Vitamin D cuts cancer risk, US study finds
The regular use of vitamin D, known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’, can reduce cancer risk by 60% or more, according to a four year study carried out in Nebraska by the Creighton University School of Medicine, and reported in the online edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
In the study of 1,179 healthy, postmenopausal women from rural eastern Nebraska. participants took calcium, as well as a quantity of vitamin D3 nearly three times the US government’s recommended daily amount (RDA) for middle-age adults.
The results showed a dramatic 60% or greater reduction in cancer risk compared with women who did not take the vitamin.
