D3anY

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFkKkLB6rpM

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeb3PtkCd_c

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUybbVOoRU

Has anyone heard of her? Science-y types, can you help me evaluate her comments?

EDIT: Here is the executive summary if you don't want to wade through an hour of video: http://drgominak.com/vitamin-d

FURTHER EDIT: I had my serum level tested. In late May in the Pacific NW, but with D3 supplementation, my level was 44. Not horrible, but not in my target range of 60-80 yet either.

edited May 29 at 20:00

asked May 13 2012 at 14:42

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This is cool . – Kasra May 13 2012 at 17:12

Nice find tdgor! – jjtitus May 14 2012 at 17:02

Dragonfly · Answer 1 · 2012-05-13 20:20:04Z UTC

Thank you for posting this!

Have finished watching through Part 3 and just read the summary you linked to.

She has some funny ideas about absence of D3 from food sources (Salmon anyone?) and seems to think that humans can hibernate and that there was NO food available in winter during our evolution, but the rest of it looks relatively sound.

Great to read about Dr. Stumpf's research and the page of references on the website link will be keeping me busy for awhile.

ETA: Just finished the series & I appreciate how she emphasizes that it's the blood level that matters, not the dose. (She has found that 60-80 ng/ml gives the best results for good sleep.)

Reminds me that it's time to re-test!

zoomia · Answer 2 · 2012-05-13 20:15:59Z UTC

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That was fascinating. Thank you so much for posting!

answered May 13 2012 at 20:15

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Kasra · Answer 3 · 2012-05-13 22:08:09Z UTC

What I got from this is that maintenance of high vit D levels may be especially important if on a non-ketogenic diet, as carbohydrate availability has always been yoked with summertime UVB exposure.

Also, I like the idea that high cholesterol may just be a symptom of low vit D levels, since cholesterol is the precursor to D and would thus be upregulated to make conversion more efficient.

Stasha Gominak on Sleep and Vitamin D3

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