Vitamin D Protects Women From Breast Cancer

A study involving 1,394 breast cancer patients and an equal number of healthy women after menopause was surprisingly clear: Women with a very low blood level of Vitamin D have a considerably increased breast cancer risk.

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My Comment:

Vitamin D deficiency is rampant, especially in the northern states. To make matters worse, people slather toxic sunscreen to block the bodies ability to make Vitamin D. Do yourself a favor, the next time you're at the doctor, have them test your Vitamin D levels. Better yet, test the levels at least twice per year, or even once per season. It's a cheap and simple test. Call the doctor today!

Here's what the Vitamin D Council says:

• If you totally avoid the sun, recent research indicates you need about 4,000 units of vitamin D a day. Which means you can't get enough vitamin D from milk (unless you drink 40 glasses a day) or from a multivitamin (unless you take about 10 tablets a day), neither of which is recommended.
• Most of us make about 20,000 units of vitamin D after about 20 minutes of summer sun. This is about 100 times more vitamin D than the government says you need every day.
• The only way to be sure you have adequate levels of vitamin D in your blood is to regularly go into the sun, use a sun bed (avoiding sunburn), or have your physician administer a 25‑hydroxyvitamin D test. Optimal levels are around 50 ng/mL (125 nM/L).
• If you don't get vitamin D the way Mother Nature intended, from sunshine, you need to take supplemental vitamin D3 cholecalciferol. Since most of us get a lot more vitamin D from sunshine than we realize, most of us need about 2,000 units a day extra.