County with 20 pcnt higher breast cancer rate has 2X more modified vitamin D receptor

Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer Risk in a High-Incidence Population: A Pilot Study

Marin County, Caifornia

Article at SFGate which has > 80 comments

• vitamin D receptor = a protein molecule that signals the cell to activate vitamin D

• It did not matter how long the women lived in the county.

• A larger study is now underway CLICK HERE for details

Among the comments

• Maybe affluent white men tend to marry white blonde women with larger boobs, thus paler skin and problem with "vitamin D" ?
  • and maybe these women also have the VDR gene modification

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