North American’s widest-read natural health expert says vitamin D from regular sun exposure is the number one advancement in anti-cancer research that needs to be accepted by the entire medical community.

Dr. Joseph Mercola, in his regular newsletter on www.Mercola.com, slams conventional medicine for focusing only on pharmaceutical treatments for cancer and not on things that can be done to lower one’s risk of ever contracting the disease. Optimizing vitamin D levels is at the top of his list.

“If the notion that sun exposure actually prevents cancer is still new to you, I highly recommend you watch my one-hour vitamin D lecture to clear up any confusion. It’s important to understand that the risk of skin cancer from the sun comes only from excessive exposure,” Mercola writes in an article titled, “The Root Cause of Cancer Almost Universally Ignored By Doctors.”

“There’s overwhelming evidence pointing to the fact that vitamin D deficiency plays a crucial role in cancer development. Researchers within this field have estimated that about 30 percent of cancer deaths — which amounts to 2 million worldwide and 200,000 in the United States — could be prevented each year simply by optimizing the vitamin D levels in the general population.”

To read Dr. Mercola’s newsletter click here.