Maori and Pacific children also have, on average, lower vitamin D levels than European children. We begin this chapter by considering recent New Zealand debates about risks for both skin cancer and vitamin D deficiency. We then highlight some lack of clarity over whether it is "race," ...
Vitamin D is known as “the sunshine vitamin” because when your skin is exposed to the sun, your body manufactures vitamin D. However, concerns about too much sun exposure leading to skin cancer has resulted in medical recommendations for wearing sunscreen as protection. This warranted recommendat...
Carole Baggerly had her own experience with breast cancer. She then started to research the reason why. Her discovery; scientists have expressed the understanding that breast cancer is a deficiency disease. That is over her life time, her intake of vitamin D was not adequate. She was so upse...
Care guide for Vitamin D Deficiency. Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.
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A vitamin D deficiency means you don't have enough of this vitamin in your body. You need vitamin D to grow and maintain your bones. You could be at risk for deficiency if you don't get enough sunlight on your skin, you have a disorder that reduces your body's ability to absorb it...
Causes of vitamin D deficiency Thedaily intake of vitamin D a person needsin order for their body to function optimallydepends on factors such as age, weight, skin color, and their overall health.People whose bodies require a greater intake of vitamin D are at greater risk of experiencing vit...
Vitamin D and VDD Audio Player 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Vitamin D regulates your protective immune system. Vitamin D Deficiency, called VDD, weakens your immune system. VDD + Breast Cancer Audio Player ...
This is particularly important given that Black men are at a higher risk for both vitamin D deficiency and developing aggressive, lethal prostate cancer, presenting a double disparity. The disparity in prostate cancer and vitamin D extends to Black men outside the US, but most of the studies ...
Fig. 2. Vitamin D and the tumorigenesis process. Malignant tumors develop in a stepwise accumulation of cellular properties, referred as hallmarks of cancer, often depending on lifestyle choices including vitamin D deficiency. On the molecular level tumorigenesis is based on changes of the genome an...