Nutrition
- February 2, 2010
Vitamin D In the Winter
<a href="http://nutrition.about.com/od/nutrientglossary/g/vitamind.htm"Vitamin D is a popular vitamin right now - it seems there's news about vitamin D research every week. Your body needs vitamin D in order to absorb calcium and various research studies have linked deficiencies with several health conditions. You don't usually get much vitamin D from the foods you eat, although milk is usually fortified with it, you're body makes vitamin D after your skin is exposed to sunlight. Those of us who live north of a line drawn on a map from the northern border of California in the west to Boston in the east can't even get vitamin D from the sun during the winter months because the sun's rays just aren't strong enough to give us the UV exposure we need. So it's a good idea to take vitamin D supplements during the winter (or any time of the year if you avoid sun exposure). Daily Nutrition Tip Join me on Facebook | Twitter Image © Chris Chidsey Vitamin D In the Winter originally appeared on About.com Nutrition on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 10:45:43.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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