Vitamin D and Cancer
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Some experts predict that up to 25 per cent of Australians could be Vitamin D moncler outlet online shop deficient. The cause is something that’s been known moncler outlet online uomo for nearly a century, a lack of sunshine. There now seems to be a connection between breast, colon and prostate cancer and a lack of Vitamin D.
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Catalyst’s Karina Kelly investigates research in Australia that appears to show that Vitamin D actually kills cancer cells while protecting healthy cells from sun damage.
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Professor Philip Sambrook: This is crazy. How can this happen in sunny Australia. The lack of a common vitamin vitamin D
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Narration: But how much of a problem is vitamin D deficiency? According to Professor Michael Holick it’s a killer.
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moncler saldi uomo Prof Michael Holick: We think now that being able to maintain adequate vitamin D levels may be important for decreasing your risk of getting prostate cancer and breast cancer and colon cancer. There’s some evidence that in young children if they’re fortified with vitamin D from one year of age on it can reduce by 80% the risk of getting type 1 diabetes. moncler saldi uomo
moncler donna Narration: And the list doesn’t end there. Michael Holick has treated patients with mild hypertension simply by putting them on a sunbed three times a piumini moncler week. After a month, the patients blood pressure had returned to normal and their blood levels of vitamin D had doubled. moncler donna
moncler saldi outlet Narration: But Professor Holick works in snowy Boston. It’s always been assumed that vitamin D deficiency is only something of concern in cold climates. moncler saldi outlet
moncler bambino outlet Prof Philip Sambrook: I think we’ve always thought that it couldn’t happen in Australia we’re too sunny a country but people outlet moncler in institutions often don’t get sunlight for various reasons and if you don’t get some moncler bambino saldi sunlight you don’t make vitamin D and we don’t get it much in our food any more so for that reason it’s quite common. moncler bambino outlet
moncler outlet serravalle Narration: Trouble is, slapping on the sunscreen doesn’t just help prevent skin cancer, it also stops your skin making vitamin D. moncler outlet serravalle
Prof Michael Holick: I don’t think we should moncler outlet blame moderate, intelligent exposure to sunlight throughout our lives as the culprit for markedly increasing our risk of developing skin cancer. And again furthermore you have to put this into perspective. I mean if you think about it, over 250,000 women in the United States will develop breast cancer this year. Something like 50,000 will die. If 25% of those breast cancers could have been averted, prevented in some way, just by having a little exposure to sunlight would have been really tremendous.
piumini moncler outlet Narration: Research at Sydney University is confirming the link between vitamin D and cancer. Rebecca Mason and her team have been looking at skin cells and what happens to them moncler uomo in the presence of vitamin D. piumini moncler outlet
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moncler saldi Narration: And while a bit of sunlight is all you need to keep your vitamin D levels topped up, for serious deficiencies, sunlight isn’t enough. Terry Diamond treats patients with an piumini moncler uomo urgent need for Vitamin D. They require a really big dose to correct their deficiency. moncler saldi
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Narration: So who’s most at risk of Vitamin D deficiency? People with dark skin and those who wear modest clothing. But perhaps the group at greatest risk, because they almost never get into the sun, are the residents of nursing homes. Almost all of them are deficient.
moncler outlet online uomo Prof Philip Sambrook: In our studies we’ve estimated about 90% of women and about 80% of men living in hostels, or nursing homes in Sydney are Vitamin D deficient moncler outlet online uomo.