Vitamin D Cuts Cancer Risk Indicate Researchers
Specialists at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center have determined that taking 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D3 daily appears to lower an individuals risk of developing certain cancers - including colon, breast, and ovarian cancer - by up to 50 percent.
The findings are based upon an extensive systematic review of scientific papers on the relationship of blood serum levels or oral intake of vitamin D with risk of certain types of cancers published worldwide between January 1966 and December 2004. Sixty-three observational studies of vitamin D status in relation to cancer risk, including 30 of colon cancer, 13 of breast cancer, 26 of prostate cancer and seven of ovarian cancer, were assessed.
