Just a minute: Vitamin D 🍄🐟🌞
• What? Vitamin D
• Why? Bones, Brain, 🡳Cancer, Immune, Cardiovascular, and Blood Sugar
• Which? D3⮞D2
• How Much? ≥ 600IU/day
• Where? Sun, Mushrooms, Fatty Fish, Eggs, and Liver
FYI- 70-90% of US adults are vitamin D deficient. The prevalence increases as you move higher North, with increasing pigmented skin, and with lower exposure to sunshine.
The Endocrine Society recommends a daily intake for vitamin D-3 of 1500-2000 IU daily for adults to optimize the health benefits.
Sunscreen blocks the penetration of sun rays through skin that allow you to make your own vitamin D. So twice weekly, get your 10 minutes of sun to uncovered skin (up to 30 minutes if darkly pigmented), and then apply sunscreen. However, this natural production is only really possible from late Spring until early Autumn. This means that it is critical to take a supplement through Winter.
Indeed, winter blues or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is attributed to vitamin D deficiency. So, pump up your D!
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