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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
@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
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Well I said earlier everybody is different in their make up ; I often wonder who "they" are that correlate low vitamin D to increased PDA levels. No disrespect to jeffmarc and his comment. I guess my thinking is my oncologist did genetic testing for PC . how do they test genetically and it be the standard for everyone although we are genetically predisposed uniquely and individually. I'm not trying to critical of anyone comments on here so forgive me if I have offended anyone and I'll keep my thoughts to myself LOVE all yall and hope each has a good day
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The full set of related supplements is vitamin D, K2, and Mg (magnesium).
Was that maybe your third supplement?
If not, try adding an Mg supplement - or have a few almonds every day as a good source of magnesium.
The "normal" range of 20 or so turns out to be minimal, not optimal, it means you don't suffer from rickets but your immune system is much happier if the range is 50 or higher.
Conventional medicine pays FAR too little attention to nutrition, it looks for horrible deficiency with symptoms like rickets but it has no conception of "optimal". You know why? Because the range of "medicine" was standardized in 1910 by the Flexner report to eliminate fraud and snake oil, and in 1910 we had not yet even conceptualized the term "vitamin", there were no vitamins! And nobody has updated the scope in 116 years!?!?!?!?!
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@heavyphil Perhaps it was due to the cancer making it low? I think I've read some of your posts and you have treated your PC. What about your D levels now after treatment, did they go up?