Yet another study has connected higher levels of the sunshine vitamin with a reduced risk of breast, colon and lung cancers as well as lymphoma. Published this month in Cancer Causes and Control, the study was conducted by Institute of Population-based Cancer Research in Oslo, Norway.

“Patients with their serum vitamin D (25-OHD) in the highest quartile were 64 percent less likely to die from cancer, compared to those with their serum vitamin D levels in the lowest quartile,” FoodConsumer.org reported on its web site. “After adjustment for gender, age at diagnosis, and season of blood sampling, patients with 25-OHD levels below 46 nmol/L at diagnosis were at higher risk for shorter survival, compared to those who had a higher vitamin D level.”

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