New Research reveals that vitamin D may play a more significant role in preventing certain kinds of cancer than previously suspected. Part of the steroid hormone family, which includes cortisol, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, vitamin D may be the most potent cancer prevention available today, says James E. Dowd, M.D., clinical associate professor of medicine at Michigan State University and author of The Vitamin D Cure.
What it prevents: A 2008 study from Breast Journal involving women in 107 countries found that the incidence of breast cancer was about nine times higher in women who lived in areas with the least amount of sunlight (e.g., Iceland, England, New Zealand). Low vitamin D levels have also been associated with poor bone health, heart disease, colon cancer, diabetes, depression, high blood pressure and obesity.
Eat your vitamin D: Certain foods can boost your vitamin D intake. They include milk, cold water fish, egg yolk and dried shiitake mushrooms.
Get some Sun: The Vitamin D Council recommends 15 minutes of daily direct midday sunlight.
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