Have you ever tried to balance your check book, and just couldn't get it to balance?  You became so stressed out and upset, that you throw your hands up in disgust and walk away? But after sleeping on it, you calmed down, sat back down, and the answer seemed so obvious, that you wonder how you missed it in the first place?

What just happened?  The emotional stress that you were experiencing triggered an autonomic nervous system response, which fired up a sympathetic (fight or flight) response.  When this happens, it stops you from being able to think and reason clearly, shuts down your digestion, stops any healing processes going on in your body, and prepares you for a life-threatening response to the situation.  Your body is thrown into a survival state, and your brain can't distinguish between a simple number being off (in your checkbook), or you being attacked by a mugger or assailant.

Now let's apply this to any type of chronic disease:

When I consult with a patient with almost any type of long-standing physical condition, we can usually trace the beginning of their disease process back to a point of great emotional stress.  Of course, there are other types of stress that can trigger this response, such as chemical or toxic stress, infections, or even a physical injury.  But in most of the cases, even with a physical or chemical stresser, there's an emotional component to it as well.  This is called cellular stress.

All the cells in your body will retain memories.  It was once thought that all our memories were stored in our brain, but after multiple attempts at dissecting various lobes of the brain, people still retained memories.  But when the medical profession started doing transplants (such as new hearts, kidneys, lungs, etc.) many times the patient would experience memories, cravings, or personality traits of the previous owner.  This demonstrated that the memories were being stored in the very cells of the tissues that had been transplanted!

Dr. Alex Loyd in his book "The healing code" expands on this concept, and explains how emotional stressers...dating back as far as infancy, can and are retained in all the cells of the body.  If these are negative emotions (such as abuse, feelings of inadequacy, fear, etc.), they can have a subconscious effect on the cells of your body.  This results in a continuous sympathetic nervous system firing, while shutting or slowing down the parasympathetic nervous system.  If we think of the sympathetic nervous system as the gas peddle on a car, the parasympathetic nervous system would be the brake:  It slows your heart beat, allows you to digest your food, and activates your healing and immune system.

Can you imagine what happens to a body that is constantly in a "fight or flight" response?  You may suffer from chronic stress and adrenal fatigue, insomnia, brain fog, a thyroid disorder, diabetes, or any other effect from your immune system being shut down, and not having the ability to respond to an infection, injury, or even general maintenance of the tissue.  One of the worst case scenarios is cancer!

This is why addressing any kind of a chronic disease HAS to have the cellular memories addressed and neutralized (if there are stored negative emotions in the cells).  Once you understand this concept, you can re-activate your body's immune and healing system, and whatever treatment you are receiving will likely become "super-charged", getting you the desired healing response.  (Or your body may just heal itself!)


As advanced as this psychological treatment might appear, this is an ancient biblical concept .  In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus states:  "Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly of heart.  And you shall find rest unto your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

A yoke (not the egg-type) is a piece of farm equipment used to bind oxen or horses together so they could both pull together in performing activities such as plowing, making the job easier for both of the animals. 

What Christ was saying is "Let me help you share the load, or the burden".  In other words, stop worrying and stressing over the things of this world, which will have little or no lasting consequences, and concern yourself with the things that truly matter...eternally.  When you "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness", all these other things will be taken care of...or "added unto you".  (Mt. 6.33)

Although this may sound like a "spiritual" recommendation, it has a profound effects on your health as well.  There are 365 scriptures in the bible (if I'm counting correctly) that tell us not to worry, be anxious for anything, or stressed out - a verse for every day of the year!  When a person invites Christ into their heart, there's a peace and joy that fills them, and begins a healing process that can heal any medical condition known to man. 

But our natural tendency is to allow the world to conform our minds to its way of thinking...which is all about stress and worry.  Rom. 12:2 tells us "Not to be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind..." which is done by cleansing your though mind with the word of God - teaching you to think the way God does. But if these stressers are subconscious, and we don't even know that it's happening, it takes a deep work of God's Holy Spirit to get into your heart and heal it.  Without trusting and believing in God for this, your efforts will only have temporary and limited effects.

Although Dr. Loyd is not saying this is a mandatory part of healing (accepting Christ as your savior), the principals he uses in "The healing code" depends upon you having a healthy understanding of who you really are (not what others have told you) and who God says you are.  Once you learn to transform your mind, it will reprogram the cells throughout your body and de-activate the constant firing of your sympathetic nervous system, and fire up your parasympathetic nervous system to allow your body to heal the way God designed it to.

