Recharge your vitamin D

The sun is out and this is the best time to get your vitamin D reserves recharged. Your body is actually converting the sun rays UVB into vitamin D. However, most suncreens are UVA and UVB blocks. so if you are taking sun with sunscreen, you are not getting much vitamin D. 10-15 minutes exposure without sunscreen can be beneficial. However in North America, from October to March, we don't get enough strength in sun rays for the body to trigger vitamin D conversion it is therefore very important to use supplementation. In daily foods, you have vitamin D in egg yolks and fatty fish. Cow and soy milks are fortified in vitamin D but even 3 glasses a day is not providing what is recommended for optimal health, by the Canadian Cancer Society, which is 1000IU per day. By spending time outside in the summer without sun screen, you can achieve that but not in fall and winter. Go out, exercise and enjoy the sun!

D - recharge!!!

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