Vitamin D free supplements?

Vitamin D is often referred to as a free gift from the heavens, and it's easy to get enough of it from the sun. However, our country is deficient in vitamin D, with 93% of the population being deficient.

 

Most of us are vitamin D deficient. Let's take a look at this essential nutrient in an easy-to-understand way.

 

Vitamin D

What is vitamin D?

Vitamin D is a nutrient that your body makes when you get sunlight, and it's made by the combination of ultraviolet light from the sun and fat in your skin.

 

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, which means it's absorbed by fatty tissue, but fatty tissue doesn't let go of vitamin D easily, which is why obese people are more prone to vitamin D deficiency.

 

So, let's take a look at some of the benefits of vitamin D and why your body needs it.

Vitamin D

Vitamin D Benefits

✅ Vitamin D prevents rickets and strengthens bones and teeth.

✅ Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium and phosphorus from food. This is why vitamin D is often included in calcium supplements.

✅ Vitamin D may help prevent autoimmune diseases, boost immunity, and protect against infections.

✅ Vitamin D helps prevent skin diseases and supports muscle and strength recovery.

✅ Vitamin D helps prevent depression.

✅ Vitamin D has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties.

✅ Vitamin D helps prevent complications in pregnant women.

✅ Vitamin D helps prevent and promote the treatment of liver disease.

✅ Vitamin D helps prevent dementia by increasing cognition and memory.

✅ Vitamin D helps prevent circulatory disease.

Recommended Daily Allowance for Vitamin D

 

Blood levels of vitamin D are linked to immunity.

For this reason, it's best to take vitamin D supplements after measuring your blood levels and getting the right dose recommended for you.

However, if you don't have your blood vitamin D levels measured, the general recommendation is to supplement with 80 IU daily in the form of vitamin D3.

Also, during a viral pandemic, it is recommended to maintain blood levels between 30 and 60 ng/ml, which requires 2,000 to 4,000 IU of vitamin D daily.

If you are very obese, you may need to take 4,000 to 7,000 IU, and children and adolescents may need a lower dose of vitamin D, with 1,200 to 2,000 IU being sufficient.

 

So there you have it, the benefits of vitamin D and the recommended daily allowance.

We hope you're feeling energized and have a great day.

References: Nutrition and Food to Fight Viruses by Kyung Chul Kim and Hae Young Kim, Can I Take This Medicine? by Arie Kwon