Vitamin D - Immune System Health Benefits

Immune System:  Ailments

 Vitamin D may help to prevent Autoimmune Diseases:  ^[1]

 Vitamin D may help to prevent and suppress (systemic) Lupus Erythematosus.  ^[2]

 Vitamin D may help to prevent and suppress Polymyalgia Rheumatica. 

 Vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of Sjogren Syndrome.  ^[3]

 Vitamin D may help to prevent or treat Bacterial & Viral Diseases:  ^[4]

 Vitamin D may prolong lifespan in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients and may increase Helper T-Cells production in AIDS patients.  ^[5]

 Vitamin D may help to prevent the Common Cold.  ^[6]

 Vitamin D may kill the Hepatitis C Virus.  ^[7]

 Vitamin D may help to prevent Influenza.  ^[8]

 Vitamin D may increase resistance to Tuberculosis (by stimulating the activity of Macrophages which normally "fight" Tuberculosis).  High-dose Vitamin D may cure Tuberculosis.  ^[9]

 Vitamin D may be useful for the treatment of Myelodysplasia.  ^[10]

Immune System:  Cancer

 Vitamin D may help to prevent some forms of Cancer and is used for the treatment of some types of Cancer:  ^[11]

 Vitamin D (Vitamin D3 form) may stimulate the Apoptosis (programmed cell death) of some types of Cancer Cells (especially Breast Cancer Cells).

 Cancer - Breast may occur as a result of Vitamin D deficiency.  ^[12]

 Vitamin D may help to prevent and treat Cancer - Cervix.  ^[13]

 Cancer - Colon may occur as a result of Vitamin D deficiency (people with the lowest serum Vitamin D levels have four to five times greater risk of developing Colon Cancer compared to people with the highest serum Vitamin D levels).     

 Vitamin D may help to prevent Cancer - Endometrium.  ^[14]