{"id":2486,"date":"2016-09-13T03:17:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T08:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2016-09-03T13:24:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T18:24:21","slug":"national-cancer-institute-vitamin-d-and-the-cancer-risk-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/13\/national-cancer-institute-vitamin-d-and-the-cancer-risk-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cancer Institute: Vitamin D and the Cancer Risk Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1249\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1249\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/MP9004486441-200x129.jpg\" alt=\"Vitamin D To Reduce Risks of Cancer\" width=\"200\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/MP9004486441-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/MP9004486441.jpg 862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vitamin D To Reduce Risks of Cancer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Remember how Mom always told you to drink your milk so you would have strong bones? Researchers have discovered that <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/about-cancer\/causes-prevention\/risk\/diet\/vitamin-d-fact-sheet\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">vitamin D<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">, found in fortified milk and other sources, may also reduce your risk of getting <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">cancer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Can Vitamin D Lower Your Risk of Cancer?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Vitamin D is actually a group of fat-soluble prohormones that the body uses to synthesize hormones. In addition to foods, sunshine is a valuable source of vitamin D, which is absorbed through the skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">The possible link between vitamin D and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/07\/july-is-bladder-cancer-awareness-month-do-you-know-the-bladder-cancer-risk-factors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">cancer risk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"> first arose during studies of cancer incidence and death rates based on geographic location. Numbers were found to be lower among people living in southern latitudes, where exposure to sunlight is more frequent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Analysis of the results led researchers to consider the possibility of different vitamin D levels accounting for the incidence rates. Tests on mice have shown that vitamin D intake can slow down or prevent cancer cell growth, tumor blood vessel formation, and other processes that aid the development of cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Ongoing Vitamin D Clinical Trials<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">At this point, most of the medical evidence has come from tests designed to study other health-related issues. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/09\/whats-happening-in-immunotherapy-research-part-one\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Clinical researchers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"> are now conducting tests specifically focused on the relationship between vitamin D and cancer. These studies include trials of vitamin D supplements and vitamin D analogs, which are substances that resemble the chemical but don&#8217;t have the calcium-boosting properties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">State-of-the-Art Immunotherapy for Cancer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/14\/immunotherapy-a-miracle-cure-for-many\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Immunotherapy for cancer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"> at Issels\u00ae incorporates the latest findings on non-toxic treatments that help your body&#8217;s own immune system to fight cancer. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember how Mom always told you to drink your milk so you would have strong bones? Researchers have discovered that vitamin D, found in fortified milk and other sources, may also reduce your risk of getting cancer. Can Vitamin D Lower Your Risk of Cancer? Vitamin D is actually a group of fat-soluble prohormones that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/13\/national-cancer-institute-vitamin-d-and-the-cancer-risk-connection\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Cancer Institute: Vitamin D and the Cancer Risk Connection<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,203,2],"tags":[341,542,290],"class_list":["post-2486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-care-tips","category-cancer-research","category-news","tag-cancer-prevention","tag-lower-cancer-risk","tag-vitamin-d"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions\/2487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}