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Gordon,

Here's a link to Carlson:



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thank you, I will show it to my wife...very much appreciate .
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Oh dear, Gordon I didn't mean to lead you astray, the Carson are great and the New Zealand origin is fine. Like you said, supplements from China...mmm...not so much. I'm now on day 2 of the liquid and I'm muttering to myself that I don't like trying to figure out doseage. The Carlson single pill is so much easier to take.
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From Dr. Weil:

Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient with a central role in maintaining health. I recommend prudent daily sun exposure to support the natural production of vitamin D in our skin as one of the best ways to get enough of this vitamin. But if, like many these days, you have few opportunities to go outside due to work, school, or weather, you may be at risk for vitamin D deficiency. Decreased or insufficient levels of vitamin D have been linked to:

  1. Suppressed immunity: Our innate systems of defense may not function efficiently without adequate vitamin D, allowing increased susceptibility to infectious agents.
  2. Increased risk of chronic disease: Low levels of vitamin D have been associated with a higher-than-normal risk of heart disease and several kinds of cancer.
  3. Heightened inflammation: Vitamin D is a key cofactor in regulating inflammation throughout the body.
  4. Falls: Older persons with low vitamin D are at a greater risk of falls, which are a major cause of hip fracture and chronic pain.

Speak with your doctor about checking your 25-hydroxy (25-OH) vitamin D level, and ask if supplementation may be needed. 

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Thanks you Main & Donna, for the info. I bought enough Vit D for a year, but I wanted to pass along that my wife figured-out her IBS problem by herself, before going to a gastro-e. She did not have ENOUGH stomach acid.
 She had (sorry for the image) un-digested food, she's been taking Hydrochloric acids pills, she takes (2) if eating meat, the supplement has a digestive enzyme included also.

I don't know if this is result of chemo,(we suspect) but she eliminated foods, one by one, and then she found 'gluten' was not being tolerated, in her system.

Hope this helps someone... G

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thank you! that's a good price on Carlson Vid D


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Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer Risk

A new meta-analysis of 15 studies found that healthy vitamin D status was associated with lower risk of colorectal cancer.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer among men and women in the United States. When detected early, colorectal cancer is highly treatable. However, the most difficult cases occur when the cancer has spread throughout the body to the liver or lungs. In these cases, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery may help. Research has focused on developing more treatments for later stages of colorectal cancer to provide a greater likelihood of a successful recovery.

Studies have shown a relationship between healthy vitamin D status and a longer survival among colorectal patients, suggesting vitamin D may play an important in colorectal cancer outcome.

Researchers recently conducted a meta-analysis of 15 case-control studies to examine the relationship between vitamin D levels and risk of colorectal cancer. All but two of the 15 studies found that higher vitamin D levels were associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer.

According to their analysis, individuals with a vitamin D status of 50 ng/ml had a 60% reduced risk of colorectal cancer compared to those with levels of 5 ng/ml. In addition, those with vitamin D levels of 30 ng/ml had a 33% reduced risk of colorectal cancer compared to individuals with levels of 5 ng/ml.

The researchers concluded,

“The inverse association between serum 25(OH)D and risk of colorectal cancer overall was strong and statistically significant.”

Clinical trials are needed to determine whether vitamin D supplementation may help prevent or improve outcomes for colorectal cancer patients.

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In lieu of taking oral Vitamin D-3, I know they recommend going outside for daily sun exposure so that your body can produce its own natural Vitamin D.
Does anyone know the answer to this?
1. How long are you supposed to be in the sun? Is it daily or is once a week sufficient?
2. What amount of skin surface area should be exposed in order to reap the benefit?
3. Does it work if you apply sunscreen or is it supposed to be on exposed, unprotected skin?
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Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation Reduces Cancer Risk

Researchers recently presented groundbreaking findings that vitamin D reduces the risk of all cancers at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting. The randomized controlled trial (RCT) was the first to evaluate the effects of vitamin D supplementation on cancer as the primary outcome.

These results have arrived with much anticipation due to the consistent evidence suggesting that higher vitamin D levels and increased sun exposure are linked to lower cancer risk. In fact, over 15 types of cancer have been associated with low sun exposure.

Animal studies have proposed various mechanisms to explain these associations. For instance, vitamin D has been shown to promote cellular differentiation, decrease cancer cell growth, stimulate cell death and decrease tumor blood vessel formation in studies of cancer cell and tumors in mice.

