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I was pretty excited about vitamin D for cancer prevention. I though it might explain higher cancer prevalence further away from the equator. But then Mendelian
by Gatsky 6y ago
I was pretty excited about vitamin D for cancer prevention. I though it might explain higher cancer prevalence further away from the equator. But then Mendelian randomisation studies showed it made no difference. Having said that there was a large randomised trial (VITAL) with some trends towards reduced cancer burden. Only if BMI was normal however, which is highly salient of itself.
- manmal 6y agoVitamin D is a side effect of exposure to sunlight. Wouldn’t the more likely discerning factor be the irradiation with sunlight itself? There are thousands of papers on the positive effects of photobiomodulation (exposure to visible and near infrared photons): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZKl5Me4XwPj4YgJCBes3VSCJjiVO4XI0tIR0rbMBj08/edit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZKl5Me4XwPj4YgJCBes3...