Besides boosting your bone health, taking vitamin D with your calcium could give you another big benefit: protection from cancer.
It's true. This powerful pair may help reduce the risk of five different kinds of cancer, according to a recent study.
Cancer D-fense
Healthy postmenopausal women taking vitamin D daily with their calcium over 4 years had fewer breast, colon, lung, lymph/leukemia, and uterine cancers than women taking calcium alone. How the vitamin might defend against cancer still needs to be determined, but researchers know that certain genes and cells need adequate D to do their jobs flawlessly.
Supplementing Sunshine
Since the winter months tend to be short on sunlight, taking a supplement and getting more vitamin D in your diet can help protect you from shortages of the sunshine vitamin. In addition to a supplement, you can also get a boost from salmon and other fatty fish, fortified cereal, and dairy products. Find more food sources with this online tool.
Calcium and vitamin D are absorbed best when taken in smaller amounts -- some in the a.m., some at night. So use a pill splitter, or buy 600 mg calcium + 200 IU vitamin D tablets -- half the recommended daily amount -- and take two a day.
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