Comments on: Get To Know Vitamin D http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/ Holistic, Natural, and Green Approach to Optimal Wellness. Fri, 18 May 2012 13:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Month in Review: July ‘08 - Evolving Wellness http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Month in Review: July ‘08 - Evolving Wellness Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:44:02 +0000 http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/#comment-461 [...] This month, a few new recipes joined our site. And the most popular and in my opinion the most useful articles for both the summer and year round, were “Top 10 Safest and Most Effective Sunscreens” and “Get to Know Vitamin D“. [...] [...] This month, a few new recipes joined our site. And the most popular and in my opinion the most useful articles for both the summer and year round, were “Top 10 Safest and Most Effective Sunscreens” and “Get to Know Vitamin D“. [...]

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]]> By: Evita http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Evita Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:09:55 +0000 http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/#comment-336 Well David - since it is a fat soluble vitamin, your body generally will hold on to any extra it receives. It is not like vitamin C that goes in one end and any excess is almost immediately released in urine on the other end. However having said that one cannot eat say fish, for a month straight and then assume they have enough stored for some time. The good news with fat soluble vitamins is that they can be stored, the bad news is that too much of them stored can throw out of balance other biochemical reactions and even lead to toxic states. Vitamins are very interdependent on each other as I wrote in a previous article entitled "Vitamins and Minerals: A quick Guide" here http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/27/vitamins-and-minerals-a-quick-guide/ so balance with vitamins and minerals is key to good health. Well David – since it is a fat soluble vitamin, your body generally will hold on to any extra it receives. It is not like vitamin C that goes in one end and any excess is almost immediately released in urine on the other end.

However having said that one cannot eat say fish, for a month straight and then assume they have enough stored for some time. The good news with fat soluble vitamins is that they can be stored, the bad news is that too much of them stored can throw out of balance other biochemical reactions and even lead to toxic states. Vitamins are very interdependent on each other as I wrote in a previous article entitled “Vitamins and Minerals: A quick Guide” here http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/27/vitamins-and-minerals-a-quick-guide/ so balance with vitamins and minerals is key to good health.

]]> By: David http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-333 David Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:39:54 +0000 http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/#comment-333 Excellent information and well written post. We are at the beach this week and Beth prepared Salmon two nights ago. So I am thinking I don't have to worry about Vit D for awhile. Like a bear I am storing it up for the winter months. Or maybe not. I guess it doesn't store too well. I like the idea about the happy chickens. We can enjoy them all year around. Excellent information and well written post. We are at the beach this week and Beth prepared Salmon two nights ago. So I am thinking I don’t have to worry about Vit D for awhile. Like a bear I am storing it up for the winter months. Or maybe not. I guess it doesn’t store too well. I like the idea about the happy chickens. We can enjoy them all year around.

]]> By: Robin Plan http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Robin Plan Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:59:30 +0000 http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/#comment-326 Great article. I recently learned eggs from happy chickens are a rich source of vitamin D. I'll take the egg over synthetic vitamins. Robin Great article. I recently learned eggs from happy chickens are a rich source of vitamin D. I’ll take the egg over synthetic vitamins.

Robin

]]> By: Evita http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Evita Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:01:12 +0000 http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/#comment-335 Great question Tom! For starters if you can fit in 10-15 minutes of sun exposure daily then you are fine - regardless if say 3 of the 7 days are cloudy. However most of us have a hard time finding the time to spend even those little amounts in the outdoors daily so then a little more time in the sun and on actually sunny days is needed. The idea of a cloudy versus a sunny day is important as yes there are higher benefits on sunny days than not. One typical example are people who live in Northern countries or even countries that are usually cloudy - they not only need to take in more sun daily but are usually also in need of supplements. Hence it is no surprise and a great thing that most Inuit people of the far North eat a lot of fish as these can help them attain the needed Vitamin D that their environment can't. Another example is to study the photosynthesis rates of plants. Photosynthesis occurs at higher levels on sunny days versus cloudy days and so it is with us that we can synthesize more Vitamin D on sunny days. Great question Tom!

For starters if you can fit in 10-15 minutes of sun exposure daily then you are fine – regardless if say 3 of the 7 days are cloudy. However most of us have a hard time finding the time to spend even those little amounts in the outdoors daily so then a little more time in the sun and on actually sunny days is needed.

The idea of a cloudy versus a sunny day is important as yes there are higher benefits on sunny days than not.

One typical example are people who live in Northern countries or even countries that are usually cloudy – they not only need to take in more sun daily but are usually also in need of supplements.

Hence it is no surprise and a great thing that most Inuit people of the far North eat a lot of fish as these can help them attain the needed Vitamin D that their environment can’t.

Another example is to study the photosynthesis rates of plants. Photosynthesis occurs at higher levels on sunny days versus cloudy days and so it is with us that we can synthesize more Vitamin D on sunny days.

]]> By: Tom Parker http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Tom Parker Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:11:09 +0000 http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/176/get-to-know-vitamin-d/#comment-325 Great post. I've just got one question. Will being out in daylight for 10-15 minutes per day give a person their required vitamin D intake or does it have to be a bright, sunny day? Great post. I’ve just got one question. Will being out in daylight for 10-15 minutes per day give a person their required vitamin D intake or does it have to be a bright, sunny day?

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