Vitamin D in Cancer Therapy

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Hi folks:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2961806.stm

Rodney.

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TOL(thinking out loud),

First, the vit D we normally take is not the vit d we get from sunlight. The body could care less how much we take, I think, because it will not be converted in the liver unless the body needs it.

2, the vit D we get from sunlight, we seem to be able to tolerate a lot of it as indicated by previous post.

3, there is a form called calcitriol, a prescription vit d used in PCa therapy.

4,

"Vitamin D is naturally manufactured by the body after exposure to sunlight, and it has been shown to help prevent and treat several forms of cancer. But too much {sunlight} vitamin D leads to too much calcium being produced {absorbed and boned or stoned}, which can affect bone metabolism and structure. EB 1089 is modified so it has fewer calcium-related side-effects {boning and stoning}. "

My conclusion is the common form of vit D is ok to use, since it is unlikely that it will be converted to the form that bones and stones. That is, for those of us that are not cancer patients.

Please correct me if I'm mixed up (this gets more confusing every time I read it}.

Regards.

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From: Rodney

Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 4:53 PM

Subject: [ ] Vitamin D in Cancer Therapy

Hi folks:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2961806.stmRodney.