Vitamin D



Does Vitamin D cause a melanoma?
Most skin cancer is caused by ultraviolet (UV) light damaging the DNA in skin cells. The main source of UV light is sunlight.

Sunlight contains 3 types of UV light:

  • ultraviolet A (UVA)
  • ultraviolet B (UVB)
  • ultraviolet C (UVC)
UVC is most dangerous to the skin but is filtered out by the Earth's atmosphere. UVA and UVB damage pale skin over time, making it more likely for skin cancers to develop. UVB is thought to be the main cause of skin cancer overall, but it is not yet known whether UVA also plays a role in causing melanoma.

Artificial sources of light, such as sunlamps and tanning beds, also increase your risk of developing skin cancer.

Repeated sunburn, either by the sun or by artificial sources of light, increases the risk of melanoma in people of all ages.
Risks of cholecalciferol
Although cholecalciferol has a number of benefits for humans, it is also a rat poison and can have toxic effects on humans. This underscores the importance of using standards testing while working with cholecalciferol in a lab or research capacity.

People with allergies to Vitamin D, high levels of calcium or mineral absorption should stay away from cholecalciferol. Those with heart or kidney disease may not do well either. You can overdose on this supplement and the side effects may be life threatening. Overdose symptoms include vomiting, headache, metallic taste, skin irritation, bone pain and cloudy headedness.

Cholecalciferol is the rare mix of a vitamin that acts more like a steroid, a healthy supplement as well as a rat poison and something that can both cause and heal bone pain. This makes precision and accuracy of chemical purity critical when working with cholecalciferol.
 
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However, there was a doctor on This Morning recently who said that vitamin D was essentially harmless and any excess is passed out in the urine. He also said hospitals sometimes administer doses of 24,000 IU. The recommended dose in this country is 400 IU per day but in America is 600 IU daily. The presenter tried to make a fuss of 3000 IU packs available online but the doctor brushed it off and simply said you shouldn't need that amount but it is harmless. My wife has been prescribed Calcichew twice daily for 20 years because of osteoporosis but each tablet also contains 400 IU of vitamin D or 800 IU daily but she's ok.
It isn't harmless, there's been a rise in recent years in cases of hypercalcaemia as a result of increased vitamin d supplements. Some have been caused by poor prescriptions but most are by excessive self administration.
You can easily source tablets in excess of what's needed for a healthy adult, up to 50 times the recommended intake.
The doses you mention are given in hospital for a reason, likely as a loading dose overseen by medics for those severely deficient.
Excess vitamin d can cause weak bones, kidney stones, frequent urination.
It's much more than just a vitamin, it's a steroid hormone.
 
It isn't harmless, there's been a rise in recent years in cases of hypercalcaemia as a result of increased vitamin d supplements. Some have been caused by poor prescriptions but most are by excessive self administration.
You can easily source tablets in excess of what's needed for a healthy adult, up to 50 times the recommended intake.
The doses you mention are given in hospital for a reason, likely as a loading dose overseen by medics for those severely deficient.
Excess vitamin d can cause weak bones, kidney stones, frequent urination.
It's much more than just a vitamin, it's a steroid hormone.
400iu daily in winter months is recommended unless there is a specified diagnosed vitamin D deficiency. Facebook prescribing is never a good thing šŸ˜³
 

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