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50 ng vitamin D

Friday December 23, 2011

Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough

Overview of the controversy

  • Most experts say 40 ng is good
  • Some experts say 50 ng is much better for disease prevention
  • Some experts say 50 ng is too much (high latitude, black skin)
  • Concern that >40 ng may be too much if taking some chemotherapy and unable to reduce the dose taken
  • Some experts feel 50 ng is not enough to TREAT some diseases

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Vitamin D Life has a lot more information

Cancer vitamin D

Friday December 23, 2011

Vitamin D decreases chance of getting Cancer and treats Cancer as well
The amount of vitamin D needed to PREVENT many cancers varies about 4X between individuals.
The amount of vitamin D needed to TREAT cancer is much higher

A Jan 2012 study discusses 8 potential mechanisms for vitamin D to prevent Cancer

See also Vitamin D Life on Cancer

Overview of Cancer and Vitamin D
All items in category Cancer and vitamin D
Mechanisms of the Anti-Cancer and Anti-Inflammatory - 2011.PDF
Vitamin D for prevention and treatment of Cancer - technical July 2010 file
Cancers and Vitamin D Council and Dr. Grant
Video on how Vitamin D reduces Cancer – Feb 2011 Dr. Garland
Meta-graphs of vitamin D and Cancer – Dec 2011
18 Quotes on Vitamin D and Cancer – Feb 2010
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Vitamin D Life has a lot more information on Vitamin D

Almonds with Vitamin D

Friday December 23, 2011

I take almonds with my vitamin D

Almonds have the right type of fats as well as Magnesium to improve the vitamin D bio-availability
There have been several studies about when and with what food you should take with vitamin D


Almonds have the best ratio of monosaturated to polyunsaturated fats of popular nuts
Almonds have a good amount of Magnesium

In the winter I am taking a 50,000 IU capsule of vitamin D with a handful of almonds every 4 days.

It is on my calendar, so I do not have to remember

see wikipage http://www.vitad.org/tiki-index.php?page_id=1903for other fats

WikiPedia Good (more vitamin D into bloodstream)= monosaturated = BLUE

Want minimum saturated and high ratio of monostaturatedd to polysaturated
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Update

Increasing the ratio of mono to poly fats increased Vitamin D levels by 6 ng – RCT Aug 2011

Debate Vitamin D

Thursday December 22, 2011

A debate of Vitamin D was published Dec 2011 in the UK

Should we be giving enhanced vitamin D intakes to all?

The debate does not address enhancing vitamin D levels for those groups at high risk of being deficient

Elderly, obese, dark skin, pregnant, etc.

Comments and links to up-to-date information in Vitamin DWiki have been added in BLUE
There are many new references for vitamin D interventions and random controlled trials that both sides did not mention

CLICK HERE

Vitamin D Life has a lot more information

Vitamin D3 not D2

Thursday December 15, 2011

Vitamin D2 has been known for a long time to not be as good as vitamin D3
Recent studies have found that vitamin D2 actually DECREASES vitamin D3 in the blood

The first form of vitamin D to be discovered is the only one that most doctors can make a prescription for, Vitamin D2
The D3 form has been known for many decades, but the medical profession has not yet adapted - only 20,000 paper on D3 so far.

Several recent studies have shown that vitamin D2 may actually reduce the levels of D3 in the blood
AND, worse still, D2 actually increases a health problem, instead of reducing it, the way vitamin D3 does

Vitamin D3 not D2 page

has many references, graphs, and pictures of D2 in case you are sold D2 instead of D3
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Instant test for vitamin D deficiency

Thursday December 15, 2011

Not a quantitative test (yet . . . see below), but FREE

You basically want to see if some of your bones are painful when pressed

Press with about 10 lbs (4 kg) of force at the bottom of your sternum and your tibia
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CLICK HERE for details

Forum on HMO

Thursday December 15, 2011

Forum discussion on economic and other benefits of vitamin D to Health Maintenance Organizations.
People pay HMOs a fixed amount of money annually, independent of how much medical services they use.
HMOs save lots of money when their customers have decreased need for their services.
Started Dec 2011

Vitamin D cuts chance of Flu

Monday December 5, 2011

Draft of Press Release Dec 2011
Cut chance of getting flu by 80% with a pill taken just twice per month

Just buy a bottle of 50,0000 IU of vitamin D3 capsules for as little as $22. and mark your calendar to take one capsule twice a month
– for example, every other Saturday.
On the assigned day just take your sunshine in a capsule and then mark it off as taken.
50,000 IU sounds like a lot, but it is actually just 0.00125 grams, which is the weight of 6 grains of salt or 1/20 of a grain of rice

You get the most benefit if you take vitamin D with a large meal, but you can actually take it anytime that week if you forget to look at your calendar.

A bottle of 50,000 IU vitamin D3 capsules from many suppliers costs less than $26, including shipping.
(An even less expensive way to get the same amount of vitamin D is to buy 5,000 IU of vitamin D for less than $10 with shipping.
Then take 10 of the tiny capsules once every two weeks)
Within 2 months you will also likely experience one or more of these additional benefits:

  • Fewer colds, aches, pains, headaches, allergies
  • Feeling younger, feeling sexier
  • Reduced back pain, blood pressure, winter blues, weight
  • Better Sleep

Press Release and references on web page