Barneys formula for beginners..repeat.

I'm repeating this post because the months of May and June are the critical times to get the effects of the sun and the formula working together....i would just start taking the formula and see if there is a response..get some sun on the plaques when you can , you may have itching for a week..but it will pass... heavy lotion and an extra ibu to sleep for itching..progress can be slow so be patient..

About 60% who try should see a definite response in 4-6 weeks and often times less...and possibly clear in three months even in severe cases..

For spring and summer

Sun, tanning booth or UV light but don't burn...sun is preferable

1000-2000iu in summer and 2000-4000 iu winter, of vitamin D or D3 also called cholecalciferol should be enough but can go up to 2000iu for larger people(softgels are preferred with no vitamin A in them)Hard pills will work fine if taken with full meals

Enteric coated peppermint oil 50mg between meals or peppermint altoids 15-20/day

one small multivitamin
one ibuprofen 200mg(advil or motrin)
one vitamin B12 100-500mcg mcg especially if over 60 or a vegetarian
one 400mcg folic acid
one 100 mcg selenium

500mg calcium

and optional depending on severity
2 flax oil 1000mg capsules
3 capsules fish oil 1000mg(assuming 300mg epa+dha in each capsule..some capsules have high amounts...total epa and dha should be approx 1000mg and enteric coated is an option..no burp) if feeling of anxiety, hyper or manic feeling then reduce fish oil to 3 or less.

take all ingredients daily in any order with a full meal (I do take the ibuprofen with the evening meal) and get some sun with no sunblock until the skin is prepink or before your burn. Expose the skin to sun until prepink as often as possible. A tanning booth can help in the winter. The more skin exposed the better..unexposed skin will also clear but at a slower rate.

Med school discussion of Vitamin D

The doctors med school discussion of vitamin D is back online.Its related to doses, tests and disease involvement and a very interesting discussion which takes about an hour...so turn it on while you go about your business...its well worth taking the time to listen and with the knowledge gained , it may save you and your loved ones from considerable illness in the years ahead.

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Med school discussion

Vitamin D and ovarian cancer.

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These maps show double the risk and mortality of some cancers without adequate sunlight or vitamin D throughout the year.
To reduce this risk, you can take a vitamin D supplement if you don't get sun in the summer and certainly take some Vitamin D in the winter.
That is a 1000iu softgel of Vitamin D (D3) in the summer and more in the winter.
The accurate way of knowing your D level is a blood test called a calcidiol 25(OH) D test which measures a form of vitamin D in your blood. You want at least 30ng/mL or 75nmol/L anything less and you have a deficit. Optimal levels are 45-55nm/mL or over 100nmol/L.

Vitamin D and colon cancer

Much of the same can be seen for colon cancer rates.

The southern latitudes of Australia, africa etc would have a similar dispersal , again related to Vitamin D levels.

Recent testing in the US suggests these cancer rates could be halved with adequate vitamin D supplement or sun when possible.

Imagine if a drug company discovered a pill which cut the risk of breast and colon cancer in half...it would be headlines. It would cost a small fortune but every doctor would be prescribing it. Well, we have it, it is cheap, pennies a day and free in the summer. It is called vitamin D. In our culture, without profit, there is no incentive to promote Vitamin D . Good health isn't incentive enough? 2000iu for a year costs about $12

Vitamin D is also for breast cancer

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The blue shows lower breast cancer and the red or pink are higher. The lighter areas such as nevada and Alaska simply show a low population density so don't read well.

The prevalence of various cancers are related to latitude, its resulting solar light levels and vitamin D production.

This map of North America shows the distribution of Breast cancer
Although I don't have maps for the UK, Europe or Canada...one can assume the results are similar or worse at higher latitudes. Consider that London or Berlin are farther north then the US, so it implicates all of Canada and much of Europe. The UVB spectrum which produces Vitamin D and high test vitamin D (calcitriol) in the skin, is only now strong enough to be effective in helping with our skin.

Note also how the cancer rates are lower in the mountainous areas where sunlight uvb intensity and vitamin D production would be higher due to a higher elevation for that latitude. And finally make note of higher rates in the south or west where elderly populations may retire or the small areas of red where they may seek cancer treatment. Many of these results could be assumed to carry over to Europe and Asia with similar northern latitudes and the same in the southern hemisphere including Australia,New zealand, Argentina and South Africa..