Wednesday, September 12, 2007
How to effortlessly add two years to your life
Researchers now say that the lifespan of an individual taking Vitamin D supplements increases by one to two years. "Archives of Internal Medicine", Autier and Gandini. Vol. 167 No. 16, pp. 1702-1808, September 10, 2007.
400 and 600 IUs daily. There is no need to take more. You have to be careful not to take a dose that's too high.
Apparently Vitamin D could inhibit some mechanisms by which cancer cells proliferate, promotes calcium absorption and bone maintenance, spur cell differentiation or it may boost the function of blood vessels or the immune system. In turn, these processes reduce the aggressiveness of cancer tumours or keep artery-clogging plaques from growing.
In tests, those who took vitamin D supplements had a 7 percent lower risk of death compared with those who didn't take the supplement.
IMO: Only small numbers of patients (about 57,000 overall) have been tested. You can also get vitamin D by sunbathing but this obviously could bring skin cancer dangers. Similarly taking any medicament, particularly over a long term, poses potential problems. But taking Vit D in small quantities does now seem a good idea, not a fad. The best hope may be in new drug development, though.
400 and 600 IUs daily. There is no need to take more. You have to be careful not to take a dose that's too high.
Apparently Vitamin D could inhibit some mechanisms by which cancer cells proliferate, promotes calcium absorption and bone maintenance, spur cell differentiation or it may boost the function of blood vessels or the immune system. In turn, these processes reduce the aggressiveness of cancer tumours or keep artery-clogging plaques from growing.
In tests, those who took vitamin D supplements had a 7 percent lower risk of death compared with those who didn't take the supplement.
IMO: Only small numbers of patients (about 57,000 overall) have been tested. You can also get vitamin D by sunbathing but this obviously could bring skin cancer dangers. Similarly taking any medicament, particularly over a long term, poses potential problems. But taking Vit D in small quantities does now seem a good idea, not a fad. The best hope may be in new drug development, though.
# posted by uv : 10:09 PM
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