Winter Wellness at Well4Real

[blairmacg]

If you’re in a hurry, here’s your takeaway: Aside from the fact winter is too cold in many places for exposed skin, winter sunlight north of the equator is too low in the sky to trigger the body to produce its own Vitamin D. Repeatedly, research has shown that steady intake of Vitamin D3 –NOT sporadic mega-doses! — makes folks less susceptible to seasonal illnesses, helps curb “the winter blues,” and reduces the incidence of many cancers.</>

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Last year, I got cocky, and was really lax about my Vitamin D3 supplements. I earned the worst cold I'd had in ages. I don't plan on repeating that!

Comments

[jorrie-spencer.livejournal.com]

Agreed. My naturopath and my family doctor tell me to take it. Most Canadians are actually deficient in it, surprise, surprise.

[blairmacg.livejournal.com]

Most Americans are deficient, too, because we've been taught to avoid the sun at all costs.

I've a friend from Jamaica who swears by his Vitamin D. He was sick constantly his first winter here.