Risking Vitamin D deficiency – the doctor’s advice
Posted Nov 04 2009 10:05pm
Dr Rainer Kumm in South London proactively checks vitamin D status in his patients and says that his data confirms the more widely reported fact that a high proportion of the elderly have dangerously low levels.
Vitamin D is important for bone and general health as it regulates Calcium uptake along with numerous other beneficial effects such as muscle strength, heart function and possibly inflammation plus immunity. Although classed as a vitamin it is effectively a hormone that the body can produce under the influence of sunlight following about 20 minutes exposure per day and from food sources. Hence anyone without sufficient access to sunlight and adequate nutrition rich in Vitamin D such as oily fish or food supplements is ‘at risk’. Continue Reading »
Dr Rainer Kumm in South London proactively checks vitamin D status in his patients and says that his data confirms the more widely reported fact that a high proportion of the elderly have dangerously low levels.
Vitamin D is important for bone and general health as it regulates Calcium uptake along with numerous other beneficial effects such as muscle strength, heart function and possibly inflammation plus immunity. Although classed as a vitamin it is effectively a hormone that the body can produce under the influence of sunlight following about 20 minutes exposure per day and from food sources. Hence anyone without sufficient access to sunlight and adequate nutrition rich in Vitamin D such as oily fish or food supplements is ‘at risk’. Continue Reading »
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