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AlaskaAngel · 01-11-2009, 01:50 PM

I watched and listened to them too. During treatment in 2002 and since then I've tried to get about 20 to 30 minutes of direct sunshine a day at least 3 days a week with most of my skin exposed, even in winter, since I work from home. Maybe it has made enough of a difference for me to help (At 7 years from surgery and Stage I, I am NED.) But this year the sun has been steadily not cooperating, so I have increased my daily vitamin D3 intake at present to 1800-2000 IU. I will be taking more vitamin D more often now, since it appears perhaps latitudes like Alaska are so deficient. (The native population survived here over time largely by their consumption of whale blubber and fish that contain vitamin D, I gather.) I do eat lots of salmon.

The one thing not mentioned (or did I miss it?) in the presentations was the value of sunshine obtained directly through the eyes, as it ends up affecting the pineal gland and that ends up affecting the melatonin level. One can't get that from "canned" vitamin D.

Thanks so much for sharing the presentations with us, RB.

Appreciatively,

AlaskaAngel

01-11-2009, 01:50 PM	#5
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	I watched and listened to them too. During treatment in 2002 and since then I've tried to get about 20 to 30 minutes of direct sunshine a day at least 3 days a week with most of my skin exposed, even in winter, since I work from home. Maybe it has made enough of a difference for me to help (At 7 years from surgery and Stage I, I am NED.) But this year the sun has been steadily not cooperating, so I have increased my daily vitamin D3 intake at present to 1800-2000 IU. I will be taking more vitamin D more often now, since it appears perhaps latitudes like Alaska are so deficient. (The native population survived here over time largely by their consumption of whale blubber and fish that contain vitamin D, I gather.) I do eat lots of salmon. The one thing not mentioned (or did I miss it?) in the presentations was the value of sunshine obtained directly through the eyes, as it ends up affecting the pineal gland and that ends up affecting the melatonin level. One can't get that from "canned" vitamin D. Thanks so much for sharing the presentations with us, RB. Appreciatively, AlaskaAngel Last edited by AlaskaAngel; 01-11-2009 at 01:53 PM..