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The new study was conducted on 37 men with low-grade prostate cancer. The men were randomly assigned to take either a vitamin D supplement (4,000 international units) or a placebo pill.
The researchers found that the prostate cancer in men given a placebo was either unchanged or had worsened. In greater than 60 percent of those taking it, vitamin D actually made some of the tumors shrink, while some actually vanished completely.
I have become a firm believer in the value of vitamin supplements. I now take D supplements also. However amount of intake should be researched if you do because too much can hurt rather than help with certain vitamins and trace elements.
Vitamin D is something our body makes therefor needs, if you are like me very european white with a history of skin cancer getting D from the sun is not the best method therefore supplements are a better alternative.
Work, stress, not always being able to eat the healthiest , new modern lifestyles take its toll after a wile. I started doing emergen-c multi-vitamin packets a day and I feel the difference.
Then I start having heart palpitations, and was ready to go to the doctor but since these days insurance has big deductibles before I was going to pay out of pocket at th doctor I researched natural ways to help end heart palpitations and found advise on using magnesium supplements and after two days of using 250mg to 500mg a day my palpitations were gone.
I have found that since using vitamin D and magnesium supplements I sleep better also with less sleep apnea episodes which I have sometimes. And rem sleep is really the body repairer, your body repairs itself with sleep.
I now also take other various vitamin and trace elements and omega 3 supllements and can say it does make me feel better
No offense but a study on such a small sample is probably only helpful in getting funding for a more rigorous and larger study. It may help but I sure wouldn't bet on it.
No offense but a study on such a small sample is probably only helpful in getting funding for a more rigorous and larger study. It may help but I sure wouldn't bet on it.
It is always wise to research things first, I went to the internet researching several sites for several opinions for natural remedies for my heart palpitations. After seeing several references to magnesium supplements I tried it and low and behold within a couple days I couldn't feel any palpitations much at all and slept better.
So I saved $100 bucks or so from not having to go to the doctor and having the doctor prescribe whatever they would have or they probably would have told me to go see a specialist costing me even more money. Not saying don't go to a doctor but there is useful info out there that you might try first depending.
But it all makes sense, we are made of star dust, our body and evolution is designed from and needs certain vitamin and elements and lifestyles have changed in time to where we don't get some of these needed things. A lot of afflictions have risen as compared to previous generations recently because we often live different lifestyles. It use to be more normal to get sun everyday, work outside then go to sleep when it gets dark, now lifestyles have changed were a lot of people don't get vitamin D from the sun or in cases like me sun exposure is harmful to my dna more than helpful.
The new study was conducted on 37 men with low-grade prostate cancer. The men were randomly assigned to take either a vitamin D supplement (4,000 international units) or a placebo pill.
The researchers found that the prostate cancer in men given a placebo was either unchanged or had worsened. In greater than 60 percent of those taking it, vitamin D actually made some of the tumors shrink, while some actually vanished completely.
Problem is all suplements are not equal. D goes hand and hand with K.
We really have to consider lifestyle and can't look to solely pills no matter what condition they anecdotally help, especially when the concentration is random and taken without precursors that allow materials to be absorbed by the body. Iron is classic in that regard. Genes and individual circumstance always factor in and prevent any across the board conclusions without a properly constructed clinical study. Even they sometimes miss the downstream issues. Wonder why a 96 year old who smoked camels all his life is 'healthy' and a 45 year guy gets emphyzema, or lung cancer?
Diet is a major factor in a healthy life and should really be an avocation not unlike knowing the stats for sports teams. You are what you eat is so true.
then there are genes.
Steel cut oats/oatmeal can beat out BP meds, in some cases.
Always good to get medical advice before launching on supplements. Even fish oil, it thins the blood and can cause unwatend bleeding in unwanted places. Too much water can flush minerals form your body.
Procede with caution. Perhaps thsi study will generate more research and that would be a good thing.
I've been taking vitamin D for years, as I have a mild case of macular degeneration in one eye. There's no medical treatment for it, but the eye doc said Vitamin D looked promising in some studies, and was better than nothing at all.
I don't know if it's helped, but the progression of the disease hasn't been very fast. My eye is about the same as it was around 8 years ago when I first went on the regimen. I also take a couple of other vitamins for the same condition; B12, baby aspirin, and C a couple of times a week. I take the D daily.
I've changed my diet too. I new eat less red meat, more squash and similar high vitamin K foods. Drink 3 glasses of red wine a week.
Evidently this is well-supported enough that my new, relatively conservative doctor agrees with its conclusions based on the research he's reviewed. I'm on a prescribed high dosage for a few weeks to address a deficiency.
a study on such a small sample is probably only helpful in getting funding for a more rigorous and larger study. It may help but I sure wouldn't bet on it.
Yes, that sample size is far too small to draw any valid conclusions.
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