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Health Benefits of Vitamin D<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As you\u2019ll know, the NHS recommends that we all supplement with vitamin D <\/strong>\u2013 specifically vitamin D3 <\/strong>\u2013 in the winter to help boost our immune system against colds and flu. But there is another very important reason to take extra vitamin D.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vitamin D is a vital factor in helping protect against cancer stem cells. Indeed, the NHS website quotes a large study from the National Cancer Center in Japan, that links higher vitamin D blood levels with significantly lower rates of cancer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Every single day your immune system needs to combat about 10,000 cells that turn cancerous. Whether those cancer cells survive and begin to multiply to become a health threat depends on whether your immune system is strong and healthy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Whether your immune system is strong and healthy in turn depends to an important extent on whether you have adequate vitamin D.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Yet health scientists warn that vitamin D deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency today. Indeed almost 90% of the population in Northern Europe and North America are thought to have less than optimum vitamin D blood levels.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When you can ensure a safe and optimum vitamin D level for just 3p a day <\/strong>\u2013 that\u2019s makes no sense.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This article was written by Colin Rose, a Senior Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine, who has been writing on science for 40 years.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

10 ways Vitamin D3 will improve your health <\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vitamin D is one of the most widely researched nutrients. We have done a systematic review of the literature and these studies \u2013 referenced at the end of this article \u2013 confirm the following.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(1) Vitamin D lowers the risk of colorectal cancer<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The risk becomes less as the level of supplementation is increased \u2013 up to approximately 2,000 IU a day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(2) Vitamin D reduces the risk of chronic infections<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It does so by improving immune response.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(3) Vitamin D helps inhibit prostate cancer cells<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It does this by supporting the increased production of a protein called GcMAF<\/strong>, which helps inhibit cancer cells growing in the prostate. GcMAF has a potent general anti-cancer effect that may reduce tumour size in as little as 10 days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(4) Vitamin D activates macrophages which consume cancer cells<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The same protein GcMAF activates components of the immune system called macrophages, whose function is to literally consume<\/em> cancer and viral cells.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(5) Vitamin D reduces risk of breast and lung cancer<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vitamin D reduces the risk of breast cancer, probably by inhibiting
a gene that plays a role in breast cancer \u2013 a so-called onco<\/em>gene (ie. a gene that carries the ability to cause cancer) called Her-2<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It also lowers the risk of lung cancer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(6) Vitamin D is essential for calcium absorption and therefore strong bones<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vitamin D3 is also essential to ensure calcium absorption and hence helps produce strong bones. Sufficient Vitamin D3 cuts the risk of osteoporosis<\/strong> or osteomalacia<\/strong> (softening of bones).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(7) Vitamin D can activate 1,000 health-promoting genes<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Overall, vitamin D as D3 \u2013 the natural form that is the same as created by sunlight \u2013 is able to activate almost 1,000 genes that contribute to health.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(8) Vitamin D reduces inflammation<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vitamin D helps reduce chronic inflammation in body tissues \u2013 and inflammation is a key driver of many long-term illnesses including heart disease, stroke and diabetes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(9) Vitamin D improves SAD, mood and sleep quality<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vitamin D has been shown to improve general mood and sleep quality. A 2018 study links low vitamin D with a number of sleep disorders, and other studies implicate low vitamin D with S.A.D. \u2013 Seasonal Affective Disorder<\/strong>. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(10) Vitamin D improves brain function<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

People with a deficiency in vitamin D have less neuroprotection. Indeed, one study shows an almost 50% increased risk of decreased cognitive function when vitamin D is deficient.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Combine Vitamin D with Omega 3, Curcumin and Vitamin K\u00a0for\u00a0cancer\u00a0protection<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Although the foundation of health is always regular activity and a good diet, there are specific nutrients that are also known to help reduce the risk of cancer. They include:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n