Vitamin D

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Thanks for this info. I have been taking 2000mg for more than 2 years.

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[ ] Vitamin D

Hi all.

The news reported that Vitamin D should be only as high as 800mg. as opposed to

higher doseages . 2000 mg. of Vitamin D has been found to affect the kidneys.

Before this report came out, doctors were encouraging people to take as much as

2000 mg. a day.

Sandi

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Sandy

I am one of those that takes 2000 U a day because my D was so low. But

then my last test showed a high calcium which indicated to much calcium in

kidney. It is a very difficult balance the calcium and the D. so they had

me cut back on my calcium and i was ok for now. I love the sun and can't

understand why my D is so low except that the Tasigna depletes it???/ I

really dont know. But it is one thing that is checked every two months on

me. My D and My Calcium and also my PTH,

Thanks for the info.

Sharon

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Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:34 AM

Subject: [ ] Vitamin D

Hi all.

The news reported that Vitamin D should be only as high as 800mg. as opposed

to higher doseages . 2000 mg. of Vitamin D has been found to affect the

kidneys. Before this report came out, doctors were encouraging people to

take as much as 2000 mg. a day.

Sandi

[Guest guest]

Hi Sandi,

Do you happen to have a link for this study? When I searched for information I

actually found the opposite. The article below shows how low vit D levels could

actually cause kidney failure.

http://tinyurl.com/38fklc4

Tracey

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> Hi all.

> The news reported that Vitamin D should be only as high as 800mg. as opposed

to higher doseages . 2000 mg. of Vitamin D has been found to affect the

kidneys. Before this report came out, doctors were encouraging people to take

as much as 2000 mg. a day.

> Sandi

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[Guest guest]

Tracey-This is a pretty good article on the new recommendations. Pat

http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/30/government-group-issues-new-nutritional-re\

commendations-for-vitamin-d/

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> > The news reported that Vitamin D should be only as high as 800mg. as opposed

to higher doseages . 2000 mg. of Vitamin D has been found to affect the

kidneys. Before this report came out, doctors were encouraging people to take

as much as 2000 mg. a day.

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it's been on the news all day long in Cleveland, some still say take it, some

say don't.  Confusing to say the least, I lived all this time without it, I

think I shall just quit taking it.

a ( Bobby ) Doyle, dob 12/17/29

DX 5/1995

Interferon 9 weeks/Hydroxyurea 5 years

02/2000 to 06/2002 Gleevec trial, OHSU

06/2002 Gleevec/Trisenox Trial, OHSU

06/2003 Gleevec/Zarnestra Trial, OHSU

04/2004 Sprycel Trial, MDACC, CCR in 10 months

04/2008 XL228 Trial, U of Mich.

01/2009 PCR 5.69

04/2009 Ariad Trial AP24534

09/2009 PCR 0.01

11/2009 PCR 0.034

02/2010 PCRU

#840 Zavie's Zero Club

From: traceyincanada <traceyincanada@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Vitamin D

Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 4:18 PM

 

Hi Sandi,

Do you happen to have a link for this study? When I searched for information I

actually found the opposite. The article below shows how low vit D levels could

actually cause kidney failure.

http://tinyurl.com/38fklc4

Tracey

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> Hi all.

> The news reported that Vitamin D should be only as high as 800mg. as opposed

to higher doseages . 2000 mg. of Vitamin D has been found to affect the

kidneys. Before this report came out, doctors were encouraging people to take

as much as 2000 mg. a day.

> Sandi

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[Guest guest]

Bobby, I guess it's like everything else under the sun, we find one study that

supports something and we can find another which refutes it.

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[Guest guest]

Some people are advocates of " NATURAL NEWS " and I am an advocate of

Vitamin D. This was sent to me by a man who claims to have been cured of cancer

by switching to fruits and vegetables and deleting meat from his diet. I am

posting it because I think it has merit for both sides of the coin.

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(NaturalNews) Current government recommendations of 400 or 600 international

units (IU) of vitamin D a day are insufficient to prevent serious diseases like

breast cancer, a new study published in the journal Anticancer Research has

found. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of

Medicine and Creighton University (CU) School of Medicine discovered that when

much higher doses of vitamin D are taken daily, the risks associated with

developing several major diseases are reduced by about half.

" We found that daily intakes of vitamin D by adults in the range of 4000-8000 IU

are needed to maintain blood levels of vitamin D metabolites in the range needed

to reduce by about half the risk of several diseases -- breast cancer, colon

cancer, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 diabetes, " said Cedric Garland, DrPH,

professor of family and preventive medicine at the UCSD s Cancer Center.

" I was surprised to find that the intakes required to maintain vitamin D status

for disease prevention were so high -- much higher than the minimal intake of

vitamin D of 400 IU/day that was needed to defeat rickets in the 20th century. "

A review of several thousand volunteers taking between 1,000 and 10,000 IU/day

of vitamin D revealed that much higher daily intakes of vitamin D are required

to achieve blood serum levels of vitamin D in the healthy range of 40 to 60

nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL), or higher. And those who daily take such

mega-doses of vitamin D in order to maintain these levels are much less likely

to develop serious disease.

" Now that the results of this study are in, it will become common for almost

every adult to take 4,000 IU/day, " said Garland. " This is comfortably under the

10,000 IU/day that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee Report considers as

the lower limit of risk, and the benefits are substantial. Now is the time for

virtually everyone to take more vitamin D to help prevent some major types of

cancer, several other serious illnesses, and fractures. "

http://www.naturalnews.com/031613_vitamin_D_breast_cancer.html

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Sources for this story:

Public release date: 22-Feb-2011

Contact: Kim

kedwards@...

619-543-6163

University of California - San Diego

Higher vitamin D intake needed to reduce cancer risk

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and

Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha have reported that markedly

higher intake of vitamin D is needed to reach blood levels that can prevent or

markedly cut the incidence of breast cancer and several other major diseases

than had been originally thought. The findings are published February 21 in the

journal Anticancer Research.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/uoc--hvd022211.php

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