I sincerely hope other people will visit your website.

I wouldn’t worry about cholesterol itself. If statins work simply by controlling inflammation as D does then having an optimal D level will be better than any effect it might have on your cholesterol level.

I’ve noticed in articles that so-called ‘high’ cholesterol has been linked with low testosterone and this has been taken as cause and effect by some parties.
However, there are studies that show LH (luteinizing hormone) reduces cholesterol. Not only this but LH creates testosterone from cholesterol, so perhaps, logically, as testosterone rises, cholesterol decreases, rather than as cholesterol increases testosterone lowers.
Because low testosterone can be treated with therapy which (I think) bypasses the LH-cholesterol mechanism, you can probably still achieve an acceptable HDL/LDL ratio as your body may ‘know’ it can withdraw some cholesterol. This however is just my own conjecture.

One other assumption I have is given vitamin D’s crucial systemic role, perhaps this is also crucial for the maintenance of LH. It would somewhat explain the link between vitamin D deficiency, diabetes and resultant chances of low libido.

Good luck with the sunshine.

Right now I have a Vitamin D level of 23 ng/ml. I also have a high cholesterol. I am going to give the whole more sunshine thing a try. They even have a meter that you can use to see how many IU per minute your exposed to.

Thank you for commenting and I’m happy to see there might be more informed nursing staff in the not too distant future.
I haven’t studied physiology, or any other science I’m afraid. I would be too much of a one-trick pony to make it, and then I cannot really take credit for much of what I’ve presented here.

I have read @ http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/ about the benefits of Niacin and respect Dr. Davis’s viewpoints on heart health; he’s clear to point out that vitamin D is one (albeit crucial) aspect of good heart health.

And yes, D2 is the prescribed and expensive plant based form while D3 is synthesised in our skin, and fortunately cheaper too. Most doctors will put you on D2 but there is change happening.
I know for instance that the health service in England is looking to finally get D3 in capsule form from Germany, whereas at the moment we have to rely on fast expiring heavy bottles of liquid D3. But even this is better than a few years ago where D2 was the only choice.

I think your husband is a lucky guinea pig to at least to be off statins. I’m not entirely anti-statin (for the time being) but as a member of the public I’m very worried about it’s over-prescription.

I haven’t touched on testosterone much on this blog and it’s a shame as I think there is probably quite an important association with vitamin D making it essential for male health.

I’ll let you know if anything fresh comes my way, and indeed please share anything else you might think about or discover. It’s useful seeing medical studies but it’s also invaluable to hear personal opinions as long as they’re sound. I have vague plans to start a collaborative blog with others with personal interest in this subject as I’ve just had little time to pursue it currently.

Thank you for your comment. I do plan to continue with it sometime in the near future, can’t really say when, but there is some clearly some unfinished business here.
I’d recommend subscribing to the Vitamin D Council’s newsletter for the time being if you haven’t already: http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/