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Vitamin D and Cancer
There has been substantial scientific progress in recent years regarding the role of Vitamin D in the prevention of cancer. The research includes no less than 275 epidemiological studies, approximately 2500 laboratory studies and a confirmatory randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial (Lappe et al.).
Most of these studies support a preventive role of vitamin D with cancer. These studies have have been published in such medical journals as the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Lancet, Cancer Research, the International Journal of Epidemiology, and numerous other peer-reviewed biomedical journals.
The following CBS News video clip contains an interview with Dr. Jennifer Ashton in which she explains the significance behind new research suggesting that daily supplementation with Vitamin D may help to significantly reduce the risk of cancer.
The next video (appearing below), details how a study performed by researchers at the Moores Cancer Center and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California at San Diego found that 75% of deaths from breast cancer and colorectal cancer could be prevented through adequate daily intake of both Vitamin D3 and calcium.
Related: Does Vitamin D3 Help Prevent Cancer?
Vitamin D3 Deficiency Linked to Sunscreen?
The BBC reported January 19 on the story of a girl diagnosed with Vitamin D Deficiency, which has been linked to the bone disease Rickets. The girl’s doctor told her that an SPF 50 sunscreen may be the culprit.
By blocking out the sun, the cream interfered with the body’s ability to absorb the sunlight and use it to manufacture Cholecalciferol, better known as Vitamin D3. By using the sunscreen on a regular basis, the girl was routinely depriving herself of the nutrient, which eventually resulted in a full-blown deficiency.
Vitamin D3 helps the body absorb calcium, reduce inflammation, boost the immune system, protect against rickets, and some relatively new studies suggest it may even help with hormone regulation. There also appears to be a growing body of evidence suggesting that Vitamin D may even help stave off some forms of cancer.
The video from the BBC report is below.
Does Vitamin D3 Help Prevent Cancer?
Approximately 30 minute video providing an in-depth review of the claim that vitamin D and in particular vitamin D3 (also known as cholecalciferol) may aid in preventing some forms of cancer. The video references a study by researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center that involved a computer-projection model that estimated that intake of vitamin D3 and calcium would prevent 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer per year in the US and Canada
The computer model went on make a number of other predictions that are discussed within the film.
All in all, this is a fairly in depth look into the relationship between vitamin D3 and cancer prevention, and whether or not the claims being made by a variety of scientists and clinicians of late that vitamin D can indeed help prevent cancer hold any validity. To find out the answer, you’ll have to watch the video below.
Related: Vitamin D and Cancer
Vitamin D3 as a Flu Shot Alternative
Short video of a doctor discussing the health benefits of vitamin d3, particularly as it pertains to the effects of vitamin d3 on the immune system.
The doctor begins be stating that anyone who takes 5,000 iu of vitamin d3 every can attest to the immune benefits offered by the nutrient by confirming that they no longer get sick.
He claims that “any infection disease” be it bacterial, viral or even fungal, that is more common in the wintertime, is “a target” of vitamin d. He claims that vitamin d has a tremendous effect in preventing the common cold and flu, a result of the nutrient’s anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties.
The doctor elaborates on the subject of vitamin d3 deficiency, comparing the rates of infection for various diseases in the normal population versus in those that are vitamin d deficient, citing that rates of infection are several times higher in those that are deficient.
Also discussed is the effect of vitamin d as an anti-inflammatory agent, helping to reduce inflammation and in the process, strengthen the immune system. This may be part of the reason vitamin d3 may help lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and is widely believed to help protect against heart disease.
The doctor goes much farther into detail in the video than I can document in this post. He spends a significant amount of time discussing the relationship between vitamin d deficiency and influenza, including avian flu, the common influenza, as well as H1N1 flu.
Finally, the opinions expressed in the video are those of the doctor depicted in the video, and do not necessarily reflect those of this blog, its author, or any partner sites.
Without further adieu, enjoy the video.
