Review finds vitamin D could prevent significant number of cancers

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Review finds vitamin D could prevent significant number of cancers

In a review that will appear in the February 2006 issue of The American

Journal of Public Health vitamin D researcher F. Holick and

colleagues concluded that improved vitamin D status could significantly

cut the risk of colon, breast, ovarian and prostate cancer. A previous

review conducted by the team, published in the October 2005 Journal of

Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology found that consuming 1000

international units (IU) or more of vitamin D per day cut the risk of

colon cancer in half.

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