North Texas woman cancer-free after out-of-the-box therapy (vitamin been mentioned here many times)

khou.com ^

[Orange1998]

Video at link is amazing. Freepers been calling Vit D3 a wonder drug for long time.

[Orange1998]

Ping to cajungirl.

[Pining_4_TX]

I wonder if she had low vitamin D before her diagnosis? Seems rather odd for someone who spends a lot of time outdoors running. Maybe it isn’t a matter of what a person’s level is as much as massive doses of D are an effective treatment for cancer. People certainly have to be careful that they don’t run out and OD on D. :-)

[Orange1998]

I don’t think you can OD on Vit D3.

[youngidiot]

I think most Americans are probably have vitamin D deficiencies, if for no other reason than we’ve had the hell scared out of us with regard to spending time in the sun.

[fwdude]

Great news, but inconclusive. After the battery of treatment, from chemo to surgery, there’s no real way to know which treatment had the effect of curing the disease.-

[Average Al]

I’ve read people absorb less vitamin D from the sun as they age.

[nerdwithagun]

I would be curious if a lot more white people then other ethnic groups had this cancer or vitamin D deficiencies. I read a theory that European people became white to absorb more Vitamin D from sunlight as they weren't getting much from eating grain.

Any good info source to see how much vitamin D an individual should get?

[ChiMark]

I take 50K i.u. every week as a prescription. You can have your blood checked for vitamin D deficiency.

[Blado]

I’ve always suspected running causes cancer.

That’s why I avoid it like the plague.

[steve86]

I read a theory that European people became white to absorb more Vitamin D from sunlight as they weren't getting much from eating grain.

Isn't that a tautological fallacy? The lighter-complexioned ones survived or stayed healthy enough to reproduce, maybe.

Any good info source to see how much vitamin D an individual should get?

Seems to be a lot of controversy concerning recommended D dosages, but it is true that if you get too much you will end up with elevated calcium in the blood, which leads to organ and bone problems. Most people seem comfortable with up to 5,000 IU daily of D3. That's what I take in the winter.

[spacejunkie2001]

Here’s the connection: if you sweat alot AND do not supplement with a quality magnesium, you WILL be low in Vit. D. Your body can’t absorb it when you’re deficient in mag.

[Pining_4_TX]

D is a fat soluble vitamin and there are real risks in taking too much. One cannot get too much from sunlight. The body is a marvelous creation. :-)

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-929-VITAMIN%20D.aspx?activeIngredientId=929&activeIngredientName=VITAMIN%20D

[Pining_4_TX]

That’s interesting. There is a delicate balance in our bodies, and I wonder what taking too much of one thing without having enough of another does to our health.

For example, it is not good to have copper and zinc out of whack. Too much of one without the balancing effects of the other can be detrimental.

[ak267]

Is there a recommended dosage for Vitamin D? I take 5000 IUs per day. Age 46 male.

[lonestar]

I take 4000IUDs (or whatever it's measured in) a day and was taking 5000.

Most drs prescribe once a week pills for 50,000.

A friend who had cancer said the first thing the drs did was check her Vit D levels.

[Para-Ord.45]

bm

[spacejunkie2001]

I agree completely.

Magnesium makes approximately 350 other enzymes, aminos, vitamins, etc., click into place. When you’re deficient in mag, and most of us are due to the fact they no longer fertilize with it and we drink too much filtered water, then many other things will not work productively. Vit. D is just one of them. Another is calcium. You MUST have sufficient mag or calcium cannot dissolve. The result is plaque on your arteries, asthma, kidney stones, gall stones, etc.

[Orange1998]

OK... Toxicity becomes an issue when upper intake levels are reached on a consistent basis. For most people, these levels are around 100,000 IU per day for a few months.

[Pining_4_TX]

At one time our daughter was found to be very deficient in D, and she took prescription doses for a while. However, you do have to be careful. People who are prone to developing kidney stones can be affected by large doses of D.