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How vitamin D deals with Cancer

Monday February 20, 2012

FACT: Vitamin D PREVENTS most cancers and TREATS some cancers.
This fact has been known for several years (as of Feb 2012).
See Overview Cancer and vitamin D
Recently the researchers have been trying to get a consensus as to HOW vitamin D does this.
Review of possible ways that vitamin D fights cancer
No consensus yet, but candidate methods include:

  • arrest of growth
  • kill tumour cells
  • enhancing DNA repair
  • antioxidant protection
  • improving immune system

A high percentage of all cancer deaths are prevented by a high enough level of vitamin D in your bloodstream

Disease Incidence chart Lahore

  • CLICK HERE for larger image and more charts of disease incidence

Calcium helps vitamin D fight Cancer:

Calcium aids Vitamin D in fighting some Cancer file

Overview Cancer and vitamin D contains the following chart

See wikipage:http://www.vitad.org/tiki-index.php?page_id=931

Vitamin D does not PREVENT Cancer until the blood level is > 40 nanograms/ml

Appears that vitamin D level must be higher yet to TREAT Cancers.

The many items on Vitamin D and Cancer at Vitamin D Life include:

See also Vitamin D Life