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Vitamin D and Cancer: New Studies Link Vitamin D Deficiency With Several Forms of Cancer
March 9, 2009 | Tagged lack of vitamin d, vitamin D and cancer, vitamin d deficiency |
Medical inquire into in both the US and Europe suggests a strong tie between low levels of vitamin D and cancer. The studies showed that vitamin D deficiency, due at least in part to low disclosure to sunlight, was directly linked to incidence of breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancers, as well as to kidney and lung cancer.
Using dope from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) really mapped the incidences of various forms of cancer throughout the world. The results showed that the areas with the lowest uncovering to the sun’s UV rays have the highest incidence of several forms of cancer.
The researchers recognized that other factors were involved but stressed that even after correcting for a master of environmental variables, including diet, cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, weight, fertility and even mediocre cloud cover, the association between low vitamin D levels and the incidence of breast, kidney, and other cancers remained tough.
Lack of vitamin D an explanation for “The Scottish Effect”?
Scotland, which has the worst health records and highest undeveloped mortality rates in Western Europe, has been the focus of numerous studies in recent years. The research results demonstrated outstanding correlations between low vitamin D levels and the incidence of a variety of diseases. A growing body of evidence points to a sizeable stable tie between poor health and low vitamin D levels in Scotland, attributed to both diet and lack of sunshine.
A five-year Cambridge over suggested that the “Scottish Effect” of high mortality and low general health was in large part due to the country’s lack of sun, which leads to low vitamin D levels. The look established a shortage of the “sunshine vitamin” as a factor in higher rates of multiple sclerosis, diabetes, arthritis, several cancers, cardiovascular ailment and other ailments.
Additional Cambridge studies last year tied lack of vitamin D to to the discovery of what appears to be a genetic vulnerability to multiple sclerosis. The vulnerability, which is passed through families, appears to be initiated by a deficiency of vitamin D.
A recently funded study is looking at the relationship between low levels of vitamin D in the diet and Scotland’s number of colorectal cancer. The researchers will investigate vitamin D’s potential as a preventive for bowel cancer.
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