Posted on 05/10/2023 9:28:09 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Vitamin D intake could reduce cancer mortality in the population by 12 percent—provided the vitamin is taken daily. This was the result of an evaluation of 14 studies of the highest quality conducted at the German Cancer Research Center with a total of almost 105,000 participants.
Vitamin D deficiency is widespread worldwide and is particularly common among cancer patients. Averaged over the year, the vitamin D blood levels of about 15 percent of German adults are below the threshold for a pronounced vitamin D deficiency. In contrast, in a study of colorectal cancer patients, researchers diagnosed vitamin D3 deficiency in 59 percent of participants, which was also associated with unfavorable prognosis.
"Based on current studies, vitamin D3 supplementation probably does not protect against developing cancer, but it could reduce the likelihood of dying from cancer.
…When all 14 studies were pooled, no statistically significant results emerged. However, when the studies were divided according to whether vitamin D3 was taken daily in a low dose or in higher doses administered at longer intervals, a large difference was seen. In the four studies with infrequent higher doses, there was no effect on cancer mortality. In contrast, in the summary of the ten studies with daily dosing, researchers determined a statistically significant 12 percent reduction in cancer mortality.
"We observed this 12 percent reduction in cancer mortality after untargeted vitamin D3 administration to individuals with and without vitamin D deficiency. We can therefore assume that the effect is significantly higher for those people who are actually vitamin D deficient," says Ben Schöttker.
A more detailed analysis of the studies with daily intake further revealed that people aged 70 and older benefited most from vitamin D3 therapy. In addition, the effect was most evident when vitamin D intake was started before the cancer diagnosis.
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About two months ago, there were a flurry of articles/studies about the efficacy of Vitamin D, mostly in the Epoch Times. I decided to up my daily dose of D3 from 5000 IUD to 10000 IUD; I have pernicious anemia and was born a month premature. I’m currently 76.
Since doubling my dose, my appetite has improved but with no weight gain, I feel more awake in the morning and more alert in general with no negative effects.
I hate articles that give zero definition or even a hint at what “low dose” means.
Did I overlook it?
I do take it daily, .one teaspoonful of Carlson’s Norwegian Super D Omega3, lemon flavored liquid. 50 milligrams, which I think qualifies as a low dose. Been taking it for decades. I could pay a lot less for D3, but I believe quality counts. Most health food stores carry it and of course AMZ.
Some people believe it’s better to get D3 from sitting in the early morning sun, but who gets up early? And where is the sun when it’s snowing?
And thank you so much for posting this interesting, helpful information.
Also look at undefined frequency. A real test would have had the same frequency for both doses.
No you didn’t overlook it. It’s missing, along with information defining a “high’ dose.
Generally, 600 to 2000 IU is considered low-dose. Moderate low would be in the 4,000 to 5,000 IU range.
If you sat in a chair facing the sun (t-shirt/shorts), 30 minutes per day, at least three or four times a week, you would reach the low dose per week level (with zero cost). In this scenario, you’d only need the supplements in the fall/winter period.
It’s not really the dose it’s what your Vitamin D level is. It ranges on a scale of 0 to 80, 30 or lower is a deficiency. Mine was checked at my last physical is 67 which is a good place to be. I have been at that level or a little higher for several years as was my partner and neither one of us were ever sick. She and I stayed fine through Covid and never had one problem dealing with it, nor were afraid to go out when we could.
So my advice is get your level checked.
Want to see if you’re D deficient?
Get some vitamin D from the store, take 10 capsules a day for a week instead of one.
You will be amazed at the results
Don’t worry- you’d have to take a couple of whole bottles to take too much.
What do they consider low dose and high dose.? The article does not say.
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I tried, but the snow gets to me and I have to come in to warm up.
D is one of the vitamins that you can get too much of. Be careful of taking to much. I have been taking it for years - high doses, then I started vomiting - horrible nausea. It was too much Vitamin D. Reduced it to a MUCH lower dose and everything is fine.
It took about a year for the high dose to make me so sick.
“Taking 60,000 international units (IU) a DAY of vitamin D for several months has been shown to cause toxicity. This level is many times higher than the U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for most adults of 600 IU of vitamin D a day.”
I take @10,000iu a day...but you must take K2 also...and GET TESTED.
Thanks.
BKMK
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