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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jan 2 11:41am | Replies (259)Comment receiving replies
The best way to build calcium is to help your body transform your dark greens into calcium. No need to take calcium suppments. I’m taking 25,000 iu of D3 with 1,500 mcg of K2 with A and zinc. My 25(OH)D is now 60 ng/ml, my blood calcium is 8.9 . I have cancer so I’m shooting for 80-100 ng/ml of D. The K2 will prevent D toxity.
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Hi @jimma, Do you have a link to the 10-year study that you cite above? It would be helpful for people to have the reference.
Jimma, do you have osteoporosis yourself or are you caring for someone with osteoporosis? It's obvious you've done a lot of research on the topic. We look forward to getting to know more about you.
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/vitamin-d-toxicity-rare-in-people-who-take-supplements-mayo-clinic-study-finds/
I also have Osteoarthritis in both my hips and shoulders. I also have non-Hodgkin’s follicular Lymphoma that can be treated. I taking high amounts of vitamin D3, K2, magnesium zinc and vitamin A. This helps cell apoptosis. Remember D is a hormone after it goes through the liver, and higher levels of D makes K2 more useful by pulling calcium out of soft tissue and move it into the bones. Both magnesium and K2 lowers blood pressure. K2 is now used in patients with alzheimer’s disease. High levels of D3 helps ADHD symptoms. But taking High levels of D3 without K2 will cause calcification of the arteries and heart valves. The new blood thinners can be used with K2 for better heart health.
Thanks for digging up the News Network article about the Mayo Clinic study. It helpful to have this plain language explanation of the study, the video of Dr. Thatcher as well as the link to the Mayo Clinic scientific proceedings.
It's good to get to know a bit about you and your personal relationship with osteoarthritis. You may also be interested in following the Blood Cancers group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/blood-cancers-disorders/ and joining these discussions:
- Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma- Watch & Wait Approach https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/non-hodgkins-lymphoma-watch-wait-approach/
- Non Hodgkin's lymphoma https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/non-hodgkins-lymphoma-2c0eb7/
Are you taking high amounts of vitamin D3, K2, magnesium, zinc and vitamin A in concert with your doctor and cancer team?
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A ten year study at Mayo had only one person reach D toxity. They had 364 ng/ml of D and they weren’t taking any K2. They were also taking a lot of calcium supplements. The next lower patiants had 150 ng/ml of D with no toxity. There’s never been a recorded D toxity of 150 ng/ml or less. But to be safe you must take K2, A and zinc and forget the calcium.