{"id":51333,"date":"2021-02-24T14:33:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T14:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/?p=51333"},"modified":"2021-02-24T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T14:33:12","slug":"genetic-variants-for-skin-color-in-african-americans-linked-to-vitamin-d-deficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2021\/02\/genetic-variants-for-skin-color-in-african-americans-linked-to-vitamin-d-deficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Genetic Variants For Skin Color In African Americans Linked To Vitamin D Deficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cOne day, physicians may be able to look at an African American’s skin color, and, with the help of other determinants, know if prescribing vitamin D supplements would lower that person’s risk of getting cancers of the prostate, colon, rectum, or breast.\u201d [Source: <\/em>Medicalexpress.com<\/em><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”51322″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_rounded” css=”.vc_custom_1614177149408{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1591883486142{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1591886370173{margin-bottom: 16px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #868686 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #868686 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #868686 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #868686 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In the United States, African Americans bear a disproportionate share of the cancer burden, having the highest death rate and lowest survival rate<\/a> of any racial or ethnic group for most cancers.<\/p>\n Significantly, therefore, vitamin D insufficiency<\/a> is more prevalent among African Americans than other Americans. In North America, most young, healthy African Americans do not achieve optimal vitamin D levels at any time of year. This is primarily due to the fact that pigmentation reduces vitamin D production in the skin.<\/p>\n Many studies have found a protective relationship<\/a> between sufficient vitamin D status and a lower risk of cancer. Evidence suggests that efforts to improve vitamin D status via supplementation could therefore help reduce cancer incidence and mortality.<\/p>\n To learn how science-based micronutrient approaches developed at the Dr. Rath Research Institute<\/a> have been shown to block all key mechanisms that make cancer a deadly disease, read the groundbreaking book authored by Dr. Rath and Dr. Aleksandra Niedzwiecki, \u2018Victory Over Cancer<\/a>\u2019.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One day, physicians may be able to look at an African American’s skin color, and, with the help of other determinants, know if prescribing vitamin D supplements would lower that person’s risk of getting cancers of the prostate, colon, rectum, or breast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[134],"yoast_head":"\nComment<\/em><\/h3>\n