It\'s Winter So Be Sure To Get Your Vitamin D

The dark cold days of winter not only seem to last forever, they can actually directly affect your health...both physically and mentally.

Since Vitamin D is created when our skin is exposed to sunshine as one form, the lack of sunshine in the winter months can cause a major deficiency. In fact most doctors who recommend Vitamin D share that winter cold and flu outbreaks are directly related to a Vitamin D deficiency.

There is growing evidence that links low Vitamin D levels to stroke, congestive heart failure and common heart disease risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes. In fact patients with Vitamin D levels below 15 ng/ml double their chances of heart attack or stroke within the next five years. Researchers strongly recommend screening for and treating low Vitamin D levels, most especially in patients who are at high risk for heart disease or diabetes, this according to an informative piece in the Vita Journal.

So during the long winter months it is especially vital to make sure you get enough Vitamin D in such foods as cold water fish and dark green vegetables, and don't forget to take a good quality Vitamin D supplement to insure you are getting enough in your daily diet.

Enjoy the season but be sure to get your Vitamin D in order to meet the challenges of your daily life.

 

Kim Buchanan
Helping YOU Reach Optimal Health
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530.383.3041

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Resource; VitaJournal article by Tammy Pon, M.D.