The doctor explained which vitamin deficiency threatens cancer – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

There is a widespread belief that vitamin D in sufficient quantities is required only for children to prevent rickets and for the elderly to reduce the risk of osteoporosis. And this is another delusion. In fact, vitamin D is a prohormone that promotes the production of hormones in the body. Therefore, against the background of a vitamin deficiency, quite serious diseases can develop, explained the doctor of the highest category of the Endocrinological Research Center, endocrinologist, nutritionist, candidate of medical sciences Fatima Dzgoeva.

According to the specialist, according to recent studies, insufficient vitamin D levels are associated with an increased risk of developing several types of cancer. For example, prostate, breast, intestines. Also, vitamin deficiency has a bad effect on the cardiovascular and nervous systems.

The easiest way to understand if you have a vitamin D deficiency is a blood test to determine the level of 25 (OH D3). aif.ru.

Among the symptoms of vitamin deficiency, doctors distinguish nervousness, irritability, discomfort in muscles and bones, sleep problems, chronic fatigue, imbalance, increased head sweating and even hair loss.

The endocrinologist warned that you need to take vitamin D only after analysis and consultation with a doctor.

– If you take this useful substance as you have to, there will be more harm than good, – said the candidate of medical sciences.

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