Vitamin D

[ODave]

Good morning I had a follow up for my Vitamin D levels. It’s in the low 20’s. I was taking Vit D before Cyberknife along with other supplements but I stopped every supplement just as I ended treatment since I found out I wasn’t supposed to be taking any sort of antioxidants (the RO didn’t tell me I found out here and confirmed with the RO, glad they let me know 😏) is it safe to start taking again? I’m about 45 days since treatment.

[Magnus1964]

You should ask your RO. I have read journal articles that go either way with vitamin D and radiation.

[Tall_Allen]

It's OK. The American Academy of Family Physicians says low 20s is OK too. "97.5% of individuals with levels higher than 20 ng per mL have adequate vitamin D intake."

aafp.org/afp/2018/0215/p254...

[ODave]

Sounds good. Thanks Guys

[Gpinkk]

Vitamin D is not really a vitamin. It is a pro hormone that is produced when the sun penetrates the skin and is converted into the usable form in the kidneys.

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[Gpinkk]

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[dixiedad in reply to Gpinkk]

Many thanks doe the info on vit. D.

I had no idea.

Very helpful.

[Gpinkk]

You need vitamin D levels to be higher than 40 and less than 100.

[Gpinkk]

Lookup 1)Vitamin D michael hollick, 2)Bruce Hollis vitamin D and 3)Rh9nda Patrick and vitamin D

I bought a vitamin D lamp called sperti lamp. My levels went from 20 to 90 over several months.