We are constantly being bombarded with information about nutrition and supplements. Sometimes an item will foster prostate cancer and sometimes we hear that the very same item will help prevent prostate cancer. Then there are those items that will initially prevent pc, but also encourage metastatic spread of an existing tumor. It is confusing and frustrating.
Summa Health Systems in Akron Ohio just released positive results of a phase I/II study using Apatone (vitamin C and vitamin K3) in men who have failed local treatment, having two successive rises in PSA post treatment. Sample size was seventeen (not uncommon in a phase I/II study).
The Apatone in this study was made with 5,000mg of vitamin C plus 50 mg of vitamin K3. All subjects received treatment for 12 weeks (no controls, also common in phase I/II studies). PSA levels, PSA velocity (PSAV) and PSA doubling time (PSADT) were calculated before and during treatment at six week intervals. Once the initial 12 weeks of the study ended, 15 of the 17 subjects elected to continue taking Apatone for an additional 6 to 12 months.
After the initial 12 weeks of the trial, PSAV decreased and PSADT increased in 13 of the 17 subjects. (p
Scurvy is a disease which is the result of vitamin C deficiency. Vitamin C is found in fresh fruit and vegetables, but is generally destroyed during cooking. Scurvy was first observed around 3,500 years ago. However, in Western Europe it was not until the 1600s that it was discovered how to stop sailors suffering scurvy on long voyages. On such voyages, once the fresh fruit and vegetables had run out sailors would suffer and eventually die from scurvy. It was found that if they were given fresh sprouting cereals or citrus fruit juices this would prevent or cure scurvy.
A vitamin is a nutrient that is an organic compound required in tiny amounts for essential metabolic reactions in a living organism.[1] The term vitamin does not include other essential nutrients such as dietary minerals, essential fatty acids, or essential amino acids, nor does it encompass the large number of other nutrients that promote health but that are not essential for life.
Vitamins are bio-molecules that act as catalysts and substrates in chemical reactions. When acting as a catalyst, vitamins are bound to enzymes and are called cofactors. For example, vitamin K is part of the proteases involved in blood clotting. Vitamins also act as coenzymes to carry chemical groups between enzymes. For example, folic acid carries various forms of carbon group – methyl, formyl and methylene – in the cell.
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Jemema
Would like to have more information about vitamin therapy instead chemo as I might to face it but I’m not absolutely
Willing to go under this treatment .
Please let me know my option as I have to make this difficult decision in this difficult time.
Looking forward reiceiving your advise .
We are using iv vitamins like Vitamin C IV + Vitamin K3 – Apatone Therapy