Cancer – Life Saving Tips
Cancer is the most complex and seemingly unpredictable disease that afflicts humans. Sometimes it seems obvious why someone gets cancer, e.g. heavy smoking, drinking to excess, and eating a very poor diet, or exposure to known carcinogens. We all know of people who have seemingly outsmarted cancer despite pursuing chancy lifestyle choices. This suggests that there is something more involved. Discover these missing links - our articles aim to provide you with tips to help you outsmart cancer. Is that really possible, you might ask? The answer is YES! Make the decision to give yourself the best chance you can to live a long and healthy life.
You don't want to be average here; you want to have levels of vitamin D that optimize your immune system to fight infection and inflammation. The optimal levels of vitamin D are higher than the average levels.
I recommend you take enough supplements of vitamin D 3 and/or get enough sunshine to keep your serum vitamin D levels around 150 to 200 nmol/L or 70 to 80ng/mL.
Excess vitamin D intake can cause elevated blood calcium levels; so don’t overdose on it - it’s not a case of the more the better. Get your blood level checked every 6 months to find the dose of vitamin D 3 that keeps you in the optimal levels.
References
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(2) Van den Bemd GJ, Chang GT. Vitamin D and vitamin D analogs in cancer treatment. Curr Drug Targets. 2002 Feb;3(1):85-94.2 .
Do you know your vitamin D Level? – make sure you do!
Vitamin D deficiency is widespread with 60 to 70% of people being deficient, and is often overlooked and not tested for. Various studies have shown a correlation between vitamin D and a higher risk of getting cancer or surviving cancer. Researchers have found that insufficient vitamin D levels can be associated with an increased risk of developing breast, colorectal and prostate cancer (1). Vitamin D is thought to affect the outcome of cancer in several ways: -- By promoting cell differentiation
- Regulating programmed cellular death (apoptosis)
- Limiting the spread of cancer metastasis
- Limiting the growth of tumour blood supply (angiogenesis) (2)
Blood levels of Vitamin D
It is vitally important to ask your doctor to check your blood level of vitamin D. The correct blood test to measure your vitamin D level is called 25(OH) D, also called 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. Vitamin D can be measured in two different units of measurement and in the USA the units used are ng/mL. In Australia and Canada the units of measurement are nmol/L. The normal ranges of vitamin D for blood tests reported by different laboratories and countries vary significantly and you will be surprised by the large range between lower normal and upper normal – see table below.Lower Limit Vitamin D | Upper Limit Vitamin D |
75 nmol/L | 200 nmol/L |
30 ng/mL | 80 ng/mL |
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