http://blog.dana-farber.org/insight/...e-cancer-risk/
Yes, Becky, I agree load up on that Vitamin D for both cancer prevention and bone health as a woman. I take about 4000 to 2000 IU per day. I think the research is relatively clear that it helps prevent a mets as the article above sited, and it helps to prevent cancer to begin with...
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Some new research is strengthening the case for vitamin D’s role in metastasis prevention. A preliminary study in mice by investigators at Stanford University indicated that breast cancer cells metastasize, or spread, more readily when the animals had low levels of the vitamin.
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Cancer incidence declined with increased 25(OH)D. Women with 25(OH)D concentrations of 40 nanograms/milliliter (ng/ml) or greater had a 67 percent lower risk of cancer than women with levels of 20 ng/ml or less.
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PS The entire her2 delirious pathway seems to respond to D in being blocked or abrogated according to an article I read some years ago... And vit D is also effective in ERα-negative breast cancer patients...
another good article on vit d
http://foodforbreastcancer.com/artic...r-diagnosis%3F
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low as 5000 IU of vitamin D per day can cause kidney stones in susceptible individuals. The National Academy of Medicine has set the tolerable upper intake level at 4000 IU. Note that there is a risk that massive vitamin D supplementation could actually promote breast cancer.
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