The Necessity of Vitamin D
Vitamin D is becoming the “It” vitamin. Not only for your teeth, but for prevention of heart disease and cancer as well as bone health. Studies in Austria and Germany have found that individuals who take at least 1,000 IU of vitamin D daily live longer than the subjects that did not. In addition, they found a 17 percent less likelihood for developing cancer, 29 percent less likelihood of dying from cancer and a 45 percent reduction in digestive tract cancers. It has also been found to help prevent type one and type two diabetes.
In 2009 the deficiency of vitamin D is widespread. It is not only spread across the U.S. but also across Asia, Europe and the rest of the world. Perhaps the word is slow about getting out to citizens about the values of vitamin D. It is also interesting to note that vitamin D is the only vitamin produced in the human body by exposure to sunlight. Our ancestors spent a lot more time exposed to the sun than we do and produced 20,000 IUs. Meanwhile, our deficiencies create the need to supplement in our diets despite the ready availability of sunlight.