Vitamin D

imagineit2010

lisa42 said:

folic acid in multivitamins
Since I posted last time, I reread the other replies and noted lcarpers comment on folic acid linked with possible tumor growth. Yikes! I certainly don't need that when I'm trying to shrink my tumors! I checked the label on my spray multivitamin- sure enough, there's 400 mcg of folic acid in it, which I think is standard in multivitamins.
I just read a post on The Colon Club about folic acid in multivitamins (I've never posted there but I read it sometimes). Anyhow, a woman was checking out the labels in all the stores on multivitamins and found they all have folic acid- some the 400 mcg and some even more, but she was able to find one kids version that didn't- Flintstones Gummies (the blue kind). HOWEVER- she warns that when reading labels on them, so have the folic acid and some don't. She called the manufacturer and was told that the newer formula since January no longer includes the folic acid. When she said she still saw some of their bottles that do, their response was that there are probably some of the older bottles leftover, so you need to read the label carefully to see whether that specific bottle has the folic acid in it or not. OK- I'm going to go to the store and check out the Flintstone gummies for myself now! (Thanks to info from Jaynee on the The Colon Club)

Lisa

Lisa

I also read alot about folic
I also read alot about folic acid and avoid it in everything. I buy individual vitamin bottles , no multi-vitamins. It's more expensive but you know exactly what you're getting. Buyer BE-WARE...

dianetavegia

imagineit2010 said:

I also read alot about folic
I also read alot about folic acid and avoid it in everything. I buy individual vitamin bottles , no multi-vitamins. It's more expensive but you know exactly what you're getting. Buyer BE-WARE...

Folic Acid is contraindicated in MORE THAN
the 400mg which is in almost all vitamins.

If you're eating a natural diet, you'll get FOLATE (Folic Acid in it's natural form which is GOOD for cc patients). I don't eat processed or enriched foods.

Vit D and Cancer YOUTUBE video 39 mins. long

Kathryn_in_MN

John23 said:

Amazing


What is amazing, is that the body converts sunlight into vitamin D,
and the daily needed requirement is had , by exposing the skin
(like an arm) to the unobstructed sun's rays for as little as
15 minutes a day.

There is no "supplement" that can do what the body can do, since
the process of converting the sun's energy into vitamin D is a complex
method that involves biological and chemical reactions that the body
needs for it's survival.

The more we try to fool Mom Nature, the worse she treats us.

It's been noted a long, long time ago, that the less an organ is
used, the less it will be able to do it's job well. Taking supplements
to correct what should be done normally, will eventually result
with an inability for it to be done normally.

BUT...
If you are living in an area that has long winter climates it can complicate this issue. Add to that being on oxaliplatin and not being able to tolerate anything exposed in the cold.

I agree with you in many cases, but I am taking D3 now, and started it a couple weeks before chemo. I knew that I wasn't going to get my usual doses of Caribbean sun through this winter.

If you use sunblock, you don't get the D benefits. So people need to be aware that we NEED sun, and while sunblock is a good thing for intense or long exposures, you shouldn't use it all the time. Try getting out in the sun early in the morning, or later in the day when it isn't at peak intensity - kill two birds with one stone - walk or garden for exercise, and get some sun! Use sunblock for long exposures or during peak times - especially if you travel somewhere closer to the equator than where you live, because you won't be used to it.