Vitamin D Cuts Cancer Risk by 60%
According to a new study, Vitamin D supplements in the amount of 1100 IU (the official recommended intake is 400 IU), reduce overall cancer incidence.
This part of the article was intriguing:
Figuring some women may have entered the study with undiagnosed cancer, the researchers excluded the results in the first year and assessed only the final three. The findings became even more powerful, with the women getting calcium and vitamin D3 experiencing a 77 percent lower cancer risk.
A few years ago on this blog I pointed to evidence that suggested sun exposure (and thus vitamin D blood levels) was tied to a lower risk of internal cancers. The evidence appears to be mounting that Vitamin D does in fact prevent cancer (and maybe even Multiple Sclerosis).
June 9th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Thank you for posting this, and you are not alone in having talked about the role of vitamin D in cancer prevention! Why is the public just now hearing so much? A dramatic study was released last winter talking about a 50 percent reduction in breast cancer and a 70 percent reduction in colon cancer in those who received 2000 IU’s of vitamin D daily. And, for years we have known that at least 24,000 Americans die from lack of sun exposure (lack of vitamin D) yearly. This is more than twice the number that die from skin cancer.
Thankfully, the public is now hearing!
Lynne Eldridge M.D.
Author, “Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time: Practical Advice for Preventing Cancer”
http://www.avoidcancernow.com