2023-05-14 09:02:00
According to a meta-study, the risk of death in cancer patients can be reduced by taking a small dose of vitamin D every day. Taking it reduced the mortality of cancer patients by an average of twelve percent. In contrast, the analysis of studies with high single doses had shown no effect on cancer mortality.
Normally, the body should produce enough of the vitamin. Older people and cancer patients in particular often have a vitamin D deficiency, reports the German Cancer Research Center.
“According to the current study situation, vitamin D3 intake probably does not protect against developing cancer,” explains senior author Ben Schöttker from the German Cancer Research Center. For the meta-analysis, Schöttker and colleagues evaluated 14 clinical studies with a total of almost 105,000 cancer patients. The intake of vitamin D3 was examined in comparison to a placebo.
According to Schöttker and his team, the results of the study showed that cancer patients can benefit from vitamin D3 therapy. If vitamin D is taken in low doses daily, it can increase your chances of survival. The positive effect is greater if those affected are older than 70 or have previously suffered from a vitamin D deficiency.
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