Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.
Last week, we talked about vitamin D and its effects on your
health. This week we will explore the
effects vitamin D has on cancer and other illnesses.
We know from scientific research that UVB from the sun is
not constant wherever you are located.
It is influenced negatively by your latitude, the further north above 30°
you are, the less there is available.
The time of year is a huge factor.
In the continental US there is virtually none available from the sun
between September and April. Clouds,
pollution and altitude all decrease UVB availability.
Dr. John Cannell, founder of the Vitamin D Council,
hypothesizes that influenza (flu) is merely a symptom of D deficiency. A study of 19,000 Americans, by Dr. Adit
Ginde, finds that “our study supports an important role for vitamin D in the
prevention of common respiratory infections such as colds and flu. Individuals with common lung diseases, such
as emphysema or asthma, may be particularly susceptible to respiratory
infections from vitamin D deficiency.”
Knowing this information, why do you think we have a “flu
season”, as named by vaccine manufacturers?
That’s right, less sun, no supplementation, and low blood levels allow
your body to be susceptible to those diseases.
Keep your levels up and decrease your chances of these respiratory
infections, simple. No need for worthless
flu shots and pneumonia shots! By the
way, researchers have found that if you take 50,000 IU (yes 50,000) of vitamin
D per day for 3 days, at the first signs of a cold, you can expect to get over
the cold much more quickly! It works.
Now, every summer you are scolded by the cancer societies to
use your sunscreen and stay out of the sun to avoid the dreaded melanoma and
other skin cancers. Always remember, our
Creator didn’t make a foolish system.
Dermatologists will frighten you about the sun, but we are designed to
use it for our good health. As long as
you avoid constantly burning your skin, the sun is good for you.
Research from Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York,
shows most sunscreens do prevent simple skin cancers that are easily taken care
of, but do NOT protect against the deadly melanomas.
Based on the evidence, researchers concluded that sun burn
likely does not cause melanoma. Sunburn
is a sign of excessive sun exposure that can cause melanoma in genetically
susceptible people, due to their skin type (fair). Sunscreen, in those people, may actually
increase their cancer risk by causing them to spend excessive time in the
sun. That’s not what they tell you, is
it?
Vitamin D protects against cancer in several ways. One is by increasing the self-destruction of
mutated cells, reducing the spread and reproduction of cancer cells. Another is by reducing the growth of new
blood vessels from preexisting ones, called angiogenesis. Vitamin D inhibits
this step that causes dormant tumors to transition to cancerous tumors.
Studies show that 600,000 deaths from colorectal cancer and
breast cancer could be avoided worldwide by simply increasing vitamin D levels,
and that’s just 2 types of cancer. The
Canadian Cancer Society has taken these studies to heart, (unlike in the US
where the cancer societies are simply fingers of the drug companies and big
business). They have begun touting
vitamin D as a cancer preventive therapy.
Drug companies can’t make money on actual preventive therapies such as
this, so simple cancer prevention is never touted by them. In fact, they are behind the studies trying
to prove that you don’t need vitamins, and they don’t cure anything. Go figure!
Remember, your health is easier to maintain, then to get
back once it’s lost.