In this Episode we are going to be talking about Vitamin D, the Sunshine vitamin. Many people know we need it but did you know people with adequate levels of Vitamin D have less of a chance of getting the flu, dying from cancer or getting heart disease? That is why we are going to do a quick deep dive into what everybody should know about Vitamin D.

In this episode we are going to break Vitamin D in 5 Steps:

What Vitamin D is
Why we need it
What happens when we go without it
Who is most at risk of being deficient
And how to get it

We hope that by the end of the episode you will understand how Vitamin D has a huge effect on our bodies and why we need it.

We referenced a tremendous about of studies and physicians in this episode. Here are the links to those references:

Sources:

https://jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672%2814%2901468-3/abstract - Dietary Fat Increases Vitamin D-3 Absorption

https://www.consumerlab.com/reviews/vitamin_D_supplements_review/Vitamin_D/ - Vitamin D Supplements Review and Vitamin D research

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/vitamin-d - Vitamin D is a hormone

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10565372 - Vitamin D and regulation of gene expression.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0058725 - Influence of Vitamin D Status and Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Genome Wide Expression of White Blood Cells: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBAMHBhDD4Y – Dr. Rhonda Patrick talks about how Vitamin D helps regulate aging.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/vitamins/vitamin-d/ - Harvard School of Public Health Vitamin D page

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18541825 - 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of myocardial infarction in men: a prospective study.

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-HealthProfessional/ - Vitamin D Fact Sheet for Health Professionals

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/lead-contamination-in-fish-and-game/ - Lead Contamination in Fish & Game

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/nerves-of-mercury/ - “Studies of the neurobehavioral toxicity of mercury on children suggest that no level of mercury exposure can be considered safe, but pressure from the fish industry may be preventing safety limits from dropping further.”

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/will-you-live-longer-if-you-take-vitamin-d-supplements/ - Will You Live Longer if You Take Vitamin D Supplements?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24414552 - Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults.

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/should-vitamin-d-supplements-be-taken-to-prevent-falls/ - Should Vitamin D Supplements Be Taken to Prevent Falls in the Elderly?

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-vitamin-D-should-you-take/ - How Much Vitamin D Should You Take?

https://nutritionfacts.org/2011/09/12/dr-gregers-2011-optimum-nutrition-recommendations/ - Optimum Nutrition Recommendations (Vitamin D included)

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