I have seen amazing results with my patients that apply these "codes", and those that utilize them (as compared to those who don't) will typically heal from their disease process much more quickly...and permanently. 

Wishing you and Abundance of Life and Health,
Dr. Filippini

What does chronic sinusitis, post-nasal drip, auto-immune disease and digestive issues have in common?  

Gut inflammation!  

The sinuses and the gut differentiate from the same embryonic tissue.  As the gut develops, the sinuses migrate and develop into the skull .  What that means is there's a very intimate connection between these tissues.  When one becomes inflamed (i.e. the gut), the other will become inflamed as well.  This is due to the release of cytokines.  Cytokines are chemicals, similar to hormones, in that they communicate with the other tissues of the body.  If the gut becomes inflamed from exposure to a certain type of food or infection, it signals the brain (as well as the other immune-regulating tissues in the body) to let them know of the potential danger and attack. These tissues will then go into a state of inflammation - gearing up for a battle.  (This is what causes the symptoms of sinus inflammation and/or post-nasal drip.)

The problem with medical treatment for sinusitis: Antibiotics.  Most doctors will prescribe antibiotics for sinus infections, post-nasal drip, or sometimes just for symptoms of a common cold.  THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE!  Antibiotics kill off the normal, healthy gut flora/bacteria that your body depends on for maintaining its immunity. If you kill off that good bacteria with antibiotics, it leads to dysbiosis (abnormal levels of healthy and unhealthy bacteria in the gut), and causes "leaky gut" - an increase in the permeability of the small intestines.

Reducing gut inflammation and rebuilding the healthy gut flora (with probiotics) can eliminate chronic sinusitis, as well as boost your immune system.  But in the case of mycobacterial infections in the sinuses, this will also need to be addressed.

Mycobacteria is different from normal bacteria, in that it lacks a cell wall for antibiotics or even your own immune system, to attach to in order to stop the replication.  That's why antibiotics won't work, or are only short-lived.  This results in chronic sinus infections that continue to worsen as you destroy your gut flora with antibiotics.

To learn more about your gut, visit our website at AbundantLifeHandW.com, and check out digestive disorders under "Conditions we treat".  If you get that "gut feeling" that this may be geared towards you, give us a call or shoot us an email.

Best wishes for Abundant Health!
Dr. Filippini

As with most health conditions, the best treatment for kidney problems is prevention.  If you've ever passed a kidney stone, you're probably willing to do anything to prevent it from happening again.  (It's been said that it's as painful as delivering a baby.)  And if your kidneys are starting to have problems, which can lead to kidney failure, you will want to do everything in your power to avoid dialysis and the potential need for a kidney transplant.

But what about everyone else who has never experienced kidney stones or failing kidneys?  Is there something that's not too inconvenient to help avoid future potential kidney issues?  Would you believe that it could be as simple as drinking adequate amounts of water?

I'm surprised at how many patients I see that when I question them on how much water they drink, they think drinking 2 or 3 glasses a day is adequate...or simply drinking lots of soda or coffee!  If you skip the rest of this article - here's what you need to know:  You need to drink half your body weight (in pounds) in ounces of water daily.  So if you weigh 200 pounds, you need to drink about 100 ounces of water every day.  Coffee and soda does NOT count - and if you are a coffee or soda drinker, you need to add extra water intake to flush out and re-hydrate your body from the damaging effect these drinks have on your kidneys.  The stronger the coffee, the more water you should add.

How do you know if you're not getting enough water?  Chapped lips are a clue.  If your lips are dry and chapped, and you're always using lip balm, the chances are that you're dehydrated.  You can also do the pinch test:  Pinch the skin on the back of your hand.  Healthy hydrated skin should recoil almost immediately.  If it takes several seconds to smooth out, the chances are high that you're not drinking enough water.  (Obviously, skin elasticity decreases with age.)

A great habit to get into is to drink a couple of 16 oz. glasses of water as soon as you get up in the morning.  You lose a lot of water throughout the night, and likely haven't had any water intake for at least 8 hours.  This starts the day off right, and then you only need a few more glasses of water throughout the day to remain fully hydrated.

