Age, Vitamin D, Obesity and Cancer

A new study at Newcastle Univ.

English: Colorectal cancer, gross appearance of an opened colectomy specimen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

shows that age does increase epigenetic methylation associated with bowl cancer. Vitamin D seems to decrease these markers but obesity increases them. We can do much about aging but we can eat well and remain trim. It’s your life, how will you live it?

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