Vitamin D Deficiency Concerns and Skin Cancer

by Sue Chung
Tuesday, June 05, 2007

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Vitamin D Deficiency is Epidemic
chav
Monday, July 30, 2007 at 03:27 PM
and on the rise since we got scared out of the sun in the early 90s.

To put things in perspective, Dr. Edward Giovannucci of Harvard U. estimates that the ratio of deaths from internal cancers (preventable by vitamin D) to skin cancers is 30 to 1.

Melanoma may actually be preventable by Vitamin D as well.

The evidence is convincing enough for everyone to get their Vita D status up to lifeguard level -- 100nmol/L.

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