In the 4-minute clip above, nutritionist Chris Masterjohn explains how his research on the interaction of vitamins A, D, & K was stolen by Tufts University and then disseminated in a manipulated form—they left out the info about vitamin A. (The clip is from a larger video available here at the [1:27:50] mark.) This behavior was parroted by Dr. John Cannel, then-president of the Vitamin D Council (which apparently no longer exists), who also used a portion of Masterjohn’s research and discarded the part about vitamin A.
Today, nearly every health influencer I know is talking about D and K2. Most vitamin D supplements are now paired with K2. Everyone and their mother is now supplementing with vitamin D. This trend comes exclusively from Masterjohn’s research.
It’s just about the only thing I can think of that mainstream doctors and the alternative medical community agree on. But no one is talking about vitamin A.
How Vitamin A Got Pushed Aside
Tufts University employed a military tactic called a Limited Hangout which is used when someone is about to disseminate information that is harmful to your agenda. In a Limited Hangout, you manipulate the way the info is released and make sure that any portion that is harmful to your agenda gets minimized or completely left out. The more scientifically robust the information and the more reliable the source, the more important it is to stay in front of the narrative so you can control how it’s stated.
Why would Tufts use a Limited Hangout against Masterjohn’s vitamin research?
The truth about the importance of vitamins A, D, and K2 delivers a fatal blow to the plant-based agenda. All three of those vitamins are found almost exclusively in animal foods. There are no plant foods whatsoever that contain vitamin D or true vitamin A (beta carotene in vegetables is poorly converted to vitamin A), and the only plant foods that contain vitamin K2 are a few fermented products such as natto, or Japanese fermented soy. (However, natto contains the MK-7 version that is not stored in the tissues as is K2 MK-4 found in grass-fed dairy products.)
In other words, this information is proof-positive that humans need animal products, and quite a lot of them, to obtain optimal health.
For those just tuning in, Weston Price was a health researcher who spent 10 years traveling around the world researching why isolated people groups eating traditional diets had near complete immunity to infectious diseases, had no chronic diseases, had almost no cavities, and lived active lives often into their 100s. His central takeaway was that all 14 of the isolated people groups he studied received a minimum of 10 times more of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, & K2 in their diet than the average person eating a modern diet.
As any good scientist must do, Price tested his hypotheses after he moved back to the U.S. to make sure the vitamins were in fact the operative factor in these people’s incredible health. He spent the rest of his life healing people of various diseases by feeding them cod liver oil and high-vitamin butter, a kind of butter he had shipped to him from Switzerland made from the milk of cows who were eating rapidly growing grass. (I cover Price in detail in this post).
Chris Masterjohn confirmed Price’s hypothesis using the latest scientific research when he did his post doctorate studies at the University of Illinois.
Why Not to Supplement D without A
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