--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Film in China
War on Poverty
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar
Telephone and
Postal Codes


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

Sun May Shut Door to Cancer

Sun is good for the health for it can provide people with Vitamin D and reduce the chance of developing cancer, according to a new research.

 

Animal and epidemiological studies are suggesting that sufficient vitamin D, nicknamed the "sunshine vitamin" because the skin makes it from ultraviolet rays, may prevent or even treat many cancers such as lymphoma, colon, prostate, skin, and lung cancer.

 

"I would challenge anyone to find an area or nutrient or any factor that has such consistent anti-cancer benefits as vitamin D. The data are really quite remarkable." said Edward Giovannucci Edward Giovannucci, a Harvard University professor of medicine and nutrition who laid out his case recently at a major cancer research meeting.

 

The question, Allan Halpern, dermatology chief at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York said, is a lack of consensus on how much vitamin D is needed or the best way to get it.

 

Even if sunshine were to be recommended, the amount needed would depend on the season, time of day, where a person lives, skin color and other factors, he said.

 

(Xinhua News Agency/Agencies May 24, 2005)

Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688