WELLNESS

Episode #4: Vitamin D



Vitamin D is one of the most important nutrients in the world.
But nearly all of us are deficient and it’s nearly impossible to get enough from food.

Here’s how much we need, how to get more of it, and 3 tips to supplement the right way.

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To get your recommended daily dose of vitamin D you’d have to eat 14 salmon fillets or drink 40 glasses of fortified milk or eat 125 egg yolks so in other words it’s nearly impossible to get enough from our diet alone the main way we get it is from the Sun and it’s

Recommended that we spend 10 to 15 minutes three times a week catching some rays while showing off as much skin as possible so now how much vitamin D do we need most experts now suggest if you get a vitamin D test you want results between 50 to 80 nanog per milliliter

Below that threshold of 50 or you’re not getting a lot of sunlight consider taking a vitamin D supplement here are three quick tips of how to do it the right way first make sure it’s vitamin D3 not D2 second take it with vitamin K2 vitamin K2 actually helps transport the

Calcium to your bones and to your teeth and finally vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that means you need fat for it to be absorbed in the body so take it with a snack like a nut butter or avocado