Do you know that Vitamin D can help in Preventing Breast Cancer? Are you getting enough vitamin D, aka the “sunshine” vitamin? Among other risks, not having enough of this protective vitamin could put you at higher risk for developing breast cancer. Additionally, research links higher levels of the micro-nutrient with better outcomes if you have breast cancer.

Holly Pederson, MD, Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Breast Services an America Base Hospital, explains why vitamin D is so important and shares her best advice on how much is enough and how to make sure you’re getting it.

What does research say about vitamin D?
“Vitamin D is an important co-factor in a lot of processes in your body,” Dr. Pederson says. “But most people aren’t getting enough.”

Research links low vitamin D levels to a range of health problems, including:

Sleep disruption.
Diabetes.
High blood pressure.
Muscle weakness.
Accidents and falls.
Multiple sclerosis.
Research also suggests that having low vitamin D levels may increase your chances of getting certain types of cancer, including breast cancer. According to the study, those with the highest levels of vitamin D in their blood had a 45 percent decrease in breast cancer risk compared with women with the lowest levels of vitamin D in their blood.

Another study strongly associates higher vitamin D levels at diagnosis with better survival rates among women with breast cancer.

But it’s important to note that variants in your vitamin D receptor gene (that governs how your cells absorb the vitamin) may influence vitamin D’s ability to prevent cancer or make cancer less severe if it occurs, regardless of the level in your blood, Dr. Pederson says.

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