GYM XIV

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A man’s life is pressure, risk, and sacrifice. Struggle isn’t the enemy; it’s the fire that forges you. Betrayal sharpens your judgment, stress builds your endurance, and risk is the currency of greatness—without it, nothing meaningful is gained.

You don’t speak of burdens; you bear them. No excuses, no exceptions, no escape—this is inevitable. The fight is yours and it will be until the end.

Comfort is a lie. You wake up each day not for peace, but for battle.

Hello everyone! I just wanted to quickly pop in to remind you of something extremely important since we are officially into winter and many of you might start supplementing with Vitamin/Hormone D3 because here in the North, let us be real, it's sort of needed. Keep these things into account:

- Vitamin/Hormone D production is not a simple/straight process, it depends on many other co-factors
- Every person is different, especially based on their origins, so Hermone D production will look different for everyone and everyone should be adjusting doses according to their needs

And now into the most important part:

- Magnesium (bisglycinate especially, as it is absorbed at 80% rate in the body) helps with metabolising Vitamin D. If your Mg levels are too low (it becomes easy to be deficient as stress depleates Mg levels and we are all stressed unless you have a perfect meditation/relaxation routine set in every day) - your body cannot activate the production of Vitamin/Hormone D.

- Vitamin K2 (especially the type of MK-7) is the responsible of activating matrix GLA protein to bind excess calcium and help with arterial health (great flow and flexibility - avoiding cardiovascular disease) so this becomes absolutely essential. p.s.: Vitamin K2 in higher doses was also observed to reduce visceral fat in postmenopausal women.

- Zinc can enhance Vitamin D activity and Vitamin D influences zinc homeostasis (so they work great and best together). Disturbance on their balance leads to cardiovascular issues, immune dysfunction, poor healing, etc. Zinc is an important enabler in the conversion of Vitamin/Hormone D from cholesterol - using your fat for proper hormonal production. Aside being key for healthy sex hormones. p.s.: This supplement comes in hand when one has ''high cholesterol'' and low serum Vitamin D.

So, are you supplementing with Vitamin D3 this winter? Then you must get in:
- Mg Bisglycinate (you are welcome to get yours at Jotunheim Nutrition (For Sweden only here, and rest of the world here)
- Vitamin K2 (MK-7), we do not have it right now at Jotunheim Nutrition but stay tuned!
- Zinc, (For Sweden only here, and the rest of the world here)

With that said, I personally like Vitamin D3 from a reliable source of Cod Liver Oil that has been least processed (you can check their simple extraction process here), and that is Rosita. We have been stocking Rosita at Jotunheim Nutrition (Sweden only) and soon is restocking time! 🌞