Low Vitamin D may predict breast cancer

A crystal ball for breast cancer?

It?s no exaggeration to say that a breast cancer diagnosis is terrifying. The number of cases worldwide have more than doubled since 1980, and most of us know at least one woman whose life was forever changed by this sinister disease.

Many women who are cancer-free have even opted for elective mastectomy procedures just to avoid the chance of ever developing breast cancer.

Needless to say, if there was a crystal ball that could predict your chances of contracting the disease, there would be billions of women interested.

Well, according to new research published in Cancer Causes and Control, your vitamin D levels may be able to help you gaze into the future.

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine measured serum vitamin D levels of 1,200 pre-menopausal women, and analyzed which of these women eventually developed breast cancer.

It turns out that those whose vitamin D levels were low during the three-month period before they were diagnosed were THREE TIMES more likely to develop breast cancer than women who had the highest levels of the vitamin.

While cancer treatment today is often focused on catching the disease early, this research may hold the key to stopping breast cancer before it even develops.

Of course, if you?ve been reading this e-letter for a while, you know that Dr. Wright has long touted vitamin D?s role in cancer prevention. It?s also useful for warding off dementia, hypertension, fatigue, and a variety of other health conditions.

So how much vitamin D does it take to slash your risk of breast cancer? A 2011 meta-analysis found that the 4,000 IU daily that Dr. Wright recommends should do the trick. You can usually get all the vitamin D you need by spending 20 minutes a day in the sun with your face and arms exposed.

If you need to supplement, give cod liver oil a try. It offers 1,200 to 1,500 IU of vitamin D per tablespoon ? just be sure to take extra vitamin E if you supplement with fish oils, as it will help keep them from oxidizing too quickly in your body.

Your next move should be to get your vitamin D level checked. Your serum vitamin D level just may be the crystal ball you?ve been waiting for ? and it may hold the key to keeping you cancer-free.

Source: http://wrightnewsletter.com/2013/02/11/low-vitamin-d-breast-cancer/

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