Preventing Cancer Prevention

This is the fourth of an eight part series exploring Ontario’s decision to stop OHIP/Medicare funding for vitamin D tests.

“No other method to prevent cancer has been identified that has such a powerful impact.” Dr. Cedric Garland, Vitamin D expert

The relationship between the presence of cancer and low levels of vitamin D is now a well-established fact. I am not going to quote the thousands of studies proving a direct connection between vitamin D deficiency and cancer incidence or the fact that the higher the blood levels of vitamin D, the less likely the spread of cancer, especially of the breast, prostate and bowel. Regardless, please pay $51.70 for that vitamin D blood level in Ontario. The name of this game is “Let’s prevent Cancer prevention.” What we really need to do, as the government is now telling us, is just spend a few billion dollars blasting those cancer cells with radiation and chemotherapy instead. By the way, if you have bone cancer, vitamin D testing will still not be covered, unless you also develop osteoporosis.