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You've heard the good news about vitamin D for years: It's a "miracle"
medicine that reduces cancer rates by 77% according to previous research (http://www.naturalnews.com/021892_c...). It also happens to be a
powerful anti-cancer medicine that can both prevent and help reverse breast cancer.
Yet, bewilderingly, the cancer industry still refuses to teach women about vitamin D. Ever
wonder why?
Today, we bring you a compilation of expert quotations on vitamin D and breast cancer, cited from
some of the most authoritative books and authors in the world. Feel free to share what you
learn here with others who may also be suffering from breast cancer.
Sunlight triggers the formation of vitamin D in the skin, which can be activated in the
liver and kidneys into a hormone with great activity. This activated form of vitamin D
causes "cellular differentiation" - essentially the opposite of cancer. The following evidence indicates
that vitamin D might have a protective role against breast cancer: Synthetic vitamin
D-like molecules have prevented the equivalent of breast cancer in animals.
- The Natural
Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions by
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh.,
N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
Two equally effective sources of vitamin D in humans are derived from plant ergosterol,
which is converted to ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) by the action of
sunlight on the skin. The body uses vitamin D3 for normal immune system function, to
control cellular growth, and to absorb calcium
from the digestive tract. Vitamin D3 can inhibit the growth of malignant melanoma, breast cancer, leukemia, and mammary tumors in
laboratory animals. Vitamin D3 can also inhibit angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels that permit the spread of cancer cells through the body.
- Permanent
Remissions by Robert Hass, M.S.
There's surprising new evidence that older women who skimp on foods rich in vitamin D are more likely
to develop breast cancer, according to Frank Garland, Ph.D., of the Department of
Community and Family Medicine at the University of California at San Diego. This may also
help explain fish's anticancer protection, because fatty fish is packed with vitamin D.
Specifically, Dr. Garland finds that dietary vitamin D wards off postmenopausal breast
cancer in women over fifty, but not in women who get cancer at younger ages.
- Food Your
Miracle Medicine by Jean Carper
In animals fed a high fat diet, which normally would produce a higher incidence of colon cancer, supplements of
calcium and vitamin D blocked this carcinogenic effect of the diet. Vitamin D inhibits the
growth of breast cancer in culture, and also seems to subdue human breast cancer. Cells
from human prostate cancer
were put into a "...permanent nonproliferative state", or shut down the cancer
process, by the addition of vitamin D. Human cancer cells have been shown to have receptor
sites, or stereo specific "parking spaces" for vitamin D.
- Beating
Cancer with Nutrition by Patrick Quillin
Even though vitamin D is one of the most powerful healing chemicals in your body, your
body makes it absolutely free. No prescription required. Diseases and conditions caused by
vitamin D deficiency: Osteoporosis is commonly caused by a lack of vitamin D, which
impairs calcium absorption.
Sufficient vitamin D prevents prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, depression,
colon cancer, and schizophrenia. "Rickets" is the name of a bone-wasting disease caused by vitamin D deficiency.
- Natural Health
Solutions by Mike Adams
George's Hospital Medical School in London finds local production of vitamin D in breast tissue reduces the risk
for breast cancer. For women with low breast tissue levels of vitamin D the risk for
breast cancer rose by 354%! This study suggests women sunbathe with breast tissue exposed
to the sun to enhance local vitamin D production. The provision of 400 IU of vitamin D per
day has been found to reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer by 43%.
- You
Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore by Bill Sardi
Taken together, these facts suggest that vitamin D and its derivatives may play a role in
regulating the expression of genes and
protein products that prevent and inhibit breast cancer. The cancer-stopping power of
vitamin D has been documented in osteosarcoma (bone cancer), melanoma, colon cancer, and
breast cancer. These cancer cells contain vitamin-D receptors that make them susceptible
to the anticancer effects of this vitamin-hormone made by the skin when it is exposed to
sunlight. Vitamin D-rich foods include salmon, tuna, fish oils, and vitamin D-fortified
milk and breakfast cereals.
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Remissions by Robert Hass, M.S.
Low levels of vitamin D may also increase the proliferation of white blood cells and may
accelerate the arthritic process in rheumatoid arthritis. Vitamin D supplements are likely
to be useful in retarding these adverse effects of alterations in metabolism. Low levels
of vitamin D have been linked to several cancers
including those of the colon, prostate and breast. Laboratory experiments show that
vitamin D can inhibit the growth of human prostate cancer and breast cancer cells. Lung
cancer and pancreatic cancer
cells may also be susceptible to the effects of vitamin D.
- The
New Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements and Herbs by Nicola Reavley
Laboratory experiments show that vitamin D can inhibit the growth of human prostate cancer
and breast cancer cells. Lung cancer and pancreatic cancer cells may also be susceptible
to the effects of vitamin D. Sunlight also seems to be protective against several types of
cancer including ovarian, breast and prostate cancers; and this effect may be mediated by
vitamin D levels. Synthetic vitamin D-type compounds are being investigated for their
potential as anticancer drugs.
- The
New Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements and Herbs by Nicola Reavley
If mutations aren't corrected or if a cell has already undergone malignant transformation,
activated vitamin D can team up with other proteins to stimulate programmed death of
abnormal cells. This evidence, along with animal studies, suggest that a girl who lacks
adequate vitamin D during puberty years will have abnormal breast development. This, in
turn, may increase a woman's susceptibility to risk factors such as alcohol for breast
cancer development. In other words, the window of greatest opportunity for vitamin D to
reduce breast cancer risk may be
during childhood and puberty.
