In this two-part dissertation, Dr. Teitelbaum explains all one needs to know about this indispensable vitamin to stay healthy. Among the many important roles of vitamin D in our physiology inhibiting cancer and assisting in the absorption of calcium are but two highlights. Unfortunately, in the US and most of the Western world, modern lifestyle has produced an endemic deficiency of vit. D levels with which modern "medicine" simply can't cope. The recommended daily ingestion values of vit. D have been doubled and tripled by medical "authorities" without solving or even minimally alleviating the problem (while creating liver and kidney imbalances that have led to patients' deaths). A problem that the ancient Sanskrit text solved millennia ago.

Part 1 discusses the dilemmas of vitamin D deficiency and highlights the pitfalls of the "big pharma Docs", while Part 2 brings the divine light of Ayurveda and the SVA tradition to the rescue.