{"id":3159,"date":"2006-08-02T07:03:26","date_gmt":"2006-08-02T12:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2021-03-22T21:51:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T02:51:19","slug":"cancer-and-vitamin-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/02\/cancer-and-vitamin-d","title":{"rendered":"Cancer and Vitamin D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If I caught your attention with that headline, why not review your supplements right now and add up the total number of units of vitamin D you\u2019re taking every day.<\/p>\n<p>If that number is at least 1,000 IU (international units), hit the DELETE button and move on to your next e-mail. You can do so feeling pretty confident that your nutritional program has been lowering your risk of developing cancers of the breast, colon, and ovary by as much as 50%.<\/p>\n<p>All this was the subject of an interesting article entitled \u201cThe Role of Vitamin D in Cancer Prevention,\u201d which appeared in the prestigious American Journal of Public Health and reviewed 63 separate studies conducted over the past 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusion: public health authorities should urge people to increase their vitamin D consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin D has been getting more and more positive press lately. Low levels of vitamin D have already been linked to multiple sclerosis, heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Scientists know that you need vitamin D to increase calcium absorption, control immune function, and reduce your body\u2019s resistance to insulin and thus prevent Type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Most vitamin D is made by your body itself, produced by the effect of sunlight on your skin. But if you live in heavily overcast parts of the world with dark autumns and winters&#8211;or if you cover up in the sun or stay indoors a lot&#8211;you\u2019re definitely at risk for vitamin D deficiency.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s for this reason, by the way, that more people develop multiple sclerosis in the darker Scandinavian countries and in Canada than along the equator.<\/p>\n<p>If your supplements are giving you less than 1,000 IU of vitamin D a day and you think you\u2019re getting a lot of D from foods, consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> One cup of vitamin D-fortified milk has barely 100 IU of D&#8211;about 10% of my recommendation.<\/li>\n<li> One egg yolk: 25 IU of vitamin D.<\/li>\n<li> On the other hand, one tablespoon of cod liver oil has more than 1,300 IU of vitamin D.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in taking a supplement, check your local pharmacy or click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.triplewhammycure.com\/supplements\/iso-d3\/prod_46.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here <\/a>for the vitamin D we recommend to our patients. It\u2019s surprisingly inexpensive and really can pay off in positive health rewards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I caught your attention with that headline, why not review your supplements right now and add up the total number of units of vitamin D you\u2019re taking every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2087,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14,10,195,3,43,149],"tags":[241,242,243],"class_list":["post-3159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-c","category-d","category-diseases","category-knowledge-base","category-nutrition-nutritional-supplements-vitamins-herbal-remedies","category-v","tag-cancer","tag-immune-system","tag-vitamin-d"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Cancer and Vitamin D - 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