{"id":50040,"date":"2024-05-18T06:25:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=50040"},"modified":"2024-05-18T06:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:25:38","slug":"more-evidence-showing-vitamin-d-combats-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=50040","title":{"rendered":"More Evidence Showing Vitamin D Combats Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Evidence continues to accumulate showing that vitamin D is a strong ally to combat cancer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Low vitamin D levels are linked to an increased risk of cancers, while vitamin D can attach to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in your cells, setting off a series of signals that may affect how they grow, develop and survive<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Although increasing vitamin D levels may help to reduce cancer deaths, health officials rarely recommend optimizing levels for this purpose<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Vitamin D targets cancer in multiple ways, including anticancer, antimetastatic and anti-tumorigenic effects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">The best way to optimize your vitamin D level is via regular sun exposure, which enhances production of melatonin \u2014 a potent anticancer agent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/05\/01\/vitamin-d-cancer-mortality.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/05\/01\/vitamin-d-cancer-mortality.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidence continues to accumulate showing that vitamin D is a strong ally to combat cancer Low vitamin D levels are linked to an increased risk of cancers, while vitamin D can attach to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in your cells, setting off a series of signals that may affect how they grow, develop and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=50040\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More Evidence Showing Vitamin D Combats Cancer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50041,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50040\/revisions\/50041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}