Now, the gold standard of research, a randomized controlled trial, has investigated the direct effects of vitamin D on cancer, and it followed a near flawless study design:

  • Large sample population: The study included 2,302 healthy menopausal women ages 55 and older.
  • Long duration: the experiment lasted four years.
  • Adequate vitamin D3 dose: While the dosage did not quite meet the recommendations of the Vitamin D Council of 5000 IU per day, it provided enough vitamin D to cause a significant increase in vitamin D levels at 2,000 IU per day.
  • Use of a control group: Researchers compared the difference in cancer incidence between the vitamin D group and a control group. The control group received placebo.

After four years of supplementing with 2000 IU of vitamin D3 daily, the average vitamin D levels of the vitamin D group increased from 32.8 ng/ml to 43.9 ng/ml. The control group’s average levels decreased slightly from an average of 32.8 ng/ml to 31.6 ng/ml.

Throughout the four years, 106 of the 2,300 women developed at least one type of non-skin cancer. The researchers discovered that cancer incidence (43 treatment and 63 controls) was significantly lower in the treatment group (p < 0.05). Furthermore, the analyses revealed that both vitamin D supplementation and vitamin D status were significant predictors of cancer risk after one year of intervention.

The researchers stated,

“Supplementing with 2000 IU/day of vitamin D3 and 1500 mg/day of calcium substantially reduced risk of all cancers combined. This finding provides great impetus for improving vitamin D status through advances in vitamin D nutritional policy.”

This study presented a groundbreaking discovery for public health. Cancer is the number two cause of death in the United States with approximately 40% of men and women developing cancer in their lifetime. This upsetting percentage could decrease through the identification of modifiable risk factors, such as vitamin D and calcium supplementation.

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/vitamin-d-and-calcium-supplementation-reduces-cancer-risk-according-to-rct/

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Researchers discover vitamin D deficiency negatively impacts breast cancer prognosis

The pathology of breast cancer is still unknown, but there are several risk factors that have been associated with this disease. These risk factors include, but are not limited to, age, start of menopause, hormone therapy, family history and oral contraceptive use. Additionally, past research has linked breast cancer risk and survival rates to vitamin D status. However, there has been limited research evaluating the relationship between vitamin D status and prognosis of breast cancer. Therefore, researchers from this study evaluated the effect of vitamin D status on severity of cancer prognosis in a high-risk group of postmenopausal women.

A total of 192 postmenopausal Brazilian women between the ages of 45 and 75 were included in this cross-sectional study. All of the participants attended the Breast Disease Assessment Center of the University Hospital in Southeastern Brazil during 2015-2016. The researchers collected the following data: age, menopausal age, time since menopause, age of first gestation, duration of breastfeeding, current smoking, prior use of hormone therapy, history of chronic diseases, family history of breast cancer and use of medications.

They also measured the patient’s anthropometric data and serum vitamin D levels just following breast cancer diagnosis and prior to medical treatment. Due to the fact that breast cancer prognosis is widely variable, the researchers evaluated several markers that contribute to disease outcome, including:

  • Tumor grade: (1) well differentiated, (2) moderately differentiated, and (3) undifferentiated. While grade 1 tumor cells may look similar to surrounding healthy cells, grade 3 tumors are undifferentiated, or made up of only cancerous cells. This indicates disease progression.
  • Tumor stage: measured by a scale of 1-3; (1) localized invasive breast cancer, (2) inoperable locally advanced invasive breast cancer, and (3) metastatic disease. While localized breast cancer remains within the affected body tissues, metastatic cancer migrates to other parts of the body.
  • Lymph node presence: positive if at least one lymph node were identified as having breast cancer metastasis. This means that the cancer has spread beyond the breast tissue to the rest of the body.
  • Hormone-receptor status: presence or absence of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and cell proliferation index (Ki-67) status. Positive scores for ER and PR receptors mean that the cancer cells will grow in response to estrogen or progesterone, while positive scores for HER2 and Ki-67 indicate increased tumor growth.

This is what the researchers found:

  • Average vitamin D status was 25.8 ng/ml (64.5 nmol/l).
  • Of the total participants, 33.9% were considered to be vitamin D sufficient (>30 ng/ml; >75 nmol/l), 47.9% were considered insufficient (20-30 ng/ml; 50-75 nmol/l) and 18.2% were considered vitamin D deficient (<20 ng/ml; 50 nmol/l).
  • Insufficient and deficient 25(OH)D levels were associated with increased tumor grade, locally advanced and metastatic disease, more positive lymph nodes, a lower proportion of ER, PR-positive tumors and higher Ki-67 indices.
  • Vitamin D status was not significantly associated with tumor size, histology of breast cancer or HER2 status.

