{"id":964,"date":"2021-12-11T11:17:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activeagingcanada.ca\/blog\/?p=964"},"modified":"2021-12-11T11:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T15:25:31","slug":"vitamin-d-bone-health-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activeagingcanada.ca\/blog\/healthy-eating\/vitamin-d-bone-health-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D: Bone health and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For decades, we have known that vitamin D builds stronger bones by helping your body absorb calcium. Recent research suggests that vitamin D may also decrease your risk for breast, prostate, and colon cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBesides helping to prevent osteoporosis, there is strong evidence from the last five to 10 years that maintaining your levels of vitamin D actually helps to reduce cancer,\u201d says Heather Chappell from the Canadian Cancer Society.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still don\u2019t know what the optimal vitamin D levels are or how it works to prevent cancer, but the relationship is there,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Vitamin D is often called the \u201csunshine vitamin\u201d because under the right conditions in the sun, the skin can produce its own vitamin D. However, during the winter, people in Canada produce very little vitamin D. The sunlight is too weak and we need to wear a lot of clothing.<\/p>\n

Even in the summer, people may not get enough vitamin D:<\/p>\n