If your urine is dark, discolored or cloudy throughout the day, like it is first thing in the morning - you are likely not getting enough water.  If you take vitamins (like vitamin C or B), it may be a darker yellow the first few hours of the day, but it should become clear throughout the rest of the day.  If it's not...DRINK MORE WATER.  If it's reddish or cloudy, this could be an infection.  Consult a doctor for a urinalysis (preferably a functional medicine doctor, unless you want to end up on antibiotics).  The same thing goes for burning with urination, frequent urination, or pain or itching.  (Low back pain can also suggest kidney infection).  If you are tender to a light punch/pounding just below the ribs on the back - called "Murphy's sign", this can be indicative of a kidney problem.

If you've had recent lab work performed, markers you can check that indicate possible dehydration are:

Hemoglobin (HGB)) - Levels above 14.5 suggest possible dehydration
Total Red Blood Cell count (RBC) - Levels about 4.5 suggest possible dehydration
Creatinine - Levels above .90 indicate possible kidney insufficiency
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) - Levels above 18.0 suggest kidney problems or dehydration
Sodium - Levels above 140 could suggest dehydration
Potassium - Levels above 4.50 could suggest dehydration
Chloride - Levels above 106 could suggest dehydration
Phosphorus - Levels above 4.0 suggest possible kidney dysfunction
Total Protein - Levels above 7.4 suggest possible dehydration
Albumin - Levels above 5.0 suggest possible dehydration
Homocysteine - Levels above 10.0 could suggest kidney disease
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) - Levels below 60 indicate kidney disease/failing kidneys

These lab markers are not meant to be interpreted individually, but as a pattern.  If you suspect kidney disease or problems, consult a functional medicine doctor.  There are lots of products that you can take to support your kidneys, as well as even REVERSE Chronic Kidney Disease/Failure.  The first thing to do, however, is find out if your kidney issues are due to a poor diet, inflammation, liver problems, a leaky gut, dehydration, an infection, etc.  That can only be done by a doctor of functional medicine.  The medical approach is all the same:  Medicate you until the kidneys fail, and then provide dialysis or a total kidney replacement.  (Or antibiotics for a urinary tract infection.)

Your kidneys are your filtration system to excrete waste and keep your minerals balanced.  They are vital to your health, and deserve whatever care it takes to keep them healthy.  Simply drinking adequate amounts of water and getting regular exercise for circulation will do wonders for kidney health (like routinely changing the oil in your car).  Do yourself a huge favor, and don't neglect this simple and important habit.

Wishing you Abundant Health.

God Bless,
Dr. Filippini

When I see patients that have been trying to take care of themselves, many of them will boast that they are Vegetarian, Vegan, or "non-red-meat" eaters.  Sometimes my patients will even ask if it's healthier to be on a "meatless" diet.  Although there is plenty of research that indicates eating a vegetarian/vegan diet is healthier, I personally do not recommend this for most people.

There are many biblical based diets, such as the "Hallelujah diet", the "Daniel Diet", and just the plain vegetarian lifestyle, and I hear many people refer to this healthier way of eating as "God-ordained".  This is where my skepticism comes into play.  Does the bible ever forbid us from eating meat?  Absolutely not!  Yes, the Jews were told to not eat cud-chewing or two-hoofed animals, or fish without scales or fins (Lev. 11:3-10).  (These prohibitions were later nullified in the new testament in Acts 10:15 and Col. 2:16)  But even though we see Daniel and his three wise friends asking to be allowed to eat a vegetarian diet, this is very analogous to the results we see in research today that justifies a meatless diet.  (More on this later.)

Nebuchadnezzar wanted his wise men to be fed with the king's meat and wine for three years, learn the new language of their captors, and then be brought before King Nebuchadnezzar.  Daniel requested not to be "defiled" with this food, and asked to only be given vegetables and water.  We're not told the specifics of the king's food, but it was very likely rich with sauces, breads and other delicacies, along with the meat and wine.  

After 10 days, Daniel and his friends looked healthier than the others the king was feeding his diet to, so many have insisted that this meatless diet was what God had intended for a healthy diet to consist of.  But there are too many other instances where God actually gives the Israelites meat to eat - starting back in the garden of Eden.  Able was a herdsman, and offered up a burnt sacrifice (of meat and fat) to the Lord.  How would he even know how to do this if he wasn't eating it himself, as well as the others?

