02/16/2022
Chiro Tip: Vitamin D, the “Sunshine Vitamin”!
🌞Vitamin D helps stimulate intestinal calcium absorption which is required to maintain blood calcium levels within normal ranges for muscle and bone health. It is associated with significantly reduced mortality, anti-inflammatory effects for cancer, protective effects on the heart as well as maintaining a healthy blood pressure, significant improvement in depressive symptoms and aids in your immune system.
🌞Vitamin D insufficiency affects almost 50% of the population worldwide, making it a pandemic.
Recommended daily intake of vitamin D for adults is 1500-2000 IU which can be achieved from UVB sun exposure, food or supplements. Food sources include cod liver oil, salmon, tuna, orange juice fortified with vitamin D, dairy, sardines, eggs and beef liver!
🌞Vitamin D intoxication can occur from supplementation at high doses excluding sun exposure as the skin destroys excess vitamin D. So make sure to go outside frequently and get yourself the “sunshine vitamin”!
Want to read more about vitamin D? ⬇️
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3356951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7281985/