forms of cancer. In the June 2007 issue of
the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, they found that women over 55 who took 1100IU of vitamin D had a 6% lower risk of developing cancer. I think the study was originally designed to test calcium and vitamin D's ability to help bone health. I'm not sure if they published the results regarding the bone health, as the vitamin D and cancer finding was the big news. These findings even prompted the Canadian Cancer Society to issue a statement which said that some people should consider taking 1000IU of vitamin D. Some people thought that this was a once off finding. But then later that year, a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people who took at least 528IU of vitamin D per day had a 7% lower risk of dying from all causes. Also in the same year, an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that people who had a higher amount of vitamin D in their blood, had a lower risk of developing colorectal cancer. They are not sure why vitamin D helps to prevent cancer, but the studies show the results.
....Vitamin D can also make you stronger and give you more energy. Well, this might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but hopefully it keeps you reading this article. It is true that an adequate intake of vitamin D is associated with better physical performance. One study in the Netherlands found that 47% of seniors had low levels of vitamin D in their blood. These same seniors showed lower physical performance as compared to seniors who had adequate intakes of vitamin D. The low vitamin D seniors also continued to show a decline in physical performance over the next three years.
....It gets even better, vitamin D might help prevent people from developing type 2 diabetes. In the October 2007 issue of Diabetes Care,

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