God also commanded the Israelites to eat lamb during the Passover before they left Egypt, and then again provided quail for them in the wilderness.  Would God provide something for His children, and even encourage them to eat it if it wasn't healthy?  And why would He have designed us to be able to digest meat, as well as vegetables if we weren't intended to eat it?

So here's the problem with jumping to conclusions without having ALL the facts:  We don't know why Daniel insisted that the king's foods would defile him - but there was obviously something in that diet that altered the complexion and made the people unhealthier looking than vegetables and water.  Could it have been the sauces, breads and wine that caused that effect?  We just don't know.  (Unless Nebuchadnezzar's meats included pork and crustaceans.)

And even today, when we know that gluten (breads and pasta) are detrimental to many peoples health - Jesus ate bread, and even gave it to others!  Doesn't that prove that just because people were allowed or encouraged to eat it thousands of years ago doesn't mean that it's healthy?

Consider this:  The bread they ate 2,000 and plus years ago were first of all sun-baked - not oven baked at high temperatures. (This alters the wheat, making it even more difficult to digest.)  And today, due to hybrids, the gluten content of wheat has increased substantially (because food corporations LIKE the texture it provides, and encourage farmers to use high-gluten seed for growing grains).  On top of that, gluten is typically added to breads and pastas which causes intestinal problems with many people, and even provokes auto-immune disease.  (That's to say nothing of the glyphosate they saturate it with!)

My point is that our food has changed today.  So we don't want to judge something as being bad for our health based on the foods people ate back in biblical times (or if you believe in evolution - the caveman diet).  Our food is now processed, has many additives, hormones, antibiotics, chemicals and things that are NOT good for us.

Therefore, when studies are done on vegetarians vs meat-eaters, we have to ask ourselves:  "Did they eat grass-fed beef, wild caught fish, and organic range-free chicken, or did they feast on McDonald's and Long John Silver's diets that are filled with additives, oils, hormones and antibiotics known to be bad for our health?"  And how can you compare a Seventh Day Adventist with someone eating the Standard American Diet, where their faith requires them to be free from smoking and alcohol, maintaining healthy lifestyles and even exercising regularly?  People who are Vegetarians/Vegans are typically people more concerned about their health, and do many other beneficial things for themselves, other than just avoiding meat in their diets.

Dr. Mark Hyman just did an interview with Chris Kressor that talks about the erroneous conclusions that many dieticians and doctors are coming to, based on inadequate clinical trials that have compared meat eaters with non-meat eaters. If you are interested in watching it, here is the link. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RSUVTmRU0M&mc_cid=6e97675827&mc_eid=aca97ba2c1

The bottom line is this:  If you like meat, you can eat it in moderation - but avoid the antibiotic and hormone-fed animals. Yes, organic meat (and wild-caught fish) costs more...but isn't your health worth it?  (Especially if you still get to eat something you truly enjoy!)

Wishing you Abundant Health,
Dr. Filippini

Something I've taken notice in my elderly patients as they cross that 60's milestone (including myself), these folks have given up on the grandiose idea of ever looking or feeling like they did in their 20's or 30's.  If they haven't attained their high school weight, if they're suffering with chronic disease, aches and pains...and even life threatening illness - their goal changes from looking and feeling young again to that more in lines of preserving what they have left.

But even at later stages in life, when people are willing to make some strategic lifestyle changes, begin exercising regularly, detox  the hundreds of toxins they've accumulated in their bodies through the years...and yes - even change their diet, life can be much better.

But there is a positive note to growing older.  (And I believe this far outweighs all the deterioration that's going on in the body.)  That's the changing outlook on life.  In our younger years, life's pursuits tend to be focused on material gains:  Having a nice house, a fancy new car, all the latest gadgets...even saving up for a long and comfortable retirement.  As we get older, that focus begins to change to preserving our health, for one - to be able to enjoy the activities that we CAN perform, and be around for our kids and grand kids.

But as II Cor. 4:16 states:  "For we do not lose heart.  For although our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day".  If we let Him, God is preparing us for transition from this temporal and decaying world to one of an eternal one...with new bodies that never grow old or get sick.  These fading material things become less and less important, and the things that are truly of lasting importance (such as relationships, loving, giving, and growing closer to God) become our main focus in life.

