Can Safe Sun Exposure Actually Help Prevent Cancer?

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Safe sun exposure, defined as approximately 15 minutes a few times a week without sunscreen, is supported by scientists as beneficial for health, particularly in preventing cancer. Dr. Edward Giovannucci, a Harvard University professor, presented research at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting indicating that vitamin D may prevent 30 deaths for every one caused by skin cancer. This perspective challenges the conventional view on sun exposure and highlights the potential health benefits of vitamin D supplementation.

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...No one is suggesting that people fry on a beach. But many scientists believe that "safe sun" - 15 minutes or so a few times a week without sunscreen - is not only possible but helpful to health.

One is Dr. Edward Giovannucci, a Harvard University professor of medicine and nutrition who laid out his case in a keynote lecture at a recent American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Anaheim, Calif.

His research suggests that vitamin D might help prevent 30 deaths for each one caused by skin cancer. [continued]
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050521/D8A7MPFG0.html
 
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I don't remember what I was watching.. but I think it was a show on discovery. The man claimed to cure his cancer by taking higher than normal doses of vitamin D..
 

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