Perusing one of my research digests, I thumbed through the "Top 10 Most Read Articles of September" by OncologySTAT and found the #1 article serendipitously sketching the preventive benefits of Vitamin D pertaining to breast, prostate and colon cancers. Researchers have concluded that raising the normal range of Vitamin D in the blood to a higher level would prevent 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colon cancer EACH YEAR.  As well, apparently, it would prevent 3/4 of deaths from these cancers in the U.S. and Canada (which seems like an optimistic number to me, but wow!). 

So, it seems our blood Vitamin D goals have been set too low for too long!  Of course, we've known this fact for quite some time now, but finally the research has caught up!  We're all looking for surefire ways to prevent cancer and Vitamin D is well-researched and considered very safe!  Get your levels checked this month!