Canadian Researchers Discover New Evidence That Vitamin D Shuts Down Cancer

[YayFun]

It’s been known that vitamin D can prevent that genetic damage. When vitamin D binds to specific receptors, it sets off a chain of events by which many toxic agents including cancer cells are rendered harmless. However, if there is not enough vitamin D the system can become overwhelmed and cancer can develop. “This is one of the reasons that people living closest to the equator have a much lower incidence (or absence) of specific cancers which consequently increase in locations further from the equator.”

The link between vitamin D intake and protection from cancer dates from the 1940s when Frank Apperly demonstrated a link between latitude and deaths from cancer, and suggested that sunlight gave “a relative cancer immunity”.

Both D3 and D2 precursors are hydroxylated in the liver and kidneys to form 25- hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), the non-active ‘storage’ form, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D), the biologically active form that is tightly controlled by the body.

There is growing evidence that 1,25(OH)2D has anticancer effects, but the discovery that non-kidney cells can also hydroxylate 25(OH)D had profound implications, implying that higher 25(OH)D levels could protect against cancer in the local sites.

Theories linking vitamin D deficiency to certain cancers have been tested and confirmed in more than 200 epidemiological studies, and understanding of its physiological basis stems from more than 2,500 laboratory studies, according to epidemiologist Cedric Garland, DrPH, professor of family and preventive medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. “This is the number one chemopreventive substance on the planet and its natural without side effects.”

Dr. Garland’s findings only lend further credence to the mountain of growing evidence that optimal levels of vitamin D are essential for your health. Here are just a few highlights into some of the most noteworthy findings:

* Some 600,000 cases of breast and colorectal cancers could be prevented each year if vitamin D levels among populations worldwide were increased, according to previous research by Dr. Garland and colleagues. And that’s just counting the death toll for two types of cancer.

* Optimizing your vitamin D levels could help you to prevent at least 16 different types of cancer including pancreatic, lung, ovarian, p-spot, and skin cancers.

* A large-scale, randomized, placebo-controlled study on vitamin D and cancer showed that vitamin D can cut overall cancer risk by as much as 60 percent! This was such groundbreaking news that the Canadian Cancer Society has actually begun endorsing the vitamin as a cancer-prevention therapy.

* Light-skinned women who had high amounts of long-term sun exposure had half the risk of developing advanced breast cancer (cancer that spreads beyond your breast) as women with lower amounts of regular sun exposure, according to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

* A study by Dr. William Grant, Ph.D., internationally recognized research scientist and vitamin D expert, found that about 30 percent of cancer deaths — which amounts to 2 million worldwide and 200,000 in the United States — could be prevented each year with higher levels of vitamin D.

Inflammation is likely at the root of many cases of vitamin D deficiency, and all chronic degenerative diseases.

Source: http://wakeup-world.com/2012/11/29/canadian-researchers-discover-new-evidence-that-vitamin-d-shuts-down-cancer-cells/

Just bought my 5,000IU of D3. ^_^

Also; for you health freaks out there. Look into Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C which prevented me from getting a flu type of cold. It's costly though, but worth it. Best you can get. ^_^

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[Harm94]

If vitamin D can be obtained throuygh exposure to sunlight and various foods, then what causes skin cancer?

[Kearn]

Just bought my 5,000IU of D3. ^_^

wow that really isn't a lot concidering i'm taking 50K unit D3 pills

[Comatose]

If vitamin D can be obtained throuygh exposure to sunlight and various foods, then what causes skin cancer?

UV/UVB rays.

[Harm94]

UV/UB rays.

Ofcourse that, but isn't ironic that this guy is saying that vitamin D prevents a form of cancer like skin cancer is caused by the source of vitamin D in the first place?

[YayFun]

wow that really isn't a lot concidering i'm taking 50K unit D3 pills

That is a extremely high dose of V-D. It may put you at risk of toxicity. Once a week is OK though.

[Kearn]

Once a week is OK though.

how'd you guess the frequency

[YayFun]

how'd you guess the frequency

I do research before taking any kind of supplementation. I just don't buy and wing the dose and hope for the best.
For example, I could take 5000IU daily, but unless you REALLY need to (as directed by a doctor) you should only take that dose every 3 days.

Recommendations for vitamin D DAILY is 600IU.

[Clone v.117]

So if I sit in the sun 24/7 I can never get cancer?
Sweet!

[YayFun]

So if I sit in the sun 24/7 I can never get cancer?
Sweet!

I'm at my PC for at least 12-14 hours a day since I was 12. No problems yet.

[danisaac5]

If vitamin D can be obtained throuygh exposure to sunlight and various foods, then what causes skin cancer?

prolonged exposure to UV rays from the sun.
its like a supertan but really dangerous.