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Helen Leask – Vitamin D for All Over 50s to Prevent Cancer Deaths?

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It's behind a paywall, but this is all you need to know, although it doesn't say the amount they recommend. Or get some sun, but you don't need much, something like 10 to 20 minutes three times a week, stopping just as you start to go slightly pink. Vitamin D supplementation for older healthy adults has been much debated. Recent attention has been focused on its potential for reducing the risk for and severity of COVID-19, but there is an older argument, boosted by recent evidence, for taking vitamin D to reduce deaths from cancer.The recent data come from three meta-analyses published in 2019 that show a consistent and significant 13% reduction in cancer mortality with vitamin D.Medscape Helen Leask - Vitamin D for All Over 50s to Prevent Cancer Deaths?

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It's behind a paywall, but this is all you need to know, although it doesn't say the amount they recommend. Or get some sun, but you don't need much, something like 10 to 20 minutes three times a week, stopping just as you start to go slightly pink. 

Vitamin D supplementation for older healthy adults has been much debated. Recent attention has been focused on its potential for reducing the risk for and severity of COVID-19, but there is an older argument, boosted by recent evidence, for taking vitamin D to reduce deaths from cancer.

The recent data come from three meta-analyses published in 2019 that show a consistent and significant 13% reduction in cancer mortality with vitamin D.

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