Best Cancer Vitamin, Vitamin D Miracle For Melanoma & Bowel Cancer

What is the best cancer vitamin?  Well, vitamin D has been identified as a bit of a miracle of melanoma and bowel cancer.  If you want to know the evidence, please read on!

Vitamin D is starting to get a reputation. Many people are considering this as a miracle vitamin.

Research has looked into how levels of vitamin D, taken from either or both sunlight or oily fish sources, effect cancer patients and their treatment.

It is good to have a little sun and a lot of fish in the context of a healthy mediterranean diet and now there is some evidence that focus on this.

This is good news for sufferers of malignant melanoma (skin cancer) and bowel cancer!

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This article focuses on research, the effects of vitamin D and how vitamin D sources can reduce the risks of cancer.

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Vitamin D, the sunshine and oily fish vitamin, has been cited to extend the lives and survival of patients with melanoma and bowel cancer. It is wonderful to be able to write some good news about cancer and it seems that a little sun and a lot of fish can do more for you than first thought. However, you must still remember the risks associated with unprotected sun to the skin. These risks are still valid. What are the risks with UV and skin cancer from the sunlight? Click references for more information.

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Professor Julia Newton-Bishop and her team from the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James's University Hospital, Leeds set out to test their hypothesis that higher levels of vitamin D reduce risks of the return of melanoma. They analysed 872 patients who were diagnosed with melanoma and watched how they progressed through their treatment. The patients who had higher levels of vitamin D were less likely to have the disease reoccur. Those that had low levels were more likely to have a re-occurrence of melanoma. This is very good news for those who enjoy a Mediterranean diet, high in oily fish! Scroll at the bottom of the article for source (reference 1).

I have included an information picture on melanoma for you to look at. This is to help people identify and learn as to what to look out for with this disease. It is important to seek medical advice as soon as possible should you show signs of this form of skin cancer. I have included a link from the NHS website on 'Symptoms of Malignant Melanoma' for you to click on. Scroll at the bottom of the article for source (reference 2). In the meantime, please take a look at the following picture so as you can keep this within your subconscious for retrieval should you need it. It isn't pleasant, but is necessary.

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So what about people who develop bowel cancer? What are the implications for them? The Dana Faber Cancer Institute, based in the U.S.A., took 1,017 patients diagnosed with bowel cancer and asked them to complete a questionnaire on sun exposure, diet and supplements. Although, the aim of the study was not specific to vitamin D, they found a link here too. From this information, the Researchers managed to ascertain vitamin D levels in their blood by the patient’s responses. Again, they found that those with higher levels of this vitamin D were less likely to die from bowel cancer than those with lower levels. As a result of this study, it has now instigated further research. Scroll at the bottom of the article for source (reference 3).

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These investigations are very encouraging and provide hope to many of us as an addition to treatment. However, before people embark on additional sun, vitamin D supplements and an excessive intake of oily fish, it is worth noting that too much of this vitamin can cause you harm. Take vitamin D in moderation. I have provided a link for you to click on as regards to recommended intake levels of vitamin D. Scroll at the bottom of the article for source (reference 4)

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As with anything that you are unsure about, it is always best to check with a health care professional, specialist in the field for which is appropriate to your needs. For example, if you have been diagnosed with bowel cancer or melanoma, speak to your oncologist for more information.

All supplements and medication has to be assessed so as it doesn’t conflict with treatment. Extra vitamin D in any format should be questioned for your well-being. Vitamin D taken in excess, for example, can increase calcium levels in the blood. This can result in nausea, thirst, excessive urination, vomiting, dizziness and headaches. Scroll at the bottom of the article for source (reference 5) then further scroll down to ‘Are There Any Side-Effects From Vitamin D Supplements?’

Although a blood test can identify whether there are excessive calcium levels in the blood, it is better to consult a Doctor and check first than result in problems based on a couple of research articles.

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However it is, initially, looking good for vitamin D, bowel cancer and melanoma. As I have suspected a good healthy Mediterranean diet seems to be the most appropriate diet to keep us fit. I have always believed in moderation in everything, including sunlight, and it seems fitting that sources of vitamin D can be so good for us.

Shazwellyn Copyrighted

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