De zon tegen en ter bestrijding van kanker.*
Onder invloed van de zon wordt in het lichaam vitamine D aangemaakt blijkt voldoende vitamine D in het lichaam het immuunsysteem te bevorderen, te beschermen tegen allerlei ziektes en zeker ook kanker. Uit verschillende studies is al duidelijk geworden dat voldoende zon de mens beschermt tegen borst, darm en prostaatkanker. Uit recentelijk onderzoek is gebleken dat voldoende vitamine D een wel 50% lagere kans op diverse soorten kanker geeft. Er gebeurt nu allerlei laboratoriumonderzoek hoe vitamine D het immuunsysteem activeert en de groei van kankercellen beïnvloedt.
Sunshine
Vitamin For Prostate Cancer
Relaxing
in the bright sunshine on a warm autumn day does more than lift your spirits; it
also stimulates your body to produce huge amounts of vitamin D. Often called the
“sunshine vitamin,” vitamin D is not really a vitamin at all, but rather a
versatile hormone produced by the body in response to sunlight.
When a person is exposed to the sun, a cascade of chemical reactions begins in
the skin and converts vitamin D produced in the skin into the active form of
vitamin D through further modification in the liver and kidneys. Researchers
have known for a long time that vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium to build
strong bones and teeth. Vitamin D also helps to strengthen the immune system and
seems to protect against some types of cancers and as well as other diseases.
Scientists and researchers worldwide are working to understand and capitalize on
the process to prevent and/or treat as many as 17 types of cancer.
Evidence of vitamin D's protective effect against cancer is compelling. Regular
sun exposure is associated with lower mortality rates from certain kinds of
cancers. Some studies indicate that vitamin D may help prevent cancer of the
breast, colon, ovaries and prostate. A recent report indicated those individuals
with higher levels of vitamin D in the blood had as much as a 50% lower cancer
risk of many types for cancer.
Currently scientists at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, under the direction of
Donald Trump, MD, Associate Director, and Candace Johnson, PhD, Senior Vice
President for Translational Research are analyzing vitamin D in cancer
prevention and treatment. Their focus is on the most potent form of vitamin D -
calcitriol - which has many roles in how the body's immune system reacts to
challenges and how cancer cells grow.
In the laboratory, scientists are examining the molecular and vascular
mechanisms of vitamin D to help define how to make the vitamin more effective in
fighting disease. In the clinics, studies are trying to determine if linking
calcitriol with chemotherapy will be a new treatment option for patients
diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Dr. Trump has significant experience
with the clinical aspects of vitamin D in the treatment of solid tumors and has
performed more clinical trials in cancer with vitamin D than anyone else in the
world.
Elm & Carlton St.
Buffalo, NY 14263
United States
(Sept.
2006) (Opm. Gewoon wat lopen in de
zon is goed voor iedereen doch langdurig zonnebaden met weinig om het lijf
oftewel het braden in de zon is slecht voor iedereen en veroorzaakt een veel
grotere kans op kanker.)