There is much in the news today about us lacking Vitamin D. Did you think, as I once did, that we have to be careful not to take too much Vitamin D? Did you think we get enough in our world, through our foods, our sunshine, milk? Here are some things for us to think about. Get informed about this important Vitamin. It's been hiding somewhere. No one knew how vital it is. Vital.

Why Vitamin D is Important

Skeletal development

 anti-osteoporotic, anti-carcinogenic,

antioxidant, anti-psoriatic, immunomodulatory and mood modulatory activities.

Where Do We Find it?

 

Rich sources are fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, tuna), fish oils (cod liver oil), and fortified foods (eggs, milk products, and breakfast cereals). Exposure to sunlight also converts the inactive Vitamin D under the skin to active Vitamin D.

 

Deficiency leads to

poor mineralization in young children’s bones leading to growth retardation

 and bone deformities known as rickets.

 adults secondary hyperparathyroidism………. thus increasing the risk of osteoporosis and fractures. …….

muscle weakness……. osteoporosis, a condition characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue.

 increased risk of type I diabetes,  multiple sclerosis,  rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, cardiovascular heart disease, and many common deadly cancers.

 

 

 

Now, we are starting to get the picture.

This little boy was adopted from Baku, Azerbaijan. The orphanages did not put milk in their bottles. His bones were on the way to becoming severe rickets. The doctor in Moscow diagnosed him as having moderate rickets. Had he lingered more in the "Baby House" as they called it, he would have had malformation of the bones. Thankfully, he did not. But it affected his strength. At 3 he could not walk. He was crying like this all the time from the pain he was experiencing. He is my son.

 

After Prescription Vitamin D, here in America, he was walking in 3 weeks.

 

He is fine, today, a strong soccer player, much appreciated by his team for his tenacity on the field. He used to have trouble just climbing a jungle gym.  

 

 But not all of us are deprived of milk, an essential source of Vitamin D. And yet we are deficient. That seems impossible.

However,

 Doctors are finding this out more every day, hence the many news stories coming out.

We need to talk more about Vitamin D.

 

 

Rich sources are fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, tuna), fish oils (cod liver oil), and fortified foods (eggs, milk products, and breakfast cereals). Exposure to sunlight also converts the inactive Vitamin D under the skin to active Vitamin D.