Presentations
Vitamin D Prevents Cancer and Other Diseases--Is It TRUE?
Dear Health Advocates:
Have you been reading the press about vitamin D? A recent story from Canada was that there was a 94% greater probability of cancer recurrence in women with low vitamin D levels. Does vitamin D really prevent cancer? Other diseases? Can it be used to treat disease? What's the evidence? What do I need to do? Is it safe?
This presentation will address what we really know, what we don't, what current research is going on and what needs to be done. The focus is especially on what individuals can do safely TODAY to help prevent cancer (and other diseases such as type 1 diabetes, hypertension and falls).
The presentation will be delivered by Carole Baggerly, director of GrassrootsHealth, a vitamin D Public Health Education organization.
Carole has toured the US and Canada visiting with the majority of the key vitamin D researchers to find out what the message ought to be to resolve the deficiency epidemic. One of the first things that she was able to do was to help put together a 'consensus' statement from the researchers that could be used as a basis for a public health recommendation. This document, the 'Scientists' Call to Action', will be reviewed during the presentation.
Target Audience
The target audience for this activity includes all people interested in cancer prevention and overall disease prevention!
Objectives
At the end of the session, the participants should be able to
- Specify the recommended serum level for disease prevention based on the research presented and specify the current recommended daily intake of vitamin D based on the Scientists' Call to Action.
- Quantify potential benefits of solving the vitamin D deficiency.
- Identify and quantify any risk categories for vitamin D treatment.
- Idenfity key research sets of information that can be used to help make decisions today.
- Identify some key research topics that need to be addressed.
- TAKE ACTION!