Vitamin D & cancer.(QUICK STUDIES)(Vitamin D as cancer treatment)(Brief article)

Nutrition Action Healthletter | September 1, 2007 | Copyright

Vitamin D and calcium seemed to cut the risk of cancer in a study that was designed to see if the supplements could prevent bone fractures.

Researchers gave 1,179 Nebraska women over age 55 daily doses of vitamin D (1,100 International Units) plus calcium (1,400 to 1,500 milligrams), calcium alone, or a placebo. After four years, cancers (most often breast) were diagnosed in 7 percent of the women who took the placebo, 4 percent of the women who took calcium alone, and just 2 percent of the women who took both vitamin D and calcium.

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