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I am sure you have heard the old adage, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Possibly the best cure for cancer is preventing it from occurring at all. It seems that recent research points to the fact that Vitamin D can actually assist in the prevention of cancer. Sound crazy? Perhaps, but there is more to this vitamin that Science is beginning to understand.

What is Vitamin D? You have probably seen the “Fortified with vitamin D” label on milk containers, and some of you may know that Vitamin D is created when your skin comes into contact with ultraviolet radiation (i.e. sunlight), but did you know that Vitamin D plays in important role in the maintenance of organ systems?

It also assists with the following:

• Vitamin D regulates the calcium and phosphorus levels in the blood by promoting their absorption from food in the intestines, and by promoting re-absorption of calcium in the kidneys.
• It promotes bone formation and mineralization and is essential in the development of an intact and strong skeleton. However, at very high levels it will promote the resorption of bone.
• It inhibits parathyroid hormone secretion from the parathyroid gland.
• Vitamin D affects the immune system by promoting phagocytosis, anti-tumor activity, and immunomodulatory functions.
• Research indicates Vitamin D deficiency may also be linked to Tuberculosis.

According to the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) 200IU of Vitamin D is recommended for adults. Most supplements have a DV(daily value) of 400IU.

However, in an article by Bill Sardi - Bill noted that:

…Dieticians, physicians and pharmacists have been inaccurately trained to warn the public away from higher-dose vitamin D pills for unfounded fears of side effects. The National Academy of Science says 2000 IU (international units) is the safe upper limit. But to show how ridiculous this limit is, an hour of total body summer sun exposure at a southern latitude produces about 10,000 IU of natural vitamin D in the skin without side effect. Somebody has been pulling the wool over the public’s eyes on this issue for a long time.

…Prior evidence that vitamin D prevents cancer has been gleaned from population studies which indirectly show sunny areas of the U.S. have lower cancer rates.

…With low levels of vitamin D now linked with a long list of diseases, including autoimmune disorders (rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Crohn’s disease), high blood pressure, diabetes, infectious disease (tuberculosis, influenza, common cold), and obesity, it becomes difficult to predict the actual level of remaining chronic disease in a vitamin D-sufficient population.

Perhaps there is not yet a cure for cancer, but there is definitely something interesting going on. Hopefully we can turn to Science to obtain more research on this extremely versatile vitamin.

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