- The Vitamin D Cure
by James Dowd and Diane Stafford
A key development for vitamin D was the appearance of increasing evidence that experts had
detected a strong relationship between vitamin D and breast cancer risk. The important
Nurses Health Study found a 30 percent lower risk of breast cancer in pre-menopausal women
when comparing the highest to the lowest intakes of vitamin D, calcium, and low-fat dairy,
especially skim milk.
- The Vitamin D Cure
by James Dowd and Diane Stafford
Out of every 100 women who might get breast cancer, 50 of them can avoid breast cancer by
simply getting adequate levels of vitamin D in their body, and that's available free of
charge through sensible exposure to natural sunlight, which produces vitamin D. This
vitamin, all by itself, reduces relative cancer risk by 50 percent, which is better than
any prescription drug that has ever been invented by any drug company in the world.
Combine that with green tea, and your prevention of breast cancer gets even stronger.
- Natural Health
Solutions by Mike Adams
There's so much more to vitamin D than enhancing calcium absorption; its anticancer
benefit is just one other possibility. Most of 63 recently reviewed studies found a
protective effect between vitamin D status and cancer risk. A study presented at the 2006
American Association for Cancer Research meeting suggested that an increase in vitamin D
lowered the risk of developing breast cancer by up to 50 percent. How might vitamin D
help?
- Food Synergy: Unleash
Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well by
Elaine Magee
Place sunshine or vitamin D pills on your list of preventive or therapeutic measures. A
daily intake of 2,600 units of vitamin D (65 mcg) is recommended to attain blood
concentrations that will optimally protect against disease. There is no way the diet can
provide this much vitamin D. Sun-starved females are at great risk for breast cancer,
particularly women living in northern latitudes where wintertime sun exposure produces little
vitamin D because of a decline in UV radiation in solar light.
- You
Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore by Bill Sardi
Sunlight produces vitamin D in humans. A deficiency of vitamin D is linked with breast
cancer. Was the increase in male breast cancer caused by magnetic fields or by lack of
vitamin D? These are the types of questions that make it difficult to ascertain if there
is a link between EMF exposure and
cancer. To make matters worse, a cell biologist doing work on EMFs for the Department of
Energy, faked data linking cancer to electromagnetic fields in order to gain $3.3 million
worth of grants for scientific research.
- You
Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore by Bill Sardi
The dosage of vitamin D required to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer may be much
higher than the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of 400 international units per day.
Since vitamin D can be toxic in doses that greatly exceed this value, researchers have
developed synthetic analogues of vitamin D that retain the ability to inhibit cancer cell
growth without the toxicity associated with high doses. These analogs have been
successfully used in animal models of leukemia and breast cancer. Vitamin D may be related
to other cancers.
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Remissions by Robert Hass, M.S.
Sunlight exposure, which leads to an increased level of vitamin D, correlates with a
reduced risk of breast cancer. I usually recommend small amounts of vitamin D (400 to
1,000 IU) for those people without sunlight exposure, especially
during the winter. I also
occasionally recommend cod liver oil during the winter months as a source of vitamin D and
omega-3 fatty acids. Vitamin D deficiency is very common in the elderly and in people who
live in parts of the world with little sunlight; it is also one of the major contributing
factors to osteoporosis.
- Herbal
Medicine, Healing and Cancer: A Comprehensive Program for Prevention and Treatment by
Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine
But how does vitamin D actually work? For many years that was a mystery. The
"revolution of information" on vitamin D began in 1968, when J.W. Blunt and
colleagues discovered the form of vitamin D that actually circulates in the blood
(25-OH-D3). This hormonal form of the vitamin, created in the kidneys, is ultimately
responsible for the classical action of the vitamin. At the molecular level, some cancer
cells appear to have receptors on their surfaces that are capable of receiving the vitamin
D molecule. Scientists studied cancer cells from 136 patients with breast cancer.
- Cancer Therapy: The
Independent Consumer's Guide To Non-Toxic Treatment & Prevention by Ralph W.
Moss, Ph.D.
Symptoms of vitamin D toxicity include anorexia, disorientation, dehydration, fatigue,
weight loss, weakness, and vomiting. New analogues of vitamin D3 allow cancer victims to
take high doses of the vitamin without fear of elevating calcium in the blood to dangerous
levels. These new forms of vitamin D have very high potency in controlling cell
proliferation and differentiation. One of these, calci-potriol, can be used topically to
treat psoriasis and inhibit the growth of metastatic breast cancer in patients with whose tumors have vitamin D receptors.
- Permanent
Remissions by Robert Hass, M.S.
In an investigation into the relationship of breast density as measured by mammography to
serum-vitamin D levels, it was found that there was a strong inverse correlation; the
higher the density, the lower the vitamin D levels. Does the blood level of vitamin D at
the time of diagnosis of breast cancer make a difference in a woman's time of survival?
Yes, it does.
- The
Clinician's Handbook of Natural Healing by Gary Null, Ph.D.
Although not part of the study, outdoor exercise where you are getting some (but not too
much) sun exposure also raises vitamin D levels. Low levels of vitamin D have been
associated with a greater risk of cancer. Relaxation techniques such as writing,
meditation, yoga, or massage therapy can aid in battling breast cancer. There is a clear
link between alcohol consumption and an increased risk of breast cancer. A study reported
in The New England journal of Medicine has stated that consuming as few as three alcoholic
drinks a week increases the potential for breast cancer by 50 percent.
- Prescription
for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies
Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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