Suppliments for Survivors

These six supplements are minimal - everyone who is fighting cancer or trying to prevent recurrance should at least be taking these:

selenium:  200 mcg/day (can start with 400mcg/day but only for a few weeks)
magnesium:  200 - 250 mg/day (350 mg/day max), take with food
zinc:  50 mg/day (can start with 100mg/day but only for a few weeks), take with food
manganese: 10 - 15 mg/day, take with food
calcium: 1200 mg/day

We need Vitamin D-3 to be able to absorb and utilize calcium. Our bodies manufacture D-3 if we get adequate sunlight (15 - 20 minutes exposure/day) - but I do not believe in leaving this to chance, so also recommend a Vitamin D-3 supplement, 1000 - 2000 iu/day (10,000 iu/day max) 

See my blog for a list of many more things that will help prevent recurrence.  This list is not exhaustive, but is representative of a variety of cancer fighting and cancer preventing foods, herbs and supplements:

 http://motherearthtreasurechest.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-pers

Sincerely,

Tre

On 4/2/2009 trehouse60 wrote:

These six supplements are minimal - everyone who is fighting cancer or trying to prevent recurrance should at least be taking these:

selenium:  200 mcg/day (can start with 400mcg/day but only for a few weeks)
magnesium:  200 - 250 mg/day (350 mg/day max), take with food
zinc:  50 mg/day (can start with 100mg/day but only for a few weeks), take with food
manganese: 10 - 15 mg/day, take with food
calcium: 1200 mg/day

We need Vitamin D-3 to be able to absorb and utilize calcium. Our bodies manufacture D-3 if we get adequate sunlight (15 - 20 minutes exposure/day) - but I do not believe in leaving this to chance, so also recommend a Vitamin D-3 supplement, 1000 - 2000 iu/day (10,000 iu/day max) 

See my blog for a list of many more things that will help prevent recurrence.  This list is not exhaustive, but is representative of a variety of cancer fighting and cancer preventing foods, herbs and supplements:

 http://motherearthtreasurechest.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-pers

Sincerely,

Tre

I agree with the majority of what Tre says.  I go to OHSU - it's in the top 100 hospitals in the US.  My oncologist has advised the following in addition to what Tre says:

1.  you need to have your D level checked.  I take 6,000 IU a day because my D level was so low.  There are 2 different tests to do this.  Per www.drmercola.com and my oncologist the correct test is:

The correct test is 25(OH)D also called 25-hydroxyvitamin D.  A person can take up to 10,000 IU per day (toxicity starts around 20,000 IU and then only if taken for years.)  

Levels should never be below 32 ml.  The chart below lists the optimum value:

 

 

OPTIMAL

25-Hydroxyvitamin D Values

50-70 ng/ml or

115-128 nmol/l 

 

2.   If the tumor was estrogen/progesteran positive, you need to avoid the following because they have plant estrogens (phytoestrogens) in them: 

 

* flax seeds

* grapefruit juice

* gensing

* black cohosh

* soy