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Ideal level of vitamin D is 40 to 60 ng/ml year-round. Based on mounting research, 40 ng/ml appears to be the “magic” number at which a whole host of health benefits are reaped.

Deficiency of Vit D has been linked to a variety of illnesses, including heart disease, stroke, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, Type 1 Type 2 diabetes,Rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, infectious diseases, and several deadly cancers.

Ideal level of vitamin D is 40 to 60 ng/ml year-round. Based on mounting research, 40 ng/ml appears to be the “magic” number at which a whole host of health benefits are reaped.

Deficiency of Vit D has been linked to a variety of illnesses, including heart disease, stroke, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, Type 1 Type 2 diabetes,Rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, infectious diseases, and several deadly cancers.

This includes cancers of the breast, colon, prostate, ovaries, esophagus, lymphatic system, and even melanoma.

Vitamin D Lowers Overall Mortality Risk
It’s no surprise then that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports an association between vitamin D and overall mortality risk. In one 54-month long study involving more than 422,800 healthy adults, those who were most deficient in vitamin D had an 88 percent increased risk of death from any cause.

By adhering to sensible sun exposure guidelines and making sure you do not get burned, you can maximize your benefits and minimize the risks of skin damage that could lead to skin cancer. On the whole, overexposure, not avoiding all sun exposure, is the real problem when it comes to raising your risk for skin cancer.

Higher Vitamin D means Lower Cancer Risk
Previous research found that a vitamin D level of 50 ng/ml was associated with a 50 percent lower risk of breast cancer. Breast cancer patients with an average vitamin D level of 30 ng/ml were also twice as likely to survive compared to women with low levels (average 17 ng/ml).

Most recently, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that raising your serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) to 40 ng/ml can slash your risk of all invasive cancers by 67 percent.

Improving Vitamin D Status is a Key Cancer Prevention Tool
By pooling data from two previous studies — one randomized trial and one cohort study, the former of which showed a 77 percent lower cancer risk for women with a vitamin D level of 40 ng/ml compared to a baseline of 28 ng/ml they were able to get a much larger sample size with a broader range of vitamin D levels.

This allowed them to more accurately determine the ideal vitamin D level for cancer prevention. The study included ALL invasive cancers, with the exception of skin cancer, and had a follow-up period of nearly four years.

As reported by Science Daily

“In the Lappe trial cohort, the median blood serum level of 25(OH)D was 30 nanograms per milliliter. In the GrassrootsHealth prospective cohort, it was higher: 48 ng/ml.

The researchers found that the age-adjusted cancer incidence was 1,020 cases per 100,000 person-years in the Lappe cohort and 722 per 100,000 person-years in the GrassrootsHealth cohort.

Cancer incidence declined with increased 25(OH)D. Women with 25(OH)D concentrations of 40 ng/ml or greater had a 67 percent lower risk of cancer than women with levels of 20 ng/ml or less...

Primary prevention of cancer, rather than expanding early detection or improving treatment, will be essential to reversing the current upward trend of cancer incidence worldwide,” the researchers wrote. “This analysis suggests that improving vitamin D status is a key prevention tool.“