Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that regulates amount of calcium and phosphate in the body – necessary to maintain normal calcification of skeleton and bone mineralisation. ๐ฆด โฃ
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๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ: ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ โ๏ธ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ โฃ
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โ๏ธ Difficult to quantify exactly how much time you need to spend in the sun as different factors affect effective absorption: ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ด๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐: ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป, ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ด๐น๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ๐, ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐โฃ, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐.
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๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ & ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฅ โฃ
โMuscle, pain, joint painโฃ
โMuscle weaknessโฃ
โFatigueโฃ
โCuts and wounds not recovering normallyโฃ
โGetting unwell oftenโฃ
โDepression, low moodโฃ
โPotentially hair loss โฃ
โBone fractures/deformitiesโฃ
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๐ฉธ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉธโฃ
โฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฒ: less than 25 nmol/L, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฒ 25-50 nmol/Lโฃ
๐Blood test post 12 weeks if non responsive referred to secondary careโฃ
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๐Recommended daily ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง for adults: 10 micrograms/400IU but specifically dependent on your levels, especially if BAME โฃ
๐Maximum daily ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ for adults: 100 micrograms/4000IU
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๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐
Low levels associated with severe outcomes and complications in those affected by COVID-19 throughโฃ
โก๏ธ Immune system ‘cytokine stormsโ
โก๏ธ Renin-angiotensin system โฃ
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๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐-๐ญ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐. ๐ โฃ
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๐ Regardless, those at risk including BAME populations should consider taking Vit D supplementation to boost their daily dosage levels ๐ โฃ
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๐คFurther discussion about this in my next video!
