LINK BETWEEN VITAMIN D AND BREAST CANCER

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LINK BETWEEN VITAMIN D AND BREAST CANCER

Researchers have discovered that women who were low in vitamin D at the time they were diagnosed with breast cancer were 94% more likely to have the breast cancer spread and worsen, and 73% more likely to die from it.

The findings are being considered promising but are far from conclusive. There was a similar study done in 1999 that found no link between the vitamin and the cancer. Doctor's are advising women not to start taking D supplements as a preventative measure until more is known, but there are a few doctors that are testing patients for low levels and putting them on the vitamin.

We get little of this vitamin from the food we eat. The recommended amount is 1000 IU per day. So you can either take the supplement or better yet spend 10 minutes in sunlight. That 10 minutes will give you 12,000 IU's of vitamin D. Too much of D can be toxic and dangerous, and too much sun is bad also. Less than one minute of sunlight will give you your daily dose of the vitamin, and you can get that just going outside to get your mail or walking to your car.

I do have to wonder though, if one minute of sunlight does a body good, then how could so many women be so deficient in vitamin D? I guess this is something we have to wait for another study to determine, or not.