BEVERLY HILLS, CA--(Marketwire - January 15, 2010) - What if there was one pill you could take
that could possibly help reduce your risk for 17 types of cancer, heart
disease, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, and childhood asthma -- and it
wasn't a prescription drug? It's a pill that some recent studies indicate
could lower the incidence of breast cancer by as much as 50 percent and
reduce our national cost of cancer treatment by $25 billion annually, while
costing consumers only pennies a day.
That pill exists, according to Dr. Soram Khalsa, a member of the medical
staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. It's Vitamin D, a
nutrient that has been common since the 1920s, and new data suggests it
could help stem the tide of many chronic conditions at a cost of under 10
cents a day.
Dr. Khalsa -- a board-certified internist, 30-year practitioner and pioneer
of integrative medicine and author of the book "The Vitamin D Revolution"
(
www.vitamindrevolution.com) -- believes that the U.S. recommended daily
allowance of Vitamin D is outdated and too low, based on the long standing
premise that Vitamin D only helps fight rickets.
"Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in conditions including cancer,
coronary artery disease and even chronic pain," Dr. Khalsa said. "Estimates
indicate Vitamin D deficiency in the U.S. alone costs consumers between
$40-$56 billion annually. Dozens of scientific studies have proclaimed that
the incidence of these illnesses is lower in people with higher levels of
Vitamin D in their systems, and is higher in those who lack it."
Some of the symptoms of low Vitamin D levels can include:
-- Muscular weakness
-- Feeling of heaviness in the legs
-- Chronic musculoskeletal pain
-- Fatigue
-- Frequent infections
-- Depression
"Because of the vast lack of access to basic healthcare, we have a massive
population of people who don't feel good, and don't know why," Dr. Khalsa
said. "By adding Vitamin D to their daily health regimen, consumers can
proactively mitigate certain risks and improve the quality of their daily
lives."
About Soram Khalsa, M.D.
Dr. Soram Khalsa, a board-certified internist on the medical staff at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, is a pioneer and 30-year veteran in the
practice of integrative medicine.
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