Monday, April 2, 2012

Proactive Steps to a Cancer Free Life: Vitamin D :

The Intel Hub
By Cynthia Henrich
April 2, 2012

Cancer is an opportunistic disease. It uses the opportunity that it recognizes in a?toxically burdened, nutritionally and emotionally deficient body?to overrun your normal defense system.

Cancer, which seems like such an overwhelming and complicated disease, truly has the potential to be vastly simplified when you break it down to its?most basic issues: deficiency and toxicity.

Figure out the reasons behind the deficiency and clean up the toxic burden, and?your body is enabled to carry on the healing processes of which it is intrinsically capable. This actually applies to virtually all disease, both physical and emotional.

More and more research supports the optimization of our Vitamin D levels as an extremely important step in the quest for a cancer free, long, healthy life. In fact, a recent study in?The American Journal of Cardiology?found that?Vitamin D deficiency (serum levels below 30 ng/ml or 75 nmol/L) was a strong independent predictor of all causes of death.

More than 70% of the people in the study were below the status of 30 ng/ml required for ?sufficiency?, but many clinicians believe that the number forsufficiency should be closer to 50 ng/ml, putting about 95% of the people in a state of deficiency.

Vitamin D3, cholecalciferol, is what our bodies produce when our skin is exposed to the sun or UV-B light. Everyone should know their Vitamin D status, simply ask your doctor to run a?25(OH)D?test (not a 1,25(OH)D test) the next time you get your blood drawn.

It?s as important as knowing your address or phone number, and it?s virtually guaranteed that you are not at optimal levels. But since Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin, which your body will store, it?s important to check your baseline, and also a good way to gauge, over time, how much sun and supplementation is required to get you and keep you sufficient.

The importance of becoming sufficient in regards to your Vit D levels cannot be overstated when it comes to cancer, but the incredible benefits extend much further.

Having optimized Vit D levels enables our immune system to function correctly, both in it?s ability to ward off disease and to effectively modulate itself so as not to create autoimmune conditions.

Vit D has been shown to?clear the brain of the plaques?found in Alzheimer?s disease, shrink?uterine fibroids, and prevent cavities in your teeth. Is there nothing this sunshine jewel cannot conquer?

From?Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology: ?Some nontraditional roles ascribed to vitamin D include anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating effects.?These effects have led to possible implications in the pathophysiology of immune-mediated diseases including multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In addition,?vitamin D insufficiency has been linked to higher rates of cancers including colon, prostate and breast cancers.?

According to the?Grassroots Health Vitamin D Action Project,?certain levels of Vitamin D equate to being optimal for different situations:

  • deficient < 50 ng/ml
  • optimal 50-70 ng/ml
  • to address cancer, disease and calcium absorption 70-100 ng/ml
  • pregnancy outcomes 120 ng/ml

Most adults will require between?1,000-5,000 IU per day to maintain sufficiency, and up to 8,000 IU per day to get sufficient, in addition to the sun and what little is derived from foods. What about toxicity? Not a problem indicates the study, which found?no toxicity?with up to 10,000 IU per day and up to 200 ng/ml serum levels.

Take advantage of the energy of the sun by getting as much Vitamin D as possible by going outside, without sunscreen, for 10-15 minutes, or until you notice a faint pink tinge to your skin.

Of course, adjust for the fairness of your skin according to what you know your limits may be, but you need to expose your arms, at least, and NO sunscreen or the magic will not happen!

Our human ancestors did not have sunscreen and their bodies were capable of handling daily sun exposure; farmers have been out in the sun for years without massive waves of death and skin cancer.

Our issue is that we do not consume the proper nutrition to support the health and protection of our skin, such as the antioxidants and phytonutrients found in fruits and vegetables, preferably organic, and another source of ultraprotection, astaxanthin.

Astaxanthin is a super-antioxidant found in krill and other sea creatures that consume a microalgae rich diet of this incredible super fat-soluble carotenoid.

Supplementing with 4 mg of high quality?astaxanthin can be extremely protective against sun damage and supportive of your overall immune function?and is definitely high on the list of things to add to your regimen for optimal health. It?s also the perfect compliment in your quest for optimal Vitamin D from sunshine!

Create a body your soul wants to live in!?Cynthia Henrich supports people diagnosed with early stage cancer who are motivated to create change in their lives to leave the demon they?ve faced in the dust.??Cancer is a lifestyle, deficiency, emotional dis-ease that can create enormous and positive change in one?s life, when approached as a puzzle that you solve to reach your full health potential. Cynthia Henrich,?Holistic Health Insider, is?the little black dress?of optimal health; providing simple, timeless, elegant, solutions to a life challenge that can seem overwhelming. Cynthia was diagnosed with Stage 2 colon cancer ten years ago, after being misdiagnosed for two years in the mainstream. Cynthia and her husband had two beautiful boys, 4 and 2, at the time of diagnosis, and her dreams came true when she learned she was having a little girl almost two years after her diagnosis. And thus commenced a hold-on-tight, roller-coaster-adventure, everything-is-possible life of bliss helping others to do the same.


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