Catharine Paddock, PhD summarized the results nicely (2):“Women whose vitamin D level was 40 ng/ml or higher had a 67% lower risk of developing cancer than women whose vitamin D level was 20 ng/ml or lower.”Wow! So why aren’t our doctors encouraging us to use vitamin D to prevent cancer? Here are just some of their reasons:Immune cells contain vitamin D receptors, and we know that vitamin D deficiency is one of the reasons that winter is the cold and flu season. And that brings us back to our earlier question: Why aren’t we all using vitamin D to prevent cancer? That study conducted at the German Cancer Research Center found that a daily dose of vitamin D reduced cancer mortality.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 24, 2023 10:26 UTC