What is all the fuss about Vitamin D? We get plenty from the sun don we?
Are you aware that nine out of ten North Americans are deficient in Vitamin D? Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is more like a hormone than a vitamin. Your body generates Vitamin D when the sun shines directly on your skin, but many people avoid the sun altogether, work long hours indoors, or slather on sunscreen when they are outside. Surprisingly, even people who spend plenty of time in the sun can still lack this vital inflammation fighter. This is dangerous because Vitamin D deficiency is a major cause of rickets in children (which is on the rise in North America), and it is a major contributor to muscle loss in seniors, osteoporosis at any age and in both genders, as well as multiple sclerosis, heart and brain issues, early dementia, blood sugar imbalances, and many other serious health problems. In Chapter 10 of Secrets of Supplements: The Good, the Bad, the Totally Terrific, learn more about this critical nutrient—and the important blood test to check it that many doctors
