Vitamin D: The Amazing Vitamin

Over the past few years I've been reading countless articles about the benefits of getting vitamin D and the diseases associated with deficiencies.

There have been a number of misconceptions regarding sunlight, vitamin D, cancer, and a many other health concerns that researchers have been studying. What is even more exciting is the health benefits that are happening but currently aren't being studied. For a great overview about the amazing vitamin D read this USA Today article.

Here are a few highlights:

"vitamin D increasingly seems important for preventing and even treating many types of cancer. In the last three months alone, four separate studies found it helped protect against lymphoma and cancers of the prostate, lung and, ironically, the skin. The strongest evidence is for colon cancer."

"I would challenge anyone to find an area or nutrient or any factor that has such consistent anti-cancer benefits as vitamin D," Giovannucci told the cancer scientists. "The data are really quite remarkable."

"American Cancer Society's chief epidemiologist, Dr. Michael said "There is now intriguing evidence that vitamin D may have a role in the prevention as well as treatment of certain cancers"

"Supplements contain the nutrient, but most use an old form — D-2 — that is far less potent than the more desirable D-3. Multivitamins typically contain only small amounts of D-2 and include vitamin A, which offsets many of D's benefits."

Make sure you read the full article, there are a ton of great facts. Read it here!

For other sites that have great vitamin D information go to:

NaturalNews.com
Mercola.com
Vitamin D Council.org