Get Adequate Vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency generally stems from a lack of exposure to sunlight or lack of vitamin D in the diet – or both. Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract can also interfere with vitamin D’s effect in the body. Most people will not have any noticeable symptoms of low vitamin D until blood levels get very low, which may then result in demineralization of the bone – known as “rickets” in children and “osteomalacia” in adults and others.
Some studies have even suggested that vitamin D deficiency might be linked to diseases such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, cancer, heart and vascular disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, asthma, and fibromyalgia.
Many of these new studies need further investigation and verification, but the list is very impressive and very promising. One recent review of 18 studies on vitamin D found that people taking vitamin D supplements, even if as little as 400 IU daily, had a 7% reduction in total mortality during the study period. That’s quite remarkable!
