Female vitamin D - sunlight and breast cancer

In recent months, the media of all kinds - both in electronic as well as standard (newspapers, television) can be seen a trend - there are more and more information about the very important role of vitamin D for health. But a lot of these publications indicates the need for taking it in supplement form, forgetting the most important and best source - the rays of the sun. Fortunately, you can also find information more reliable and not leaving suspicions about motives which guided the authors of these messages.

Another medical authority, which highlights the need to maintain a high level of vitamin D in the blood is Dr. Christiane Northrup, known in the United States specializing in the field of women's health. It has released best-selling books including dealing with women's health - Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, The Wisdom of Menopause, Mother-Daughter Wisdom, and The Secret Pleasures of Menopause.


 Here is a summary of the article, Dr. Northrup, published in the online newspaper The Huffington Post:


 Recent discoveries in the field of medicine leave no doubt - Vitamin D plays in the body much more important role than previously thought. Vitamin D is good not only for children, which protects against rickets and allow proper development of the skeletal system. Optimal levels of vitamin D in the blood of adult humans (40 - 80 ng / ml) to create healthy cells and keep them in good condition. Not only has a positive effect on bone health and strengthening the immune system, but also protects against many dangerous cancers - including breast, ovarian, prostate and colon. New research conducted in the United States show that it is possible to prevent thousands of cases of breast cancer were more women are cared for appropriately high levels of vitamin D in the blood.



 The results of the experiments conducted by Dr. Cedric Garland and other researchers dealing with vitamin D have shown that women who witamny D level was 52 ng / ml had a half less likely of developing breast cancer than their colleagues who have this level was 13 ng. / Ml . Garland provides that through preventive action of vitamin D could be avoided every year 58 thousand. breast cancer cases in the United States.


 To determine the level of vitamin D just a simple blood test. Five years ago, the standard is 20 - 100 ng / ml, the lower limit at present is increased to 32 ng. However, keep in mind that the level of "normal" does not always mean "optimal".


 Women who are diagnosed with deficiency can complete it with supplements. At the beginning, you can take 5000 IU (international unit - international units) per day, and after adjusting levels - from 1000 to 2000 IU per day. It's hard to accept that amount of food. The average healthy serving of fish contains 300 - 700 IU, and milk (considered a good source of vitamin D), only about 100 IU per cup.


 For some it may be a surprise, but the best and healthiest source of vitamin D is simply sunlight. Band UVB rays activate the body to produce vitamin that is stored in adipose tissue and used by the body as needed. During the summer and spring months the body can store vitamin D needed supplies for the whole year. This vitamin naturally acquired in this way will never reach toxic quantities. In other words - there is no possibility of overdose, regardless of how much time you spend in the sun. Taken in the form of supplements can be taken in too high doses, which may have a negative impact on our health. In summary - a reasonable contact with the sun's rays (reasonable - ie not supply to burn) is the most common and desirable. This is confirmed by the statistics - the closer to the equator, the less there has been a breast cancer cases, the level of sun exposure is therefore a huge impact on the incidence of the disease.


 I encourage all women to regularly check the level of vitamin D and maintain its optimum value. It's very simple - just take each day at approximately 2000 IU supplements and remember to regular, safe exposure to sunlight. It is also a good idea to visit the sun-tanning salon where the devices are equipped with lamps that emit UVB rays. Both breast and whole body will benefit from this. This is the preventive medicine at its best.


Standard solarium is able to produce within 10 minutes in our skin 15,000 and more units of vitamin D. Remember that the vitamin is produced in a natural way and can not lead to its accidental and very dangerous to the health of an overdose.