What's truly amazing is that as we focus on the important, and less on the trivial and fading things of life, we begin to enjoy all these things all the more...including better health.  It's too bad we can't all learn this lesson earlier in life!

"Seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you."  (Mt. 6:33)

Wishing you abundant health (and life),
Dr. Filippini

Trying to give up certain foods may seem impossible, because your cravings for them are so intense.  But is this merely an emotional addiction...or is there an actual physiological component to it?

If you are a coffee drinker, and try to give it up for a period, you might notice you experience headaches, agitation, and even shakiness.  This tells you that you have a physiological dependence or addiction to that black heavenly brew.  The same goes for sugar.  Trying to break the sugar craving can be as difficult as stopping smoking.  This however, is due to a different mechanism.  Coffee contains caffeine - a chemical stimulant that can cause a physiological dependence.  Sugar, however, creates a metabolic reaction, causing the pancreas to secrete insulin to get the sugar into your body's cells, but at the same time, triggers the pleasure center in your brain - which is very similar to other types of addictions.

But there are two other common foods that most people are completely unaware of the physiological effect on their brain and body:  Dairy and Gluten.  Gluten is the protein found in wheat, rye, barley, spelt and kamut.  Dairy contains two proteins:  whey and casein.  Casein - in dairy, and gluten - in grains, can both cross the blood-brain barrier.  Once they do, they are termed "caseinomorphine and gluteomorphine".

The reason these proteins have the "morphine" attached to their names is due to the physiological effect that it has on the brain.  It stimulates the "morphine" receptors and can have the same addictive response as heroine or other narcotics.  In other words, coming off of these addictive foods can not only stimulate severe cravings for them, but cause physiological reactions such as headaches, nausea, insomnia, irritability, and other symptoms.

There are lab tests that can be performed to determine if these proteins are crossing your blood-brain barrier, stimulating this type of response.  But just as important, these tests can detect if your body is having a response from them, causing damage (or increased anti-bodies) to other tissues.  You see, it's not the addictive nature of these proteins that are so detrimental to your health, but the immune response that it has against your own tissues.  For example, Crohn's or Celiac disease is an auto-immune response to the gastrointestinal tract.  But any tissue in your body can be erroneously targeted as the "enemy" by your immune system:  The thyroid, pancreas, skin, lungs, bone, stomach, intestines, etc.

Most people aren't willing to put in the effort to get these foods out of their diet until they experience pain, disability, or life-threatening disease.  But with the incidence of auto-immune disease on the rise, why wait to experience full blown symptoms and disease when you can detect and prevent it today? 

Don't wait to see a functional medicine practitioner if you have this concern!

Wishing you Abundant Health,
Dr. John Filippini

I get asked quite frequently by my injured, overweight or elder patients "What kind of exercise can I do to build up strength without hurting myself?"  As I've grown older myself, I've had to modify my own exercise routine (which used to consist of weight training 2-3 times per week), and I think you are going to be thrilled with what I've discovered:

Isometrics!  Now before you tune me out and write this off as "too simplistic", please hear me out.  This 5 minute work out is not intended to bulk you up, but merely strengthen and tone your muscles.  Yes, it will build a little muscle, and if you do longer sessions, isolating each muscle group, you can actually add muscle mass!

One of my colleagues used isometrics to put on 10 pounds of muscle mass in only 8 - 10 weeks.  But he was doing about 15 minutes per day (the animal!), but he broke it up throughout the day to focus on different muscle groups.  You can do these almost anywhere, whether it's at home, at work, the bathroom...anywhere you can take a 5 minute break.

How I do it:  I stand in front of a mirror so I can see which muscles I'm trying to isolate (which is ALL of them), and starting out at about 75% maximum, I gradually build up to 100% contraction.  I hold my arms out to the side, contracting the chest, abs, lats and back muscles, as well as my thigh and glut muscles.  I squeeze as hard as I can for 30 seconds, and take a 30 second break in between while I brush each quadrant of my teeth while I'm getting ready for work.  This allows me to do 5 sets of contractions, and by the time I'm done, I'm breathing hard and fully awake for the day. 

As a functional medicine practitioner, one of the most common deficiencies I find in my patient's lab work is low vitamin D - 25(OH).  And what's frustrating is the fact that many of these patients have been told by their M.D.'s that they are within normal range...even when they're in the low 30's and 40's.  

