Re: Antioxidiant.... Vitamin D

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> Vitamin D is not normally considered an antioxidant, however the

following

> suggests that it should be considered because it's role in reducing

cancer

> risks and the progression of cancer suggests that it does a parallel

action.

Actually, you might want to read the following article:

Cancer Res. 2001 Feb 15;61(4):1439-44

Vitamin D is a prooxidant in breast cancer cells.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\

ct & list_uids=11245448

In other words, the cancer fighting effects of vitamin D, may be more

related to a prooxidant effect, rather than any antioxidant effect.

And there's no indication in reading this study, that such an effect

is specific to cancer cells.