You Gotta Get Your D!

Yes, vitamin D as we have discussed before is vital to your health and most people don't get enough. There are two studies hot off the press that you need to know about. Both of them are deep analyses looking at data from several studies that compared blood levels of vitamin D with breast and colorectal cancer incidence. Across the board, these studies found that the lowest levels of vitamin D correlated with the highest risk of cancer, and as vitamin D levels rose, risk decreased. The correlations were so strong that the researchers concluded that increasing vitamin D levels may well prevent two-thirds of colorectal cancer cases and half of breast cancer cases in this country and that's a significant number of both by any measurment. The blood level deemed most protective (46 ng/mL) could be attained by taking 2,000 IU of supplemental vitamin D3 and spending 10–15 minutes outdoors in the sun each day. Be sure to beef up your vitamin D intake, get started now!