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How low vitamin D causes a high PSA
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 16 9:24am | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Now that I think of it my Vitamin D has always been low. I just looked at a 2014 blood test and it was at 15 then, my PSA was 5. Recent blood test it was still low in the 20's. And I do take D3 supplements 2000 to 5000 IU's (not every day) and it still hasn't gone up over the years. My PSA has stayed in the 35-40 range the last 8 months so it seems there is some correlation with D levels & high PSA. I'm curious to see if my D will finally go up once I start treatment or maybe after completed.
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@copyman
Since normal is 20, you are at least above the normal level now for vitamin D.
With as much as you were taking, it’s time to get out in the sun? :-). Winter is over.
I wonder what it is that caused your vitamin D to stay so low. You are taking a lot of vitamin D.
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@copyman Before my cancer diagnosis I was concerned that my Vitamin D level of 22 was too low; I had read much about how important it was for general health and the prostate in particular. My GP was not very supportive and told me I was fine.
So of course I started taking 5000D daily with K2 or K3? and something else for absorption; I also bought a tanning machine (only UVB rays for protection against skin cancer) and used it 3X/week for 20 mins as recommended.
Did this for six months and had my blood re-tested…22 AGAIN!!
My GP laughed at me and said in all his years of practice MOST people cannot raise their blood levels of D no matter what they do.
My wife did - significantly and with NO sunlamp; just the same D formula I’d been using…go figure.
I often wonder if D is just overhyped like most other supplements and the only increase to be found is in the bank accounts of the companies who sell it.
Phil