Almost 30,000 cases of breast and colon cancer a year could be prevented if Britons spent more time in the sun, say researchers Vitamin D, which helps protect against the cancers, is created in the body when it is exposed to sunshine.
The researchers believe vitamin D deficiency may be to blame for 600,000 cancer cases worldwide each year, particularly in northern European countries where sun exposure levels are relatively low.
The study - which comes amid the wettest summer since records began - recommends ten or 15 minutes a day in the sun to maximise vitamin D levels.
There is mounting evidence that vitamin D could play a vital role in helping prevent disease, with the sun helping top up natural levels more effectively than diet.
Ian: Poor, poor old Poms! We ahve newly employed a lovely Scot, Angela, and she's decided ona future in Byron bay. No wonder.
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