David Douglas has recently written on the Reuters Health website about animal studies conducted by researchers at the ANZAC Research Institute in Concord, Australia.

Their research indicate that a deficiency in calcium, which accelerates the rate that calcium is absorbed back into the bone, promotes breast cancer tumor growth in bone. The results are published in the Cancer Research journal (October 7, 2007).

The studies’ lead researcher, Dr. Colin R. Dunstan, told Reuters Health that “calcium deficiency, due either to low calcium in the diet or to vitamin D deficiency, is very common in older women, who are also the population at highest risk of breast cancer and breast cancer bone metastases.”

To read the Reuters Health article about the studies, please click here.

Do you understand the nutrition labels on food products regarding the recommended daily input of vitamins and minerals?

Three studies (published in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing) by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee had consumers and doctors look at nutrition facts labels and decipher them.

The researchers concluded that food labels showing calcium as a percentage of daily intake confused consumers seeking to meet their recommended quotas. Both they and even some physicians had trouble interpreting the information so they know how much calcium is actually contained in food products.
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A recent study reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology has concluded that women with high sun exposure had only one
-half the risk of developing advanced breast cancer (ie. cancer spread beyond the breast) compared to those women with low sun exposure. These findings were for women with naturally light skin color. Continue Reading »

This week, ITV Ventures released the SolarCal D informercial. The infomercial is a full 30 minutes with SolarCal creator Roberet Barefoot being interviewed by ITV Venures Founder Donald Barrett.

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ITV Ventures™ recently released SolarCal-D™, with marine grade calcium, adding another natural supplement to the ITV line of excellent products designed to positively impact people.
With the proper balance of coral calcium, magnesium and Vitamin D, SolarCal-D™ offers you one of the best coral calcium supplement available in today’s market. Continue Reading »