The researchers concluded:

“In conclusion, in Brazilian postmenopausal women with breast cancer, there was an association between vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency and tumors with worse prognostic features. Low vitamin D levels were shown to be a risk factor for estrogen receptor-negative tumors, positive axillary lymph node status and a higher rate of cell proliferation.”

https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/researchers-discover-vitamin-d-deficiency-negatively-impacts-breast-cancer-prognosis/




Edited by 123Donna - Oct 26 2017 at 7:15pm
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Had my rheumatologist run my vitamin d3 level and it came back 42 ng , I currently take 2000 iu daily so I’m going to add an additional 1000iu for a daily tot.a of 3000 iu and see if I can bump my number up past 50
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Bumping for our new members.  

It's good to know your Vitamin D level.  If you don't know, please ask your primary or other doctors to test your level.  Lots of good information in this thread if you want to read from the beginning.




Edited by 123Donna - Mar 01 2018 at 9:29pm
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Vitamin D may protect against cancer

Researchers provide further evidence that vitamin D may protect against cancer, after finding that people from Japan had a lower risk of the disease when they had higher levels of the "sunshine vitamin."

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Maybe a strange thing to wonder but i just had a thought. I have taken 5000 a day D3 since my last diagnosis because that is what it took to keep my level around 45. They checked it with this new diagnosis and it was still 45 but my grade is 2 instead of 3 like last time. Anyone have an idea if this could have helped to have a little less aggressive tumor?

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Blair, 

Interesting thought.  Most diagnosed with TNBC are grade 3.  

When diagnosed and after finishing chemo I found out my levels were 19 (deficiant).  Over the years I've gotten my levels up, but lately they are in the upper 40's.  My new thyroid doctor ran a series of blood test and told me they want my Vitamin D level to be above 70.  Going to look into this.



  
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Vitamin D may protect against cancer

Researchers provide further evidence that vitamin D may protect against cancer, after finding that people from Japan had a lower risk of the disease when they had higher levels of the "sunshine vitamin."


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Interesting studies thanks Donna.
Mine was also low the first time at 17, i think. At my next endocrinologist appointment I’m going to talk to him about all this stuff. He’s treating me for diabetes, high cholesterol and triglycerides which by the way are at great levels now. We haven’t addressed my vitamin d or my high blood calcium levels. My family doctor has been keeping an eye on those things as well as my oncologist.

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Vitamin D may decrease breast cancer risk, study reports

Vitamin D is hailed as a wonder nutrient, capable of lowering a person's risk of different forms of cancer. Recent research now confirms that people with high enough levels of this vitamin in their blood have a significantly lower risk of breast cancer.

The merits of vitamin D when it comes to cancer prevention have long been at the heart of medical debates.

Where some studies have revealed that overall cancer risk is lower in people with higher levels of this vitamin, others have suggested that vitamin D has no impact on a person's vulnerability to the disease.

Still, the case for ensuring that you get enough vitamin D is fairly strong, as low blood levels of this nutrient have been associated with a raised risk of bladder cancer and, in a study that was published earlier this year, an elevated risk of bowel cancer.

Previous research has also suggested a link between high vitamin D levels and better survival rates in people going through breast cancer treatment.

In a pooled analysis of a prospective cohort study and two randomized clinical trials, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in have now investigated whether and to what extent high levels of vitamin D in the blood were associated with a lower risk of developing breast cancer.

Their analysis — which was conducted in collaboration with specialists from Creighton University in Omaha, NE, the Medical University of South Carolina in Columbia, and the nonprofit organization GrassrootsHealth in Encinitas, CA — suggests that certain levels of vitamin D correlate with a "markedly lower" risk of breast cancer.

These results are now published in the journal PLOS ONE.

The analysis revealed that people with higher blood concentrations of the vitamin D biomarker were exposed to a significantly lower risk of breast cancer.

"We found that participants with blood levels of 25(OH)D that were above 60 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml) had one-fifth the risk of breast cancer compared to those with less than 20 ng/ml."

Cedric F. Garland

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322177.php

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Is vitamin D deficiency to blame for lung disease?


The researchers found that those with low, or even intermediate, levels of vitamin D had a higher risk of showing early signs of Interstitual Lung Disease (ILD).

"We knew that the activated vitamin D hormone has anti-inflammatory properties and helps regulate the immune system, which goes awry in ILD," explains Dr. Michos.

"There was also evidence in the literature that vitamin D plays a role in obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]," she adds, "and we now found that the association exists with this scarring form of lung disease too."

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322206.php

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