Forget The Vitamin D Supplement -- Eat Eggs From Happy Chickens...

A new study gives Vitamin D a grade of A+ for prolonging life after colon cancer. Patients diagnosed with colon cancer who had abundant vitamin D in their blood were less likely to die during a follow-up period than those who were deficient in the vitamin, according to a new study by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

The findings of the study -- the first to examine the effect of vitamin D among colorectal cancer patients -- merit further research, but it is too early to recommend supplements as a part of treatment, say the investigators from Dana-Farber and the Harvard School of Public Health.

In a report in the June 20 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the authors note that previous research has shown that higher levels of vitamin D reduce the risk of developing colon and rectal cancer by about 50 percent, but the effect on outcomes wasn't known. To examine this question, the investigators, led by Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH, and Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, of Dana-Farber, analyzed data from two long-running epidemiologic studies whose participants gave blood samples and whose health has been monitored for many years. Source and full report.

This is great news but how do we get more Vitamin D? Sun? Supplements? Both excess sun exposure and vitamins have been under the radar for some time, they are not always the best thing for health.

I recently learned about a food that has vitamin D and as a bonus it is an excellent source of Omega-3 Fatty Acid oils! What is it? The egg... Not just any egg offers these health promoting vitamins and oils. It must be eggs from happy chickens.
I'd like to pass it over to Dr. Heidi Dulay now. I was surprised and so happy to hear all Dr. Heidi says about the little egg. Who knew?

What do you think about eggs now?

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