If life's a beach, where the hell are our Cabana Boys?
Posted on 11/08/2009 5:29:05 PM PST by neverdem
With new studies showing the sun vitamin may slow come cancers, some physicians are eager to add it to treatment programs
Responding to research indicating that vitamin D may slow the progression of breast, colon and other common cancers, some doctors have begun adding the supplement to their tool kit of cancer therapies alongside more conventional treatments such as radiation, surgery and chemotherapy.
While not all physicians are convinced the evidence is strong enough to warrant taking an extra dollop of the sunshine vitamin, those recommending the course say popping the pills is a simple health strategy that has few, if any, risks and has the added benefit of also improving bone health in those with cancer.
“There is emerging data on breast cancer recurrence rates and vitamin D levels that are quite compelling,” says Tracey O'Connor, an oncologist at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo who treats breast cancer and is having her patients take the vitamin.
Giving vitamin D as part of a treatment program for cancer is still relatively new in the medical community, and Roswell Park is one of the first major cancer institutions in North America to have a number of doctors investigating whether wider use of the nutrient may make a difference in the outcome of the disease.
Speaking at a conference this week in Toronto, Dr. O'Connor outlined a protocol she is using for vitamin D in breast-cancer treatment. It involves giving high doses of the supplement to the most deficient patients immediately after they are diagnosed to quickly raise blood levels of the nutrient.
Dr. O'Connor says that having a low level of vitamin D “is quite common” among women with breast cancer, and most patients, typically about 80 per cent, are either deficient or have insufficient amounts.
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I take 1,000 IU, but I’m out in the sun at least 30 min. to an hour most days. Unfortunately, we’ve been blessed with an abundance of rain this year so I may up the dose to 2,000 IU for the winter.
I’d do just about anything for sunshine. ;) I work outdoors year ‘round, so it’s usually not a problem for me unless we’re under blizzard conditions. The dogs want their walk 2x a day no matter what the weather, and the small livestock still need their needs tended to, no matter what the weather.
And I get cranky when I’m cooped up. (And even sometimes when I’m not!) ;)
I just run a rope from the house down to the coop like ‘Pa Ingals’ did, so I can find my way there and back when the snow if over my head, LOL!
“Maybe I should just move to... Tahiti/Hawaii/somewhere warm and sunny all year round! LOL”
Let me know where you are and I’ll meet you there!
The Vitamin D thing is really starting to hit the mainstream.
I took one of our kids for her annual appointment last week. Her doctor said that she wanted the kids to take an increased dose of Vitamin D every day through the winter/flu season, and to take a booster at the slightest sign of illness.
Then, today, I was at Wal*Mart, in the pharmacy department, and happened to notice that all of the slots which hold Vitamin D bottles were completely empty.
Sounds good to me!
Maybe we should apply for a grant and do some research! LOL
If life's a beach, where the hell are our Cabana Boys?
LOL Yep! That’ll be us! Ugly suits and bathing caps and everything! Course, by then we’ll be too old to care and we can whistle at all the good looking hunks as they parade by us!
Cabana boys. Definitely need cabana boys! :)
Life isn’t complete without them. :)
It’s important if you are low on D to take D3 (cholecalciferol), “which is the same vitamin D your body makes when exposed to sunshine”. Quote from Dr. Joseph Mercola.
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I recently found out I was off the charts low on vitamin D and am now taking 2000-4000 IU daily. Been feeling a lot better since I started taking it.
I don’t think so.
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