Vitamin D Deficiency

      As we fully jump into the fall I want to talk about something that a lot of Americans suffer from especially in the late fall and winter, vitamin D deficiency. Many people don’t think they have a deficiency because they eat foods fortified with vitamin D, but that is just not the case. Some symptoms of vitamin D deficiency are feeling blue, if you are over the age of 50 you are more susceptible, you’re overweight, aching bones, head sweating and if you have gastrointestinal problems.

The only true place to get vitamin D from is the sun. This is why I think in the late fall and winter more people find they are lacking vitamin D with the sun is not out as much.  Now that the sun is still out it’s the time to get outside and soak it in. Also though many foods don’t have a good source of vitamin D there are some foods with vitamin D in them, so you can eat them, especially in the winter.

Fish (tuna and salmon)

Beef Liver

Cheese

Egg Yolks

Fortified foods (orange juice, cereals, soy milk)

I hope with this information you can be one step ahead of the winter sicknesses and keep healthy. It’s already cold and flu season we don’t want to add things to that when they can be avoided.

Live Healthy,

Nadia