Even though these numbers may fall within the "normal" range, as we increase these levels, I've seen remarkable changes in my patient's health.  What should vitamin D levels be at?  I like to get my patients as close to 100 as possible, and some practitioners will shoot for even higher levels - closer to 150!

Why is vitamin D so important?
Insufficient vitamin D levels can cause:

• Osteoporosis (from lack of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus, which requires vitamin D for absorption) resulting in increased risk for fractures
• Anxiety 
• Depression
• Chronic illness
• Auto-immune disease (caused by an imbalance of the immune system)
• Excessive hair loss
• Increased risk for certain cancers (including breast, prostate and colon cancer)
• Increased risk for cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure
• Increased risk for diabetes
• Increased risk for chronic lung disease (i.e. COPD)
• Chronic fatigue (regardless of getting plenty of rest!)
• Chronic back pain (particularly the low back)
• Chronic bone pain (i.e. shins, ankles and forearms)
• Chronic muscle aches
• Slow healing wounds
• Chronic inflammation
• Gastrointestinal disease (i.e. Crohn's disease or inflammatory bowel disease)
• Hormonal imbalances (i.e. low testosterone)

It's amazing how this one vitamin deficiency can be the underlying culprit of so many symptoms and disease processes.  But just as amazing is how easily these problems can be resolved - or better yet, avoided, simply by supplementing your diet with sufficient vitamin D intake.

How much vitamin D should a person take?
We are actually supposed to produce our own vitamin D when we're exposed to sunlight.  But even here, in sunny California, it doesn't seem to be enough.  I don't know if it's attributed to our poor Standard American Diet, or possibly all the toxins we're exposed to, somehow effecting our vitamin D synthesis.  (The average adult has been documented to have over 700 toxins in their system...many of which are carcinogenic.)  But I've only found 2 patients over the past 10 years of lab testing that had healthy levels of serum vitamin D...and they were already supplementing with high doses.

Foods that are rich in vitamin D 
D3 (from sun exposure and meat products) is substantially more effective than D2 (found in plants) in raising your vitamin D levels.  Wild salmon, herring, sardines, cod, trout, mackerel, shrimp, oysters, canned tuna, egg yolks, mushrooms, milk and cheese (which I highly recommend organic, if you must drink milk), soy milk (which I discourage my patients from, as soy is an endocrine disruptor, and can cause hormonal problems), almond milk, liver, ham, and other "fortified" foods (orange juice, dairy, cereal, etc.), pork chops, beef and chicken all contain higher levels of vitamin D.  But even if you are eating these foods regularly, I would challenge you to have your serum vitamin D levels checked...especially if you are experiencing any of the symptoms or health disorders described above.

Foods that are "fortified" are usually processed or pasteurized, which destroys their natural vitamin content.  So to be considered healthy and nutritious, large food corporations add synthetic vitamins to make it sound healthier.  Synthetic vitamins are not recognized by the body the same as natural occurring vitamins...but that's for another time.

If you are supplementing your diet with vitamin D, I typically start my patients on 10,000 iu/day (as well as taking that much, myself).  If you are "lab low" in vitamin D (below 35), have your doctor monitor your lab work every 3 months until you get up as close to 100 as possible.  If you go above 100, you can back off to 5,000 iu/day.   Yes - your M.D. will freak out if he/she sees your vitamin D above 80 - but that's OK.  It's YOUR health - not theirs.  And unless your MD has had post-graduate training in nutrition, they will likely know nothing about nutrition (other than what the drug and pharmaceutical companies teach them).  Too high vitamin D levels are rare, and usually require long-term VERY high doses of supplementation.  You won't get too much vitamin D from simply eating vitamin D rich foods.

Symptoms of too high vitamin D levels (typically not found in levels below 300) include:  Nausea, vomiting, fatigue, forgetfulness, and slurred speech, among others.  But again, you would have to be on very high doses of supplementation for a long time.  Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, and it can therefore build up in your system.  But compared to the risks of low vitamin D, getting too much should not even be a concern.

Wishing you Abundant Health,
John Filippini, D.C.

​Place a glass of water next to your bed at night and work up a healthy amount of saliva, then spit it into the glass. If the spit forms tentacles sinking down in the water, this indicates the presence of candida.