Staying on top of your health and preventing diseases like cancer requires your body to be nourished with vital nutrients.  Check out the latest research on Vitamin D!

When researchers at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska decided to give 1,200 healthy post-menopausal women either a placebo or calcium (1,500mg) plus vitamin D (1,000 IU) every day, they wanted to know if these two nutrients would prevent bone fractures.

Instead they found that the women who were given both vitamin D and calcium were 77 per cent less likely to be diagnosed with cancer (mostly of the breast) over the next four years. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 85:1586, 2007)

The same was found for the link between vitamin D and colorectal cancer.  For example, in a study of 535 male health professionals and female nurses, those with high blood levels of vitamin D were only half as likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer as those with low levels. (J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 99:1120, 2007)

A 2009 study of people from states with low sun exposure (in this study, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) again high blood vitamin D levels were linked with a higher risk of pancreatic cancer. (Caner Res. 69:1439, 2009)

I have been saying this for years, vitamin D is one of the most important vitamins to make sure you are getting.  Most research recommends at least 1000mg per day. 

Hear are the best sources of vitamin D:

Wild Salmon (170 g)   1,680IU

Trout  (170 g)  660 IU

Sockeye Salmon canned (1/4 cup) 480 IU

Multivitamin, most brands 400 IU

Cod   (170 g) 180 IU

Tuna, canned (1/4 cup) 130 IU (watch your mercury intake)

Milk (1 cup) 90 IU

Yoplait Source yogurt (100g) 30 IU

Egg  (1 large) 20 IU