Does Vitamin D Prevent Breast Cancer?

Who would think that a glass of milk or a walk in the sun may help prevent breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide after lung cancer? But researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada, made ​​unlikely connection for the first time. The researchers monitored the vitamin D levels of 512 women with breast cancer newly diagnosed over several years.

The results were startling: women who had a vitamin D deficiency when they were diagnosed had a 94% greater risk that the cancer will spread and a 73% chance of dying in the next 10 years than those who have enough of vitamin D.

The study also found an alarming fact: vitamin D deficiency was widespread. In fact, only one quarter of the women studied had an adequate level of nutrients. Low levels went hand in hand with a low intake of retinol (the animal form of vitamin A in liver and eggs), vitamin E and cereals. They have also been associated with pre-menopause, obesity and diabetes.

to be continued........