Can Vitamin D really help prevent you from developing cancer?
Once only associated with strong bones and teeth, new scientific research is finding that Vitamin D can cut your risk of developing common cancers by as much as 50%.
Says Sara Hiom, head of health information at Cancer Research UK, There is evidence to suggest that the vitamin (Vitamin D) plays a role in keeping cells healthy.”
Researchers in the U.S. have found that the natural form of Vitamin D, D3 or cholecalciferol, can dramatically cut our chances of getting breast, ovarian, colon, and prostate cancers by up to 50%.
As a matter of fact, researchers are telling us that they have known about the link between Vitamin D and a decreased cancer risk for years.
Well my question to them is this what has been taking you so long to tell us?
They say that up until just recently, they did not know the levels of Vitamin D necessary to provide this decreased risk.
What current research is now finding is that the optimum amount of Vitamin D necessary to reduce your risk of developing these cancers is 1000 IU. This is two and a half times the Recommended Daily Allowance of...