Vitamin D Linked to Reduced Breast Cancer Risks
Once again, new data suggests that vitamin D may help lower breast cancer risks.
…Canadian researchers analysed the vitamin D intakes of 759 women with breast cancer, and compared this to the vitamin D intakes of 1,135 healthy controls.
Increased intakes of the vitamin were associated with a 24 per cent reduction in the risk of developing ER+ and PR+ tumours, said the researchers. Moreover, increased intakes were also associated with 26 and 21 per cent reductions in the risk of receptor-negative (ER–/PR–) and mixed receptor (ER+/PR–) tumours. However, these last two associations were not significant, said the researchers.
For further reading you may want to refer to the manuscript published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/aje/kwn198, entitled, “Vitamin D From Dietary Intake and Sunlight Exposure and the Risk of Hormone-Receptor-Defined Breast Cancer”.
Read this news story too. Have to say, as the days start to grow shorter, I am getting more nervous about making sure I get enough vit D this winter (I’m in frigid New England). I’ve been poking around and so far, the best article on this subject (preventing vit d deficiency is this one: http://www.womentowomen.com/nutritionandweightloss/vitamind.aspx
Would love to know your thoughts!
Thanks for bringing this to your readers attention — information is power and power will keep more women alive.