Lack of vitamin D may explain excessive cancer deaths in black Americans

Lack of vitamin D may explain excessive cancer deaths in black Americans

By:  Marc Sorenson, Sunlight Institute–

It is a well-known fact that African Americans have an excess of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, etc. when compared to other races in the U.S. A new paper makes a compelling case that the excess of cancer deaths may be due to vitamin D deficiency, since it takes much more sun exposure in blacks, compared to whites, to produce optimal vitamin D levels.

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