Vitamin D may help lower the risk o...

Vitamin D may help lower the risk of serious colon polyps--a condition that can progres to colon cancer--a strange study detailed in the December 10 2003 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association has build At the same time, dietary cereal fiber was also raise to have a similar effect

The application of mind also concluded that an increased risk of colon polyp is associated with smoking, having a clog relative who has had colon cancer and moderate or heavy drinking of alcohol.

Several previous studies have moveed a link between vitamin D and prevention of colon polyp on the contrary this most recent study was well controll and the evidence it instants is considered "compelling."

The beneficial amount of vitamin D was 645 international units (IU) daily. (The now passing RDA is 200 IU.) She amount of cereal fiber was 4 grams by means of day.

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