There is new research that shows one easy way you can reduce your risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, multiple sclerosis and Type 1 diabetes by a whopping 50%! We've all heard it, but who really pays attention to these wise words? Maybe we are all just a little lazy or just too skeptical.
Come on - you are amongst friends - you can admit it! An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? Maybe "cures" are "sexier" than simply preventing the mess in the first place? Or, maybe it's because "prevention" can be a pain in the you know what? Always finding and preparing the right foods can be time consuming and expensive.
Exercising is exercising! It's no mistake the word "work" is in workout! But, what if there was an easy way to be healthier than you are right now? What if there was a simple way to decrease your risk of 4 deadly diseases by 50% that took almost no time and was inexpensive... Would You Do It? Well, according to a new study, there may be. Now, this is not a substitute for eating right, exercising, reducing stress and getting check-ups. But, it is something everyone should look into because it might help you a great deal.
Here's what this is all about: The current government recommendation for Vitamin D intake is 400- 600 international units (IU) per day. 400 IU was found to be the minimum amount of Vitamin D needed to prevent rickets over a century ago. But "minimum" and "optimum" are two very different things. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, have reported that markedly higher intake of Vitamin D is needed to reach blood levels that can prevent or markedly cut the incidence of breast cancer and several other major diseases than originally thought. The results were published on February 21 in the journal Anticancer Research.
According to a EurikAlert press release on February 22, 2011, "We found that daily intakes of Vitamin D by adults in the range of 4000-8000 IU are needed to maintain blood levels of Vitamin D metabolites in the range needed to reduce as much as half the risk in several diseases such as breast cancer, colon cancer, multiple sclerosis, and Type 1 diabetes," said Cedric Garland, DrPH, Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. "I was surprised to find that the intakes required to maintain Vitamin D status for disease prevention were so high - much higher than the minimal intake of Vitamin D of 400 IU/day to defeat rickets in the 20th century. I was not surprised by this," said Robert P. Heaney, MD, of Creighton University, an accomplished biomedical scientist who has studied Vitamin D needs for decades. "This result was what our dose-response studies predicted, but it took a study such as this, to confirm it."
The studies also said only about 10% of people have this new appropriate level of Vitamin D in their blood - and these are mostly outdoor workers. As a Doctor of Chiropractic in San Diego at New Century Spine Centers, we often see people with different ailments. By educating our patients on proper healthcare, they can make their own informed decision.
Come on - you are amongst friends - you can admit it! An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? Maybe "cures" are "sexier" than simply preventing the mess in the first place? Or, maybe it's because "prevention" can be a pain in the you know what? Always finding and preparing the right foods can be time consuming and expensive.
Exercising is exercising! It's no mistake the word "work" is in workout! But, what if there was an easy way to be healthier than you are right now? What if there was a simple way to decrease your risk of 4 deadly diseases by 50% that took almost no time and was inexpensive... Would You Do It? Well, according to a new study, there may be. Now, this is not a substitute for eating right, exercising, reducing stress and getting check-ups. But, it is something everyone should look into because it might help you a great deal.
Here's what this is all about: The current government recommendation for Vitamin D intake is 400- 600 international units (IU) per day. 400 IU was found to be the minimum amount of Vitamin D needed to prevent rickets over a century ago. But "minimum" and "optimum" are two very different things. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, have reported that markedly higher intake of Vitamin D is needed to reach blood levels that can prevent or markedly cut the incidence of breast cancer and several other major diseases than originally thought. The results were published on February 21 in the journal Anticancer Research.
According to a EurikAlert press release on February 22, 2011, "We found that daily intakes of Vitamin D by adults in the range of 4000-8000 IU are needed to maintain blood levels of Vitamin D metabolites in the range needed to reduce as much as half the risk in several diseases such as breast cancer, colon cancer, multiple sclerosis, and Type 1 diabetes," said Cedric Garland, DrPH, Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. "I was surprised to find that the intakes required to maintain Vitamin D status for disease prevention were so high - much higher than the minimal intake of Vitamin D of 400 IU/day to defeat rickets in the 20th century. I was not surprised by this," said Robert P. Heaney, MD, of Creighton University, an accomplished biomedical scientist who has studied Vitamin D needs for decades. "This result was what our dose-response studies predicted, but it took a study such as this, to confirm it."
The studies also said only about 10% of people have this new appropriate level of Vitamin D in their blood - and these are mostly outdoor workers. As a Doctor of Chiropractic in San Diego at New Century Spine Centers, we often see people with different ailments. By educating our patients on proper healthcare, they can make their own informed decision.
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