In search of this, scientists, in the 1950s, studied weather conditions and health data in warmer regions of the world to establish that more sunshine gives a richer supply of vitamin D which was the basis given for the lowest death rates from colon cancers in those regions. Many studies since then have established the existence of a positive connection between vitamin D and calcium and the prevention of cancer, right from prostrate cancer to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This is predominantly true in cases of breast cancers.
Just recently there have been a couple of studies published with evidence about how calcium and vitamin D prevent cancer. Scientists and researchers at Harvard University set-up tests with women who had not gone through menopause, it showed woman with elevated levels of vitamin D and calcium have a lesser possibility of developing breast cancer than women with lesser levels of these minerals. When Harvard researchers began the second study they came to the same conclusion, and established that vitamin D and calcium products help with the reduction of different kinds of cancer. It is with these studies being carried out that we now have understanding and evidence to grasp the benefits of calcium and vitamin D in regards to preventing cancer.
Otto Warburg, who won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Medicine, came up with the assumption that cancer is caused by shortage of oxygen in the body. An alkaline level of pH 7.4 in the blood stream must be kept to help retain the bodies free oxygen supply. To preserve the alkaline in the body you should intake a recommended quantity of minerals in your daily diet, if you don’t consume enough minerals this can lead to diabetes, arthritis and other serious diseases because of body fluids turning from alkaline to acid as they aren’t getting enough oxygen.
Amy is a freelance journalist writing about Lycopene for Goldshield, who sell a range of health supplements and products.