Vitamin D cuts cancers
After my transplant I was put on a daily Vitamin D and calcium dose to maintain bone health, with no end in sight. Therefore I was interested to read this article in last week's newspaper.
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Bloomberg news: Ingesting about three times as much vitamin D as normally suggested may lower an individual's risk of developing colon, breast or ovarian cancer, a study says.
Americans typically ingest 320 units a day of the vitamin, consisting of 200 from food and 120 from supplements. Daily intake of about 1,000 units may cut the odds of getting colon cancer by about half and chances of getting breast or ovarian cancer by about a third, according to researchers.
Vitamin D supplementation could reduce cancer incidence and mortality "at low cost, with few or no averse side-effects," the researchers said in an article appearing in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
The substance involved is vitamin D3, usually called just vitamin D, the study said.
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Bloomberg news: Ingesting about three times as much vitamin D as normally suggested may lower an individual's risk of developing colon, breast or ovarian cancer, a study says.
Americans typically ingest 320 units a day of the vitamin, consisting of 200 from food and 120 from supplements. Daily intake of about 1,000 units may cut the odds of getting colon cancer by about half and chances of getting breast or ovarian cancer by about a third, according to researchers.
Vitamin D supplementation could reduce cancer incidence and mortality "at low cost, with few or no averse side-effects," the researchers said in an article appearing in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
The substance involved is vitamin D3, usually called just vitamin D, the study said.
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