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According to Canadian researchers, women who spend just three hours a day in sunlight cut their risk of breast cancer by nearly 50 percent.

The cohort study found regular exposure to sunlight stimulates the production of vitamin D that slashes the chances of developing the malignancy significantly.

There happens to be an acute Vitamin D deficiency among breastfeeding babies as well as their mothers, the study claims.

“Vitamin D deficiency among infants and mothers in both summers and winters can be attributed to decreased cutaneous synthesis of Vitamin D due to higher skin pigmentation in India.

The latest study that adds to the exiting benefits of Vitamin D proposes that the vitamin can help in activation of T-cells in the body that fight infections and save from many contagious diseases.

Dr Carsten Geisler and his colleagues from the Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Copenhagen initiated the present study that examined the role played by Vitamin D in activating the immune defenses.