Should part of the 'Walk for the cure be out in the sun?

[Guest guest]

" Exposure to sunlight may decrease risk of advanced breast cancer by

half "

http://www.sciencecodex.com/exposure_to_sunlight_may_decrease_risk_of

....

 

" 'A research team from the Northern California Cancer Center, the

University of Southern California, and Wake Forest University School

of Medicine has found that increased exposure to sunlight - which

increases levels of vitamin D in the body -- may decrease the risk

of

advanced breast cancer.

 

 

In a study reported online this week in the American Journal of

Epidemiology, the researchers found that women with high sun

exposure

had half the risk of developing advanced breast cancer, which is

cancer that has spread beyond the breast, compared to women with low

sun exposure. These findings were observed only for women with

naturally light skin color. The study defined high sun exposure as

having dark skin on the forehead, an area that is usually exposed to

sunlight. " ........

 

 

..... " We believe that sunlight helps to reduce women's risk of breast

cancer because the body manufactures the active form of vitamin D

from

exposure to sunlight, " said Esther John, Ph.D., lead researcher on

the

study from the Northern California Cancer Center. " It is possible

that

these effects were observed only among light- skinned women because

sun exposure produces less vitamin D among women with naturally

darker

pigmentation. " .....

 

 

...... " Since many risk factors for breast cancer are not modifiable,

our finding that a modifiable factor, vitamin D, may reduce risk is

important, " said Sue Ingles, Ph.D., a co-researcher from University

of

Southern California Keck School of Medicine.'

 

 

Thanks Vince