Vitamin D Reduces Endometrial Cancer Risk in Obese Women

Obese women can reduce their increased risk of endometrial disease if they take vitamin D supplements, a new animal study has revealed. Researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre said that 25 percent of obese mice fed a vitamin D supplemented diet developed endometrial cancer, while 67 percent of obese mice not treated with the vitamin developed cancer. They also said that vitamin D offered no protective effects for normal weight mice; whether or ...